DARK
1Inzektor Firefly
Archetype:
Inzektor
ATK:
100
DEF:
100
View:
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Once per turn: You can equip 1 "Inzektor" monster from your hand or Graveyard to this card. If an "Inzektor" card equips to this card: You can look at all Set cards your opponent controls. While this card is equipped to a monster, that monster's Level is increased by 1, also it gains ATK and DEF equal to this card's ATK and DEF.
Inzektor Firefly — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Inzektor Firefly is a Level 1 DARK Insect whose text gives it one useful job: once per turn it pulls an Inzektor monster from hand or Graveyard onto itself, and while equipped it adds +1 Level and its own ATK/DEF to the host. That makes it a cheap Level-shifting body inside a single archetype, which earns moderate credit for material utility and accessibility. The score stays near the middle because no combo boards were supplied, so conversion into a full board is text-only inference, and the card provides no interaction, no card advantage, and no resilience against a single negate. High printed ATK/DEF of 100/100 earns no points by itself; the card's value depends entirely on the Inzektor deck around it.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Once-per-turn retrieval from hand or Graveyard for any Inzektor monster gives reasonable access, and both sampled decks run it in the Inzektor shell (observed, 2 decks; no combo routes supplied). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Only the equip-and-level-up text converts into board presence; no combo examples, power index, or starter/payoff stats exist to confirm a fuller conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No draw, search, or recursion beyond the equip itself, so there is no card advantage and no refuel (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | The only opponent-facing effect is looking at the opponent's Set cards, which is information rather than negation or removal (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A DARK Level 1 Insect body that raises a host's Level by 1 is a practical material and Level-shift piece for Inzektor lines, and it still has its Level while equipped (inferred from text; material role not observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Its single once-per-turn activation and reliance on one equip target make it easy to stop; no redundancy or multi-zone recovery is stated (verified from card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | A cheap one-slot card with 1-2 copies in observed decks, but it is restricted to Inzektor targets, which adds mild archetype lock (observed, 2 decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body / Normal. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked targets (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 1 body that is easy to bring out from hand or Graveyard within the Inzektor shell
- Raises a host's Level by 1 for Level-based plays
- Cheap single slot with 1-2 copies per observed deck
Weaknesses
- Once-per-turn limit on the equip
- Relies on an Inzektor target and a host monster, so it does nothing alone
- No opponent interaction beyond seeing the opponent's Set cards
- No card advantage or refuel
Counters / choke points
- Negating the once-per-turn equip effect stops the Level increase and the stat transfer
- Any opponent hand trap or removal on the host monster strips the value
Best use
Level-shifting Extender and Material body inside Inzektor. Decks: Inzektor.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 DARK Insect Effect Monster, 100/100, Inzektor archetype (card text); Once-per-turn equip of an Inzektor monster from hand or Graveyard (card text); Equipped state gives +1 Level and ATK/DEF to the host (card text); Opponent-facing effect is looking at Set cards only (card text)
- Observed: Present in 2 of 2 sampled decks, both Inzektor, 1.5 average copies (deck data); Co-occurs with 15 Inzektor support cards in those decks (top partners)
- Inferred: Acts as a practical Level-shift and material body for Inzektor lines; Equip target must be an Inzektor monster, which is a mild restriction
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only equip direction and host/equipped roles are worded ambiguously in the description, so exact interaction with hosts is inferred no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited)