DARK
6Jinzo
Archetype:
Jinzo
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1500
View:
11676
Trap Cards, and their effects on the field, cannot be activated. Negate all Trap effects on the field.
Jinzo — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52.8 · Deck: 43.2 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Jinzo's points come from its text: it stops Trap cards and their field effects from being activated and negates Trap effects on the field, a hard floodgate against trap-reliant decks. Its 2400 ATK and Level 6 body earn nothing under the rubric. The score is held down by the absence of combo evidence, a board that never converts into more value, and an unrestricted lock that also shuts off the player's own Trap cards, which appear among its most common partners.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.2 copies each, but no searcher, starter or combo route is recorded, so access is only shown as presence in lists (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | No recorded boards, so the card is only a single body with a field lock and builds nothing on its own from the text (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | The text gives no draw, search, refuel or recursion; it is a one-for-one body with no return (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 62 | The text shuts down all Trap cards and their field effects and negates Trap effects, a strong and hard-to-play-around floodgate against Trap-based decks (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 6 DARK Machine body that remains a Level 6 Machine when its effect is negated, so it stays a generic material, though no recorded material use exists (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The lock disappears when the monster leaves the field, and the card has no redundancy or recursion, so one removal ends its effect (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Typically one copy, no garnet, and easy to run, but the unrestricted lock conflicts with the Trap staples it is most often paired with (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Floodgate/Control + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 52.8, Deck ≈ 43.2, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-4). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hard lock on Trap cards and their field effects, which is strong against Trap-reliant decks
- Cheap to run: about one copy per deck, no garnet
- Body is a generic Level 6 Machine that can still serve as material when its effect is negated
- Broad presence across 91 archetypes in the sampled decks
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo boards, so combo conversion and starter value are unmeasured
- No card advantage or recovery from the text
- Restricts the player's own Trap cards as well as the opponent's
- One removal of the monster ends the lock
Counters / choke points
- Removing the Jinzo monster from the field (inferred from the continuous field effect)
- Decks that run few or no Trap cards, where the lock does nothing
Best use
Floodgate/Control. Decks: Jinzo, Black Luster Soldier, Lightsworn. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: Trap Cards and their field effects cannot be activated; all Trap effects on the field are negated; Card is 2400 ATK, Level 6 DARK Machine, Effect Monster; Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.22 average copies, with 91 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Mirror Force appears in 49.8% of decks running Jinzo and Torrential Tribute in 43.2%, both Trap cards the lock also shuts off; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion at 1 copy in three archetypes, a sample too small to use for power
- Inferred: The lock ends when the monster leaves the field; Negated body still works as a generic Level 6 Machine material
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference Gameplay type IDs are not mapped to names, so per-format reading is not possible Usage statistics cover only three archetypes No official rulings supplied for interactions between the lock and Trap cards on the chain