Spell
EquipLife Extreme
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Equip only to an EARTH Synchro Monster. If the equipped monster battles an opponent's monster, the opponent's monster loses 1500 ATK during that damage calculation only. Once per turn, if a monster's battle position is changed (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it. If this card is sent from the Spell & Trap Zone to the GY: You can Tribute 1 "Power Tool" Synchro Monster; Special Summon 1 "Life Stream Dragon" from your Extra Deck. (This is treated as a Synchro Summon.)
Life Extreme — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Removal
Why it scores here
Life Extreme is a Spell that must be equipped to an EARTH Synchro, so its value depends on having that host and then on the Power Tool Synchro needed to tribute for the Life Stream Dragon Extra Deck summon. Its strongest reliable effect is the Graveyard-triggered Synchro summon, which converts a spent spell into a board body, and the card survives destruction because being sent from the Spell & Trap Zone to the GY is what triggers it. The high ATK and effect count of the summoned Synchro earned no points; the score comes from the conversion route and the Power Tool partner dependency, which is observed in 97.9% of the attached decks.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Needs an EARTH Synchro on the field before it does anything and has no searcher in the evidence, but it is played in all 280 attached decks across 61 archetypes (observed; the pack is filtered to decks running the card, so this confirms use, not inclusion rate). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | The text gives a one-card-to-Synchro route: GY trigger, tribute Power Tool, Special Summon Life Stream Dragon from the Extra Deck (verified text), but there are zero recorded combo appearances to confirm it in practice (inference). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The spell is spent and the summon costs one tribute, so card count stays roughly even while a Synchro body is gained from the Extra Deck (inference from text; no netCardAdvantage data). |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | Once-per-turn destruction on a battle-position change is real but conditional and narrow, and the battle ATK reduction lasts one damage calculation only (verified text; no interaction stats supplied). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell card cannot be used as material and its effects do not produce a material body, so the score stays near the floor (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | The GY trigger fires from the Spell & Trap Zone, so destruction still yields a summon, but it depends on Power Tool being present and on an EARTH Synchro host (inference from text; no survival data). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | A one-copy average (1.12 per deck) with a single Equip restriction and no garnets, though it needs EARTH Synchro support and a Power Tool partner (observed from copies per deck and top partners, plus verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Removal. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Equip restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts a spent Spell into a Synchro summon from the Extra Deck through the Graveyard trigger
- Survives Spell & Trap Zone destruction because the GY trigger still fires
- Played in 280 attached decks across 61 archetypes, so accessibility is confirmed in practice
- Once-per-turn destruction adds flexible targeting when a battle-position change happens
Weaknesses
- Requires an EARTH Synchro host before any equip value appears
- Depends on Power Tool Synchro for the Graveyard summon route
- Battle ATK reduction lasts only one damage calculation
- Zero recorded combo appearances, so the conversion is text-only
Counters / choke points
- No counter cards are supplied in the evidence; generic answers that remove the EARTH Synchro host or the Power Tool Synchro would shut down the summon route (inference)
Best use
Extender: a Graveyard-triggered Synchro summon from the Extra Deck, with Power Tool Braver Dragon as the main partner. Decks: Fleur, Morphtronic, Infernoble Knight, Synchron. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Equip restriction to EARTH Synchro Monster; Battle ATK reduction of 1500 for one damage calculation; Once-per-turn destruction on a battle-position change, not during the Damage Step; GY trigger from the Spell & Trap Zone that tributes Power Tool and Special Summons Life Stream Dragon from the Extra Deck; 280 attached decks, 61 archetypes, copies average 1.12; Power Tool Braver Dragon co-occurs in 274 of 280 decks (97.9%)
- Observed: Played at 1 copy in most decks (261 of 280 use one copy); Fleur, Morphtronic and Infernoble Knight are the largest archetype homes; Top-card context: not a Top Card
- Inferred: Converts a spent spell into a Synchro body with roughly even card count; Survives destruction because the GY trigger still fires; Power Tool dependency is the practical bottleneck; Narrow EARTH-only restriction reduces the number of usable hosts
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) legal copies is empty for all formats usage statistics lists only one archetype (Scareclaw, 100%, 1 copy), which does not match the 61 archetypes in deck data and was not used to move the score The decks sample is filtered to decks already running the card, so inclusion rate is not measured No rulings supplied Card text for Power Tool Braver Dragon and Life Stream Dragon is not supplied