DARK
5Mabarrel
ATK:
1700
DEF:
1400
View:
2583
''This cannon-like creature fires eyeballs so fast they can't be seen.''
Mabarrel — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 24 ± 6 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 24 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal
Why it scores here
Mabarrel is a vanilla Level 5 Normal Monster with no mechanical effects — the card text is pure flavor. With zero deck appearances and no archetype support, it generates no combo value and cannot interact with opponents or generate resources. Its only theoretical utility is as a generic Synchro or Tribute material body (DARK Fiend, Level 5, 1700 ATK), but no evidence supports this application. Against modern alternatives (searchable bodies, effect-bearing Fiends, efficient material generators), this pure stat pile offers no competitive path.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 8 | As a vanilla Level 5 with no searcher support and zero deck appearances, it has no practical acquisition or activation routes. (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 3 | Flavor-only text means zero combo generation, extension, or line-setup capability. (verified) |
| Resource Economy | 3 | No searches, refuels, advantage engines, or GY interactions; pure dead card slot without archetype infrastructure. (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | Zero mechanical text provides zero disruption, negation, removal, or opponent interaction. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 45 | Clean DARK Fiend Level 5 body theoretically suitable for Synchro tuning (e.g., Tuner + 5 = Synchro), but no evidence confirms any deck exploits this. (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 10 | Vanilla beater with 1700 ATK is vulnerable to any removal; no multi-zone play, recovery, or multi-turn presence. (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 5 | Dead card slot without established archetype home; Level 5 is inefficient to Tribute Summon on turn 1 without strong payoff. (inferred) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal — single primary role. Intrinsic ≈ 24, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Final = Intrinsic (no decks and no combos supplied)
Strengths
- Clean DARK Fiend typing and Level 5 make it a viable Synchro material in principle
- Respectable 1700 ATK / 1400 DEF ratio for a Level 5 Normal Monster
Weaknesses
- Completely vanilla Normal Monster with zero mechanical effects
- No archetype support or identified deck home
- Level 5 Tribute Summon cost is inefficient without strong payoff
- Zero synergy signals or combo integration across all formats
- Unplayed across all tracked formats (0 deck appearances)
Best use
If used at all, only as generic Synchro material body or Tribute fodder in a hypothetical archetype line. Suggested copies: 0.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is pure flavor narrative; no mechanical effects present; Level 5 Normal Monster, DARK Fiend, 1700 ATK / 1400 DEF; Zero deck appearances across all formats in evidence sample; Zero combo appearances in evidence sample; No banlist restrictions (assumed unlimited)
- Inferred: Theoretically usable as Synchro/Tribute material due to level, attribute, and race; Not viable in constructed formats without supporting archetype infrastructure; Poor slot efficiency compared to searchable or effect-bearing alternatives
- Data gaps: no decks supplied — deck synergy signals unavailable no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion inferred from deck sample only no archetype support — card is mechanically vanilla with no effects zero deck presence in all formats — card is unplayed in evidence sample