Spell
FieldMarincess Battle Ocean
Archetype:
Marincess
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All "Marincess" monsters you control gain 200 ATK, also each one gains 600 ATK for each "Marincess" card equipped to it. Monsters you control in the Extra Monster Zone that were Link Summoned using "Marincess Crystal Heart" as material are unaffected by your opponent's card effects. When you Link Summon a "Marincess" monster to the Extra Monster Zone (except during the Damage Step): You can equip up to 3 "Marincess" Link Monsters with different names from your GY to that Link Summoned monster.
Marincess Battle Ocean — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Floodgate
Why it scores here
Marincess Battle Ocean is a core enabler of Marincess combos, appearing in 100% of 400 mainboard Marincess decks. The card's strength lies in its reliable accessibility and clean deck-building cost, combined with the unique equipping mechanic that recovers resources from the graveyard and the situational immunity protection. However, its power is fundamentally supportive—amplifying an existing archetype rather than generating independent combo value. The 1500 ATK boost (200 base + 600 per equipped card) is meaningful only within a fully-formed Marincess setup, and its material utility is zero as a Field Spell.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Marincess Battle Ocean appears in 100% of 400 mainboard Marincess decks with an average of 1.32 copies per deck, demonstrating reliable accessibility within its archetype (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The card appears in one recorded combo with power index 100, enabling a strong end board with +5 card advantage and multiple monsters, though its specific role within the combo is not highlighted (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The card enables equipping Marincess Link Monsters from the graveyard with no hand cost, providing a form of resource recovery that roughly matches the deck slot cost of the Field Spell itself (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Marincess Battle Ocean grants effect immunity only to monsters summoned using Marincess Crystal Heart as material, providing situational protection but not hard disruption (verified). |
| Material Utility | 0 | As a Field Spell, this card cannot be used as material for any summoning method and provides no material utility (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 65 | Field Spells are vulnerable to field destruction or nukes, but Marincess Battle Ocean's protection effects and the ability to run 1–3 copies provide moderate resilience and flexibility within the archetype (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | The card is clean to include at 1–3 copies with no self-locking restrictions or brick risk, representing low deck-building cost for Marincess decks (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary: Utility (no clear single role); weights sum to 1.00. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks and combos present)
Strengths
- Perfect inclusion rate in Marincess decks (100% across 400 samples)
- Enables both protection via immunity and resource recovery via GY equipping
- Clean deckbuilding cost with no self-locking or brick risk
- Consistent across multiple Marincess variants and formats (TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks)
Weaknesses
- Entirely archetype-dependent; spillover to non-Marincess decks is minimal
- Spell Card cannot serve as material for any summoning method
- Immunity clause applies only to specific monsters (those using Crystal Heart as material)
- Field Spell is vulnerable to field destruction and field nukes
Counters / choke points
- Field Spell destruction (field nukes, Twin Twisters, etc.)
- Going-first disruption that prevents Marincess setup
- Decks with multiple field-covering removal
Best use
Archetype enabler / board support foundation. Decks: Marincess (all variants), Icejade (limited). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: 100% inclusion rate in 400 mainboard Marincess decks; Average 1.32 copies per deck (range 1–3); Field Spell type with archetype membership: Marincess; Text specifies immunity only to monsters summoned using Marincess Crystal Heart as material; Text specifies equipping up to 3 Marincess Link Monsters from graveyard when summoning to EMZ; Listed as Core in Marincess guides
- Observed: Appears in 1 recorded combo with power index 100 and +5 card advantage end board; 32 distinct archetypes in sample, though 67.4% are Marincess variants; Top partners are exclusively Marincess monsters
- Inferred: Likely searchable or built into Marincess core engine (based on 100% inclusion); Serves as quiet board enabler that provides foundation for Marincess combo strategy; Immunity protection is meaningful within a fully-formed Marincess setup with Crystal Heart monsters
- Data gaps: Only 1 combo recorded (insufficient sample for robust combo conversion scoring) Specific search routes for this card not documented in evidence Limited evidence of splashability outside Marincess and closely-related water archetypes No banlist data provided (assumed unlimited based on multiple format support)