EARTH
5Master of Ham
ATK:
2100
DEF:
1850
View:
2485
2 Beast monsters If this card is Fusion Summoned or flipped face-up: You can Special Summon 1 Flip monster from your hand or Deck in face-down Defense Position. If this card is in your GY: You can banish 2 Flip monsters from your face-up field and/or GY; Special Summon this card in face-down Defense Position, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of "Master of Ham" once per turn.
Master of Ham — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Material body
Why it scores here
Master of Ham is a Level 5 Earth Beast Fusion whose text converts a Fusion Summon into one extra body: it Special Summons a Flip monster from hand or Deck in face-down Defense. Its GY effect can return it by banishing two Flip monsters, which adds recursion but costs board resources and is limited to once per turn per effect. The score comes from its wide real-world use (281 decks, 83 archetypes, one copy in most decks, strong partners such as Called by the Grave and Instant Fusion) and its clean single-copy cost. High stats earn nothing here, and the lack of any combo or guide evidence keeps the combo and resilience axes modest, so the card reads as a reliable support extender rather than a centre of power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Live through Fusion Summon in 281 of the attached decks, but no combo starter or searched data exists to confirm the route (observed decks, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Text shows one Flip monster Special Summoned from hand or Deck, a fair extra body rather than a full board (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Resource Economy | 42 | The hand/Deck summon is card-neutral to slightly positive; the GY recursion costs two Flip monsters so the refuel is not free (verified text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect; the only interaction is a face-down Defense body (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 5 Earth Beast fits Level and attribute slots, but its effects rely on Fusion Summon and self-banish, so the body is awkward as material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Two effects, each once per turn, and a GY return that works from more than one zone, but nothing supplied shows how it fares against common interruption (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Mostly single-copy usage (266 of 281 decks run one) and no garnet or lock restrictions (observed deck counts, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender primary (Recovery secondary not blended; no Material-body blend applied). Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Playable in 281 recent decks across 83 archetypes, so the route is practical rather than niche
- Single-copy usage keeps deck cost low
- Special Summon from hand or Deck gives an extra body after a Fusion Summon
- GY return gives a second use if two Flip monsters are available
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so conversion into a full board is unconfirmed
- No interaction or negation
- Both effects are once per turn and need Flip monsters on the field or in the GY
- The GY return costs two Flip monsters, which is a real resource cost
Counters / choke points
- Fusion Summon disruption such as negating the Fusion Summon
- Floodgates or hand traps that stop Special Summons from hand or Deck
Best use
Extender / Fusion body that adds a Flip monster to the board. Decks: Fusion-based decks with Flip monster support (partners in evidence: Called by the Grave, Instant Fusion, Mudragon of the Swamp). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: Fusion Summon requirement of 2 Beast monsters, Special Summon of 1 Flip monster from hand or Deck in face-down Defense, GY banish-2 return, once-per-turn wording; Deck counts: 281 decks, 266 running one copy
- Observed: Deck appearance across 83 archetypes and gameplay types 7, 6, 4, 3; Top partner co-occurrence rates (e.g. Called by the Grave 61.9%, Instant Fusion 57.7%)
- Inferred: Extender role from the Flip monster summon effect; Modest combo conversion and material utility from text-only reading; Fusion Summon is the access route, although no combo evidence confirms it
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied usage_statistics covers one archetype (Machina, 100% inclusion) and is too thin to inform scoring no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no ruling or interaction data for the Flip monster summon timing