WATER
5Mech Bass
ATK:
1800
DEF:
1500
View:
2837
''This monster carries a devastating plasma cannon on its powerful back.''
Mech Bass — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 43 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 45 · Deck: 42 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Mech Bass is a vanilla Level 5 WATER Machine Normal Monster that scores entirely on its material utility rather than any active effect. With zero board-making potential, no card advantage engines, and no disruption capabilities, it survives only as a generic body for Synchro and Xyz summoning. Appearing as a single copy in one Umi Control deck with no recorded combos, the card lacks competitive urgency despite fitting the WATER/Machine type line expected in thematic Water strategies. High stats do not convert into power here—the body is merely functional fill.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 30 | No search routes and no archetype affiliation; draw-dependent entry as 1-copy in single Umi Control deck (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | Normal Monster with zero recorded combos and no text effects; produces no board or value independently (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Costs one deck slot and produces zero card advantage, recursion, or draw; pure −1 net efficiency (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | Vanilla Normal Monster with no negation, removal, or disruption capabilities (verified). |
| Material Utility | 65 | Level 5 WATER Machine with clean generic material type line; suitable for Synchro/Xyz summoning despite limited archetype tailoring (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 25 | Static body with no protection, recovery, or multi-zone utility; vulnerable to any removal and confined to Monster Zone (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 40 | Generic splashable typing, but only 1-copy in single archetype suggests minimal adoption and low deck-building appeal (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Pure Material body / Normal role. Intrinsic ≈ 45, Deck ≈ 42, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic WATER Machine type line suitable as Synchro/Xyz material
- Vanilla body with no deck-building restrictions or locks
- Decent Level 5 body for thematic Water strategies
Weaknesses
- No inherent effects or synergies; pure vanilla body
- Zero combo potential and no board-building capability
- Extremely limited deck adoption (single archetype, single copy)
- No disruption, resource generation, or protective abilities
- Vulnerable to any removal with no recovery options
Counters / choke points
- Any removal spell or monster effect
Best use
Material body / thematic filler. Decks: Umi Control. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Monster with no text effects (card description); Level 5 WATER Machine type line (card attributes); 1800 ATK / 1500 DEF stats (card data); Appears in 1 Umi Control deck as 1-copy (deck data); Zero combos recorded (combo data); No guide mentions (guide data)
- Observed: All co-deck partners are WATER/Water-synergy themed (100% of top_partners); Single-copy inclusion suggests optional/filler role in Umi Control
- Inferred: Generic material capability for Synchro/Xyz strategies using WATER/Machine bodies; Could potentially splash into other WATER-focused archetypes despite current single-archetype adoption
- Data gaps: No combos supplied—combo conversion inferred from text only No guides supplied—expert commentary unavailable Single deck sample—insufficient for archetype inclusion rate trends No usage statistics (StatisticsCard)—historical adoption and cross-archetype prevalence unknown No archetype affiliation tagged—intended home/design origin unclear