Spell
FieldMetaphys Factor
Archetype:
Metaphys
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Each turn, 1 Level 5 or higher "Metaphys" monster you Normal Summon can be Summoned without Tributing, but banish it during the End Phase of the next turn. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to your "Metaphys" monsters' effect activations.
Metaphys Factor — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 65 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 63 · Deck: 65 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Metaphys Factor provides the archetype's critical protection against hand-trap disruption and enables efficient summoning of Level 5+ monsters, making it essential to competitive Metaphys builds. The negation suppression effect—preventing opponent responses to Metaphys effects—is the primary power driver, functioning as a soft floodgate for the deck. While the tribute reduction supports resource efficiency, the card generates no card advantage and has zero material utility, limiting its impact to enabling and protecting existing monsters rather than creating value independently.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 75 | The card appears in 100% of Metaphys decks and is consistently paired with archetype searchers, indicating reliable accessibility within its home archetype. (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | As a Field Spell with no direct combo generation, the card enables big monster Normal Summons and protects them from negation, but doesn't build boards on its own; combo value is indirect through enabling archetype monsters. (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The tribute reduction provides modest resource efficiency per turn, and the negation suppression costs no resources while preventing opponent responses to your plays. (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 75 | The card's negation suppression prevents opponent activation in response to Metaphys effect activations, providing strong, hard-to-play-around disruption protection similar to a floodgate effect. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 0 | As a Spell Card, Metaphys Factor cannot be used as Synchro/Xyz/Fusion/Link material and provides no material utility. (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The Field Spell persists across turns with multi-turn negation suppression value, though it remains vulnerable to standard field destruction and space-based effects. (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | The card runs at 1-3 copies (typical 1) in Metaphys with no brick risk and high searchability, representing very efficient deck integration. (verified) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Floodgate/Control + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 63, Deck ≈ 65, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Essential archetype support (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Strong negation suppression for Metaphys effects, protecting against hand-trap disruption
- Enables tribute-less summoning of big Level 5+ Metaphys monsters
- 100% inclusion in competitive Metaphys builds confirms essential role
- Searchable via archetype support (Metaphys Dimension partners)
Weaknesses
- Zero material utility as a Spell Card limits flexibility
- No card advantage generation or draw support
- Field Spell vulnerabilities: space-based effects, field destruction, only one active
- Indirect combo value: enables plays rather than building them independently
Counters / choke points
- Cosmic Cyclone and Mystical Space Typhoon (field destruction)
- Twin Twisters (field destruction with card cost)
- Artifact Lancea (banish prevention)
- Lightning Storm and Heavy Storm Duster (multi-card field removal)
Best use
Negation suppression and big monster enabler. Decks: Metaphys. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card is present in 100% of Metaphys decks (61/61); Paired with all core Metaphys monsters at 100% (Daedalus, Nephthys, Tyrant Dragon, Dimension); Field Spell with multi-turn negation suppression effect; Typical copy count 1-3 (average 1.48); Negation suppression prevents opponent responses to Metaphys effect activations; Tribute reduction for one Level 5+ Metaphys monster per turn
- Observed: 100% inclusion in three Metaphys variants (usage statistics shows 100% in three archetypes); 66.7% inclusion in Gren Maju (off-archetype use); Top partners are archetype core pieces (Daedalus 100%, Nephthys 100%, Tyrant Dragon 100%, Dimension 100%); 9 distinct archetypes run it, but 80.4% in Metaphys variants
- Inferred: Likely searchable via Metaphys Dimension (top partner at 100%); Tribute reduction enables efficient summoning of Level 5+ Metaphys monsters; Negation suppression protects Metaphys effects from hand-trap disruption; Field Spell provides multi-turn value through persistent effect
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No combo board examples showing board-building impact with this field spell