DARK
2Midnight Fiend
ATK:
800
DEF:
600
View:
2343
''This monster only appears when a midnight tribute is made.''
Midnight Fiend — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 20 ± 4 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 20 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Midnight Fiend is a Normal Monster with pure flavor text that provides no game effects, making it non-functional in constructed play. Its Level-2, 800-ATK body is below-average for material roles, and the complete absence of archetype support, searchability, or synergy leaves it with no home in any deck. The card's zero deck appearances and zero combo appearances confirm it is a brick in organized play. While it is legal in all major formats, its lack of any mechanical contribution or strategic value results in a very low power rating.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 15 | No decks in the sample run this card, and it has no searchable traits or archetype route to obtain it reliably (verified: 0 decks, 0 archetypes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 8 | Card text contains only flavor ("appears when midnight tribute is made") with no actual game mechanics, and it does not appear in any recorded combo boards (verified: 0 combo appearances). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Normal Monster with no draw, search, recursion, or card advantage effects; summoning it costs one Normal Summon with no return (inferred: card text contains no resource effects). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | Card text provides no negation, removal, disruption, or opponent interaction; it is purely a body with no effects (verified: description contains only flavor text with no mechanical clauses). |
| Material Utility | 20 | Level-2 Fiend without Tuner clause, special summoning conditions, or archetype backing; unused in all 400+ deck and combo samples, indicating poor material value (verified: 0 deck and combo appearances, no archetype). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 10 | Normal Monster with no protection, recursion, bounce-recovery, or multi-zone presence; once removed, it cannot return to the field or hand (inferred: card text contains no resilience or recovery effects). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 5 | No archetype affiliation, zero deck appearances, zero combo integration, and no synergy with any card pool; running this card wastes deck space and hurts consistency (verified: 0 distinct archetypes, 0 total decks running it). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 20, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Intrinsic (no decks or combos supplied)
Strengths
- Legal in all major formats (TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks)
- Simple, straightforward Normal Monster with no fiddly interactions
Weaknesses
- Flavor-only text with no actual game mechanics
- Below-average body for a Level-2 Normal Monster (800 ATK, 600 DEF)
- No archetype support, searchability, or synergy with any card
- Complete brick in constructed deckbuilding
Counters / choke points
- Any removal spell or trap effect
- Any bounce effect (returning to hand, wasting the Normal Summon)
- Tribute summoning (costing the card without advantage)
Best use
None; not recommended for any constructed deck. Suggested copies: 0.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card type: Normal Monster; Attribute: DARK, Race: Fiend, Level 2; ATK 800, DEF 600; No archetype affiliation; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks; Card description: "This monster only appears when a midnight tribute is made." (flavor text only); Zero deck appearances in all formats; Zero combo board appearances
- Observed: Zero decks running this card across all sampled archetypes; Zero appearances in recorded combo boards; Zero mentions in strategy guides; Zero archetype inclusion statistics available
- Inferred: No searchable route or special summoning conditions in card text; No synergy potential with existing card pools; Brick in constructed deckbuilding; wastes deck space; Weak material body compared to other Level-2 options; No mechanical or strategic value in any standard game format
- Data gaps: No decks supplied — deck/synergy signals unavailable No combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied — strategic context unavailable No banlist token — assumed unlimited (3 copies per deck) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % unknown Flavor text provides no game mechanics; practical utility cannot be assessed beyond raw body value