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FieldNew Frontier
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If your opponent Special Summons a Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and/or Link Monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Add 1 "Fallen of Albaz", or 1 monster that mentions it, from your Deck to your hand. ● Special Summon 1 "Fallen of Albaz", or 1 monster that mentions it, from your hand. You can only use each effect of "New Frontier" once per turn.
New Frontier — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
New Frontier turns an opponent's Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz or Link Special Summon into a card gain: one search or one Special Summon of 'Fallen of Albaz' or a monster that mentions it, once per effect per turn. Its strength in the sample is deck fit and access rather than board power: all 343 sampled decks run it alongside 'Fallen of Albaz', and it spans 24 archetypes at one copy on average. The score stays moderate because the effect is reactive and depends on the opponent summoning, it gives no negation or removal, it cannot be material, and no combo boards were supplied to prove conversion. High deck inclusion was not allowed to lift the score (guardrail 3).
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | The card is in all 343 sampled decks at about 1.1 copies, and 'Fallen of Albaz' is present in every one of them, but there is no combo starter data, so access is inferred from deck inclusion (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No combo boards were supplied, so conversion rests on the text alone: one search or Special Summon per opponent Extra Deck summon, with no stated board follow-up (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | The effect is a free +1 card with no stated cost, usable up to twice per turn when the opponent summons, but it depends on that summon happening (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | The card has no negation, banish, or removal; it only gains resources in response to a summon, so it gives no interaction on its own (verified). |
| Material Utility | 5 | It is a Spell Card and cannot be used as material, so the score is near the floor (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The effect needs the card on the field or in hand plus a specific opponent summon, and it can be blanked; it is limited to one use per effect per turn (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 72 | It is a single copy with no garnet, lock, or brick restriction, and its slot cost is low (observed, from copies per deck: 316 of 343 decks run one copy). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable +1 card gain on any opponent Extra Deck summon, up to twice per turn
- Searches or Special Summons 'Fallen of Albaz' or a mention monster, linking the card to its core package
- Single copy with no garnet or lock cost; high deck fit across 24 archetypes
Weaknesses
- Reactive: does nothing unless the opponent Special Summons a Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz or Link monster
- No interaction: no negation, banish or removal
- Cannot be used as material
- No combo evidence to prove board conversion
Counters / choke points
- Opponents who avoid Extra Deck summons remove its trigger entirely
- Field-zone or spell removal, if the card sits on the field
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (reactive, opponent-summon triggered). Decks: Branded, Despia, Bystial/Byssted, Dogmatika, Springans. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: opponent Extra Deck Special Summon triggers a search or Special Summon of 'Fallen of Albaz' or a mention monster, each effect once per turn; Spell Card, Field race: cannot be used as material; 343 of 343 sampled decks run it, with 316 at one copy; Fallen of Albaz is a co-deck in 100% of sampled decks
- Observed: 24 distinct archetypes; Branded 33.2%, Despia 17.5%, Bystial/Byssted 15.5%; Gameplay type 7 accounts for 93.9% of decks (name mapping not supplied); No combos, guides, usage statistics or top-card ranking are recorded
- Inferred: The card is reactive and needs an opponent Extra Deck summon to gain value; Field Spell placement determines whether the effect can be used from hand; Deck fit reflects the Fallen of Albaz package, not standalone power
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): inclusion inferred from the deck sample only Fallen of Albaz text not supplied, so the value of the body it adds is inferred only Field Spell zone and activation-from-hand rules not stated in the text format ids not mapped to names no rulings supplied