DARK
Number 98: Antitopian
ATK:
2000
DEF:
2500
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2 Level 4 monsters When any player's monster declares an attack: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; change that monster to Defense Position. During either player's turn, while this card is in your Graveyard: You can target 1 "Utopia" monster on the field; Special Summon this card in Defense Position, and if you do, attach that monster to this card as an Xyz Material. You can only use this effect of "Number 98: Antitopian" once per turn.
Number 98: Antitopian — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 67 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 67 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Removal/Negation, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
This Rank 4 XYZ excels as a flexible extender in Utopia decks, providing both offensive disruption through ATK negation and defensive recovery via GY recursion with Utopia monsters. The card's solid material utility, clear effects, and clean deckbuilding slot earn stable mid-tier scores across all axes. High concentration in Utopia (62.5% of sample) confirms strong archetype fit, though limited combo evidence and niche presence elsewhere slightly temper the final score. ATK/DEF stats do not drive the scoring; rather, reliable role as a defensive/disruptive layer in XYZ strategies sustains the evaluation.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Requires 2 Level 4 monsters, widely accessible in Utopia decks where it appears in 62.5% of 184 recorded builds; GY effect is Utopia-specific, limiting portability outside that archetype (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Appears in 2 recorded combos at power index 100 each, supporting multi-monster end boards, though combo role data is missing and contribution clarity is limited (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | GY recursion attaches Utopia monsters as materials, providing repeated value across turns in Utopia context; ATK negation costs materials but enables multi-turn disruption (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | ATK negation is soft disruption (changes position) triggered reactively on attack declaration; useful but not hard negation and situational in meta (verified). |
| Material Utility | 70 | 2000 ATK / 2500 DEF Rank 4 Warrior provides clean generic XYZ material; retains board value even when effects are negated, fitting Utopia's Rank 4 toolbox (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 75 | Multi-turn disruption via ATK negation; GY recovery once per turn enables repeated recursion in Utopia; effect is Utopia-locked, limiting flexibility outside that home (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Runs as 1-of in 97.3% of decks, minimal deck cost; no searcher requirement or locking effects; good fit in Utopia, splashable across 48 distinct archetypes but niche outside Utopia core (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 blended (0.5 Removal/Negation + 0.5 Recovery/Recursion). Intrinsic ≈ 67, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Excellent GY recursion in Utopia decks enables multi-turn value and resilience to disruption
- Solid Rank 4 XYZ material for Utopia's toolbox; clean stats (2000/2500) retain value when blanked
- Minimal deck cost: runs cleanly as 1-of with no searcher requirement or locking effects
- ATK negation disruption complements Utopia's aggressive game plan
- Proven in high-power Utopia combos (power index 100)
Weaknesses
- ATK negation is soft disruption; does not remove or negate effects directly
- GY recursion limited to Utopia monsters, restricting full value outside Utopia archetype
- Role in recorded combos unclear; combo evidence is thin (only 2 examples, combo role empty)
- Reactively triggered effect; cannot disrupt proactively
- Niche outside Utopia despite 48-archetype spread (most appearances are fringe)
Counters / choke points
- Maxx C can punish recursion loop in Utopia combos
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring halts GY recursion attempt
- D.D. Crow removes the card from GY before recursion resolves
- Deck out strategy diminishes value of multi-turn recurse loops
Best use
Rank 4 XYZ extender and disruptive layer in XYZ-centric strategies. Decks: Utopia, Shark, Onomat. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: 2 Level 4 requirement, reactive ATK negation, GY recursion with Utopia-specific targeting and once-per-turn limit; Deck prevalence: 184 decks across 48 archetypes, dominant in Utopia at 62.5%; Combo presence: appears in 2 recorded power index 100 boards; Guide context: Extra Deck component in Utopia strategy guide
- Observed: Average 1.04 copies per deck; 97.3% of decks run exactly 1 copy; Top partners are Utopia XYZ monsters (Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray 73.4%, Number 39: Utopia Double 72.8%); Appears in 100% of recorded combos in sample (2 of 2)
- Inferred: GY recursion provides multi-turn resilience in Utopia, enabling repeated 'attach Utopia monster' loops; ATK negation complements Utopia's aggressive game plan by softening opponent's defense; Material utility is solid as a generic Rank 4; deck does not need to generate repeated copies; Niche outside Utopia despite 48-archetype label; most fringe appearances are 1–2 deck samples
- Data gaps: No banlist token — assumed 3 copies unlimited (does not appear on any format banlist in evidence) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % and historical trends inferred from deck sample only Combo role unclear — combo role field empty for both recorded boards; cannot confirm whether card is essential or interchangeable No individual combo card traces — cannot decompose which part of the power index the card earned