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During Main Phase 2: Special Summon any number of Level 2 or lower monsters with different names from your hand, Deck, and/or GY to your zone(s) a Link Monster(s) points to. You can only activate 1 "Packet Link" per turn.
52± 6/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
52
Deck
53
Packet Link — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Packet Link is a conditional board extender that adds multiple small bodies to Link-based combo decks, but its value depends critically on having a Link Monster already established on field. While it appears consistently in Spright and Frog strategies, it primarily serves to fill board positions after the main combo is resolved rather than driving the combo itself. The constraint to Level 2 or lower monsters with different names, combined with Main Phase 2 timing, limits its application to going-first scenarios, and it offers no card advantage or opponent interaction.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Reliable in Link-centric decks where establishing Link Monsters is standard, but requires prior Link presence and is dead without one (verified: deck data across 9 archetypes; text-based Link zone requirement). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Summons multiple distinct Level 2 or lower bodies from hand/Deck/GY to extend existing boards, but lacks demonstrated combo centrality and no recorded combo sequences confirm multi-step value chains (observed: zero combos supplied; inferred from text and deck context). |
| Resource Economy | 58 | Generates no net card advantage but refills the field from Deck or GY, providing board presence in resource-hungry strategies like Spright and Frog (observed: average 1.61 copies per deck; inferred from archetype distribution and GY access). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | Provides no disruption, negation, or removal; purely offensive in scope and offers no defensive utility against opponent plays (verified: card text contains no opponent interaction). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Normal Trap card with no material usage; cannot be Synchro, Xyz, Link, or Fusion material (verified: Trap card type precludes all material utility). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 48 | Limited to Main Phase 2 activation (useful only going first in typical combos), subject to Trap negation pre-activation, and reliant on Link Monster survival; once-per-turn restriction is standard (verified: card text timing and restriction). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Splashable in any Link-spam strategy with no archetype-specific lock; takes a single Trap slot and runs as 1–3 copies flexibly across nine distinct archetypes (observed: 1–3 copy distribution, zero archetype restrictions). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 × Extender + 0.3 × Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40×Intrinsic + 0.60×Deck
Strengths
- Splashable in any Link-centric strategy without archetype lock
- Accesses Deck and GY simultaneously for resource recovery and field refill
- Can summon multiple distinct small bodies to accelerate post-combo extension turns
- Runs flexibly as 1–3 copies with minimal brick risk
Weaknesses
- Requires Link Monster already on field (setup dependency prevents independent utility)
- Limited to Main Phase 2 only (not useful going second or for early-game disruption)
- Level 2 or lower constraint limits body quality and impact
- Different names restriction limits total distinct monsters summoned per activation
- No card advantage generation; provides pure field presence for extension
- Subject to Trap negation before activation and removal of summoned bodies after
Counters / choke points
- Trap negation (Solemn Strike, Solemn Judgment, or other Trap negation)
- Removal of Link Monsters (blocks the zone availability this card needs)
- Hand traps stopping opponent's combo progression before Main Phase 2 is reached
Best use
Post-combo extender and board filler in Link loops. Decks: Spright, Frog, Powered Crawler, Link-centric going-first strategies.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: 'During Main Phase 2: Special Summon any number of Level 2 or lower monsters with different names from your hand, Deck, and/or GY to your zone(s) a Link Monster(s) points to. Once per turn.'; Appears in 18 decks across 9 distinct archetypes (Spright, Frog, Powered Crawler, Evil Twin, S-Force, Labrynth, Hole, Traptrix, Madolche); Average 1.61 copies per deck; distribution: 1 copy (44%), 2 copies (50%), 3 copies (5.6%); All 18 instances in main deck; zero in side deck; Requires Link Monster on field to function (text: 'to your zone(s) a Link Monster(s) points to')
- Observed: Highest concentration in Spright (27.8%) and Frog (27.8%), both Link-heavy archetypes; Top partners are predominantly Spright cards and staple traps, indicating support role in established strategies; Plays as 1–3 copies, suggesting optional tech rather than core combo piece
- Inferred: Likely serves as post-combo extender rather than starter (text + deck context: summoned to already-established Link zones); Level 2 or lower + different-names constraints limit body quantity and quality; Main Phase 2 timing limits utility to going-first scenarios in typical combo decks; No card advantage generation; provides pure field presence for turn extension
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is entirely text-based inference; no recorded sequences confirm practical power chains No guides supplied — no expert commentary on use cases or synergies No banlist token — assumed unlimited (3 copies max) across all formats No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion rates inferred from 18-deck sample only