Spell
NormalParallel World Fusion
Archetype:
Elemental HERO
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Fusion Summon 1 "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by shuffling your banished Fusion Materials listed on it into your Deck. You cannot Special Summon monsters except by this card's effect, during the turn you activate this card.
51± 4/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
50
Deck
55
Parallel World Fusion — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 4 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender, Searcher
Why it scores here
Parallel World Fusion is a specialized Elemental HERO engine piece that recovers banished fusion materials and summons a Fusion Monster, enabling mid-combo extension in HERO decks. Its 91-deck inclusion rate and 85.7% co-deck presence with Miracle Fusion confirm it fits the archetype's synergy network reliably. However, the mandatory turn-lock restriction and archetype-specific text limit its flexibility and splashability, preventing it from achieving higher power scores despite consistent deck adoption.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 57 | Requires banished Fusion Materials and a HERO Fusion in Extra Deck, but HERO decks naturally generate both via Miracle Fusion and Mask Change, making activation reliable in context (observed: 91 deck inclusions, 38.5% in Heroic specifically). |
| Combo & Conversion | 58 | Summons 1 HERO Fusion body and recycles banished resources, providing moderate board extension aligned with HERO synergies; the turn-lock prevents chain extension but fits focused HERO lines (inferred: top partners Stratos/Miracle Fusion/Sunrise confirm fusion-centric synergy, 0 combos recorded prevents direct verification). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Converts dead banished resources into live board presence (net 0 card advantage but +1 tempo/presence) and refuels the deck, avoiding graveyard depletion common in Fusion strategies (verified: shuffles banished materials back to Deck per card text; observed: 69.2% co-deck with Polymerization suggests mill/banish tolerance). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | Has no disruptive capability—no negation, removal, or opposition interaction; purely a summoning effect (verified: card text contains no negation or interaction clauses). |
| Material Utility | 0 | As a Spell Card, cannot serve as Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link material and is inert in that context (verified: frame_type = spell, no level/attribute/race for material applications). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 48 | Single-use, once-per-turn summoning effect with a mandatory lock preventing further Special Summons that turn; inflexible in longer games if the Fusion is disrupted, but archetype-specific redundancy in HERO lines provides partial recovery (inferred: 1.14 average copies implies it is a singleton-ish recovery slot, not a core repeatable engine). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 63 | Clean slot cost (1.14 copies average, mostly 1–2 per deck), runs in 13 distinct archetypes primarily HERO-aligned (Heroic 38.5%, Heros 9.9%, Elemental HERO 7.7%), and appears to be a natural include rather than a garnet (verified: distribution shows 80 decks at 1 copy, not a brick load). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender (secondary role blend). Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype lock (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, combos absent)
Strengths
- Recovers banished resources that would otherwise be wasted, extending deck lifespan in grindy games
- Reliable Fusion summoning engine that synergizes with core HERO pieces (Miracle Fusion, Stratos, Shadow Mist)
- Low redundancy cost (1.14 copies average) makes it a clean slot in focused HERO builds
- Confirmed across 13 distinct archetypes, with strongest home in Heroic (38.5% of decks)
Weaknesses
- Turn-lock restriction prevents further Special Summoning, limiting explosive multi-combo turns
- Requires prior setup (banished materials must exist) to activate, making it unplayable in pure opening hands
- Archetype-locked to Elemental HERO Fusions; cannot support other fusion engines
- Single-use summoning effect with no inherent advantage generation or recursion
Counters / choke points
- Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo: Floodgate prevents Special Summon, rendering the card entirely dead
- Solemn Strike: Negates the summoning effect
- Graveyard-removal effects (D.D. Crow, Kycoo): Deplete banished materials needed for activation
Best use
Mid-combo recovery and secondary Fusion summoning. Decks: Heroic, Elemental HERO, Heros, Vision HERO, Destiny HERO.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Fusion Summons 1 Elemental HERO Fusion Monster from Extra Deck by shuffling banished Fusion Materials into Deck (card description); Restricts Special Summons to this card's effect only during the turn of activation (card description); Runs in 91 decks across 13 distinct archetypes (decks_evidence); Heroic is primary home at 38.5% inclusion rate (decks_evidence.archetypes); Top three partners are Miracle Fusion (85.7%), Stratos (78%), and Polymerization (69.2%), all core HERO pieces (decks_evidence.top_partners); Spell card type, cannot be used as material (card.frame_type = spell)
- Observed: Run at 1.14 copies average per deck, with distribution of 80 decks at 1 copy, 9 at 2 copies, 2 at 3 copies (decks_evidence.copies_per_deck); Appears in Heroic (38.5%), Heros (9.9%), and Elemental HERO (7.7%) as primary homes (decks_evidence.archetypes); Appears across gameplay types 7 (48.4%), 4 (23.1%), and 6 (22%), indicating multi-format presence (decks_evidence.gameplay_types)
- Inferred: Recovery mechanism: Shuffles banished materials back to Deck, making it a resource-refuel tool in banish-heavy Fusion lines; Mid-combo role: Co-occurrence with Miracle Fusion (another recovery tool) and Stratos (mid-combo extender) suggests secondary summoning rather than opener; Turn-lock implication: Mandatory lock prevents explosive chaining; suitable for focused HERO lines where the lock cost is minimal; Accessibility moderate: Requires banished materials and HERO Fusion in Extra Deck; HERO decks naturally generate both via Miracle Fusion, Mask Change, and Shadow Mist effects
- Data gaps: No combos recorded: combo conversion estimated from deck synergy and card text; actual combo payload and board power indices unknown No guides supplied: cannot verify human commentary on card's role and strategy application No banlist data: assumed 3 copies legal (unlimited); no restriction/ban status information No usage statistics: archetype inclusion rates inferred from 91-deck sample only, not historical StatisticsCard trend data