WATER
3Root Water
ATK:
900
DEF:
800
View:
506
An amphibian capable of calling up a massive tidal wave from the dark seas to wipe out enemy monsters.
Root Water — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 35 ± 8 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 35 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Root Water is a vanilla Level 3 WATER Fish Normal Monster with no effect text, limiting its practical contribution to any deck. It functions solely as a body for Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link material, but offers no synergy, searching mechanism, or built-in advantage. With zero supporting deck or combo evidence and no archetype home, its score reflects material utility alone—a body that works in isolation but creates opportunity cost without enabling anything. The 900 ATK does not move the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 28 | No search mechanics or archetype home; accessibility relies purely on drawing it or generic non-targeted tutors (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 10 | No effect text means it cannot start or extend a combo on its own; it functions only as a static body (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 32 | Drawing this card occupies a deck slot without generating card advantage; it breaks even if used as material but creates no refuel or search (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | Vanilla Normal Monster with no effect; cannot negate, disrupt, or remove (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 3 WATER Fish body usable for Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link material; generic attributes with no special type synergy like Tuner or archetype requirement (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 18 | Static body with no recovery, protection, or multi-zone utility; once drawn, it is either tributed/used or remains a dead card (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 22 | Vanilla card with minimal deck-building restriction, but its slot cost is high because running a 900 ATK body creates opportunity cost without enabling payoff; not splashable without external synergy (inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 35, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Intrinsic (no decks/combos evidence)
Strengths
- Simple, clear Normal Monster with no text ambiguity
- Functional as generic Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link material
Weaknesses
- No effect text or active ability whatsoever
- No archetype, no search, no synergy
- Mediocre stats (900 ATK, 800 DEF) for a Level 3
- Occupies deck slot with no enabling payoff
- Vanilla Normal Monsters are rarely played in modern Yu-Gi-Oh! without external synergy
Best use
Emergency Fusion/Synchro material in themed decks with no better Level 3 options. Suggested copies: 0.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card is a Normal Monster, Level 3, WATER, Fish, 900 ATK, 800 DEF; Card has no effect text (only flavor description); Zero deck appearances in supplied sample; Zero combo appearances in supplied sample
- Inferred: Can function as Synchro/Fusion/Xyz/Link material due to body type; Unlikely to see competitive play due to lack of effect or synergy; Accessibility is low without searching or archetype support; Deckbuilding efficiency is negative due to opportunity cost
- Data gaps: No decks supplied—deck/synergy signals unavailable No combos supplied—combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token—assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard)—no archetype inclusion data Card has no effect text beyond flavor—all playability assessment is inference based on vanilla body type