Spell
ContinuousSaber Combination
Archetype:
Saber
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While 10 or more "X-Saber" monsters are in your field, GY, and/or banishment, "X-Saber" monsters you control gain ATK equal to their original DEF. You can only use each of the following effects of "Saber Combination" once per turn. If you Special Summon an "X-Saber" monster(s) from the Extra Deck (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon 1 "X-Saber" monster from your hand or Deck. When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can Special Summon 1 "X-Saber" monster from your hand.
Saber Combination — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Saber Combination is a free Continuous Spell that turns each Extra Deck summon of an X-Saber into an extra body from hand or Deck, and adds a once-per-turn body in response to an opponent's attack. The 188-deck sample shows it run in almost every list at 1 copy, with the X-Saber core partners at 100%, so it is reliably accessible in its shell. The score stays in the mid-40s because the card is archetype-locked, leaves no material value, and is a Spell sitting in the Spell/Trap zone where backrow removal can take it; its high-ATK late-game boost earns no points on its own. No combo boards were supplied, so the conversion read is text-only.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Recorded in 188 of 188 sampled decks, at 1.28 average copies, and the X-Saber partners appear at 100%, but no starter/searched stats exist (inferred from deck co-occurrence). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Text gives one extra X-Saber body per Extra Deck summon and one per opponent attack, both once per turn, with no combo boards to confirm the depth (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Each trigger adds a body from hand or Deck at no card cost, which is a board gain but not a card-advantage engine; there is no refuel or search (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The attack-response summon creates a blocker-style body but does not negate or remove anything (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 10 | The Spell itself is never material, and its value depends on the X-Saber bodies it summons, not on its own body (verified from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A face-up Continuous Spell is removed by generic backrow destruction, though it works across both turns through its once-per-turn clauses (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Runs as 1 copy in 150 of 188 decks, with no garnet or lock beyond archetype dependence, so it costs a single slot per deck (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Free-to-run body generation: each trigger adds an X-Saber at no card cost
- Consistently included across the X-Saber shell (188 of 188 sampled decks)
- Low slot cost, typically one copy
Weaknesses
- Archetype-locked: the triggers only matter with X-Saber monsters
- No combo evidence, so conversion depth is text-only
- Sits face-up as a Spell, exposed to backrow removal
- No card advantage beyond the summon itself
Counters / choke points
- Generic backrow destruction on the face-up Continuous Spell
- Opponent hand traps and effect negation that shut off the Extra Deck summon trigger
Best use
Extender that adds a free body on each Extra Deck summon and a blocker-style body on opponent attacks. Decks: X-Saber. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Continuous Spell with two once-per-turn summon effects and a field ATK clause (card text); Recorded in 188 sampled decks at 1.28 average copies (deck stat)
- Observed: X-Saber partners at 100% co-occurrence (deck stat); Usage stats show 100% inclusion in 3 of 4 archetype homes (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Accessibility rests on X-Saber searchers and summons, with no searcher table (inferred); Conversion depth is inferred from text, not combo boards (inferred)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no starter count per deck, so DeckResilience is set neutrally