DARK
6Sanwitch
ATK:
2100
DEF:
1800
View:
5139
"Sangan" + "Witch of the Black Forest"
Sanwitch — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Combo enabler, Utility
Why it scores here
Sanwitch is a vanilla Fusion whose entire text is the material line "Sangan" + "Witch of the Black Forest", so its value comes from being a cheap, generic Level 6 DARK Spellcaster body that Ready Fusion (co-occurs in 80.5% of its 400 decks) or The Gaze of Timaeus (80%) can put on board straight out of the Extra Deck. That is genuine, practical material utility at near-zero main-deck cost, but the card brings no interaction, no card advantage, and has zero recorded combo appearances, so it functions as a supporting cog rather than a win condition. Its 2100 ATK and 1800 DEF earn it no points; the score reflects how reliably a generic Fusion effect converts into a usable material body against the deckbuilding cost of one Extra Deck slot.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | It is an Extra Deck monster that is never drawn and its own material line is narrow, but 80.5% of the 400 decks running it also run Ready Fusion, giving a practical route to put it on board (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 42 | No combo lines were recorded (0 appearances), so conversion is inferred: a Ready Fusion or Timaeus summon yields a 2100 ATK Level 6 DARK Spellcaster body that feeds into larger lines (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 38 | The card generates no advantage itself, and a generic Fusion-summon route is roughly an even-to-minus-one trade of a Spell (plus 1000 LP for Ready Fusion) into a single body (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Sanwitch has no printed effect whatsoever — the description is only the Fusion Material line — so it provides zero disruption, negation, or removal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 74 | Its whole value is as a clean Level 6 DARK Spellcaster body that generic Fusion effects can produce and that still counts as material even if its summon is answered (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 46 | Being in the Extra Deck it is never a dead draw and can be re-summoned on later turns, but the summoned 2100 ATK body has no protection and dies to any removal (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It costs one Ready Fusion slot plus one Extra Deck slot and no main-deck space, with most lists running a single copy (323 of 400 decks at 1), making it a low-cost inclusion (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 6 DARK Spellcaster body that generic Fusion effects (Ready Fusion 80.5%, The Gaze of Timaeus 80% co-occurrence) can summon without using its printed materials
- Costs no main-deck space and is never a dead draw because it lives in the Extra Deck
- Observed in 400 recent decks across 62 distinct archetypes, so the inclusion is real and reproducible
- Still a full 2100 ATK material body even if its summon effect or the summon itself is interacted with
Weaknesses
- Completely vanilla — no printed effect means no interaction, no advantage, and no protection
- Its own text route requires two specifically named monsters (Sangan + Witch of the Black Forest), which is impractical in modern builds
- Zero recorded combo appearances, so no combo-line evidence confirms the role the deck statistics imply
- A 2100 ATK body with no protection is trivially removed before it can be used as material
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring or similar negation on Ready Fusion / The Gaze of Timaeus
- Effect negation such as Infinite Impermanence on the summoning effect or the body
- Spot removal (S:P Little Knight, etc.) before Sanwitch can be used as Fusion Material
Best use
Extra Deck target for generic Fusion-summon effects, used as a Level 6 DARK Spellcaster material body. Decks: Dark Magician, Primite, Shining Sarcophagus. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is only the Fusion Material line 'Sangan' + 'Witch of the Black Forest'; Sanwitch has no printed effect; Sanwitch is a Level 6 DARK Spellcaster Fusion Monster with 2100 ATK / 1800 DEF; Legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links
- Observed: 400 recent decks run Sanwitch, spread across 62 distinct archetypes; Ready Fusion co-occurs in 80.5% of those decks; The Gaze of Timaeus in 80%; Copy spread: 323 decks at 1 copy, 38 at 2, 39 at 3; 0 recorded combo appearances and 0 guides mentioning the card
- Inferred: Its practical role is as a generic Fusion-summon target that produces a Level 6 DARK Spellcaster material body without using its printed materials; Because it has no effect, its value is entirely material utility plus an Extra Deck slot cost; The successful route depends on drawing Ready Fusion or The Gaze of Timaeus, so accessibility is conditional rather than opening-hand-live
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited), and the legal status of the named materials (Sangan, Witch of the Black Forest) is not given no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no dated metagame sample, so meta power is null and the score is provisional