WATER
5Spawn Alligator
Archetype:
Alligator
ATK:
2200
DEF:
1000
View:
3148
During the End Phase of the turn this card was Tribute Summoned by Tributing a Reptile-Type monster: Target 1 monster that was used for the Tribute Summon of this card; Special Summon it from the Graveyard.
Spawn Alligator — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 28 ± 6 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 28 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Spawn Alligator converts a Reptile Tribute into a 2200 ATK Level 5 body plus a delayed End Phase revival of the tributed monster — a roughly card-neutral tempo play, not card advantage. The effect is entirely conditional on being Tribute Summoned by Tributing a Reptile-Type monster, and the evidence supplies no searchers, deck lists, or combo appearances, so it is only live in dedicated Reptile Tribute shells. Its 2200 ATK earns it nothing: accessibility, resilience, and deck cost dominate the score. With no decks or combos supplied, the final value is the provisional Intrinsic score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 20 | Requires a Reptile-Type monster on the field to Tribute Summon, with no searcher or starter appearances in the evidence (verified card text; no combo data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | Does nothing on its own — it converts one Reptile into a 2200 body plus a delayed revive, with 0 combo appearances observed (verified text / observed 0). |
| Resource Economy | 33 | Trades this card for a bigger body while returning the tributed monster from the Graveyard, roughly even rather than a plus (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Provides no negation, removal, or disruption against the opponent (verified card text). |
| Material Utility | 28 | A Level 5 with no self-summon route is an awkward, rarely-used material body even when its effect is blanked (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 18 | Relies on a single Tribute Summon plus an End Phase trigger, so one summon/effect negation ends the line (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 30 | One narrow, condition-gated slot that is dead outside Reptile Tribute builds (inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 28, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Intrinsic (no decks AND no combos)
Strengths
- Returns the tributed Reptile-Type monster from the Graveyard to the field in the End Phase, effectively netting a bigger body while keeping the material
- 2200 ATK on a Level 5 body is a usable beater for the turn it is summoned
- WATER/Reptile Level 5 typing fits Reptile-based support and material pools
Weaknesses
- Effect is fully conditional on a Tribute Summon that Tributes a Reptile-Type monster
- No self-summon, search route, or combo evidence — only live in dedicated Reptile shells
- Provides no disruption, removal, or negation
- Slow: the revival only happens during the End Phase and only targets the tribute used
- Dead in the vast majority of decks and matchups
Counters / choke points
- Solemn Strike / Solemn Judgment negating the Tribute Summon or the Summon
- Effect negation on the End Phase trigger (e.g. Infinite Impermanence) to blank the revival
- Removing the targeted monster from the Graveyard before the End Phase resolves
- Generic monster removal / Kaiju-style tribute-outs on the 2200 ATK body
Best use
Tribute-summon recursion body. Decks: Reptile-Type Tribute builds. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: 'During the End Phase of the turn this card was Tribute Summoned by Tributing a Reptile-Type monster: Target 1 monster that was used for the Tribute Summon of this card; Special Summon it from the Graveyard.'; Level 5 WATER Reptile, 2200 ATK / 1000 DEF, Effect Monster in TCG/OCG/MasterDuel/DuelLinks; No banlist token supplied; assumed unlimited (3 copies)
- Observed: 0 decks in the supplied sample run this card; 0 combo appearances across recorded boards
- Inferred: Its recursion is roughly card-neutral, trading this card for a body while returning the tributed monster; The condition (Tribute Summon via a Reptile-Type tribute) makes it usable only in dedicated Reptile shells; No searcher, route, or partner is present in the evidence
- 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) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only