Spell
ContinuousStumbling
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Any monster that is Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned or Special Summoned is changed to Defense Position.
Stumbling — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Stumbling is a one-copy Continuous Spell that turns every summoned monster into Defense Position, so it converts a summon-heavy board into a stalled one rather than building anything itself. The score rests on its interaction value and its low deck cost: it sits in 35 of the 35 sampled decks across 12 archetypes at about 1.4 copies each, and it is not a garnet. High stats are irrelevant here, and the card earns nothing from being a monster or from its popularity; the 0 combo appearances mean its conversion is inferred from text alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Runs in all 35 sampled decks and is drawn by generic draw such as Maxx "C" and Pot of Extravagance, but no searcher route is evidenced and it is not a Top Card (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Zero recorded combo boards; the card builds nothing by itself and only restricts what the opponent can do with summons (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | A single spell that spends one card for one lock with no refuel or recursion in the evidence (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | Forces every Normal, Flip, or Special Summoned monster into Defense, blunting attack-based pressure across both boards, with partners like Skill Drain and Raigeki suggesting its use alongside other control (verified from text, observed from partners). |
| Material Utility | 5 | Spell card with no material role; it cannot be a body or a material (verified from frame type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | A Continuous Spell that stays on the field across turns but can be removed by generic spell removal, and it has no redundancy beyond its copies (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Near free-roll with one copy typical and no garnet or lock on the rest of the deck, although it is a slot that is dead against spell-light boards (observed copies distribution, inferred restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Floodgate/Control primary weights only; secondary role not blended because the combo evidence is absent.. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Broad deck homes: 12 distinct archetypes with 35 of 35 sampled decks running it
- Cheap to run: one copy typical, no garnet, easily splashed
- Strong effect profile against summon-based attack pressure
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo boards, so conversion is text-only inference
- No searcher or recursion, so accessibility depends on generic draw
- Dead or weak when the opponent plays few summons or spells are answered easily
Counters / choke points
- Generic Continuous Spell removal (inferred from card type; no specific counter appears in the evidence)
Best use
Floodgate/Control tech against summon-heavy boards. Decks: Exodia, Enneacraft, Runick (Mysterune), Subterror, Greed, Royal. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Continuous Spell that changes any monster summoned by either player to Defense Position (card text); Runs in 35 of 35 sampled decks across 12 archetypes, average 1.4 copies (deck stat); Legal in TCG, OCG and MasterDuel
- Observed: Top partners include Maxx "C" (48.6%) and Skill Drain (42.9%) (deck stat); Gameplay split is 77.1% gameplay type 7 and 22.9% type 4 (deck stat); Royal usage inclusion 100% at 2 copies (usage statistic, single archetype)
- Inferred: Floodgate/Control role based on its text, since the combo data does not confirm it; Low resource economy: a one-card cost for a lock with no refuel; Removable by generic spell removal
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no per-archetype usage data beyond Royal