EARTH
3Subterror Nemesis Archer
Archetype:
Subterror
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1400
View:
3490
At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks an opponent's face-down Defense Position monster, and you control another "Subterror" monster: You can shuffle that opponent's monster into the Deck. If this card on the field is destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 "Subterror" monster from your Deck in face-up or face-down Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Subterror Nemesis Archer" once per turn.
Subterror Nemesis Archer — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
The card is a Level 3 Subterror body whose value comes from two conditional effects: shuffling a face-down Defense monster away when it attacks one while another Subterror is on the field, and Special Summoning a Subterror from the Deck after it is destroyed and sent to the GY. Its 1600 ATK and 1400 DEF earn nothing by themselves. Its score is held down by the absence of combo data, the archetype restriction on both effects, and the lack of any search or direct card-advantage route. Its deck presence (in all 400 sampled decks, at roughly 1.09 copies) confirms it is a reliable, cheap slot within Subterror, not that it is strong on its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Not searchable and reached only through the Subterror shell; it is in 400 of 400 sampled decks, but that confirms deck inclusion rather than a route to the card (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No recorded boards exist, so the text-only conversion is one attack-based shuffle plus one GY recovery body with no evidenced chain (inferred, data gap). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The GY effect turns a loss into a new Subterror body from the Deck, a partial 1-for-1 refuel with some card advantage when it dies (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | The shuffle effect answers a face-down Defense monster only during an attack and only with another Subterror present, so it is conditional, not flexible interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 3 EARTH Fairy body is usable as generic material, but nothing in the evidence shows it being used that way (verified stats, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The GY trigger is useful after destruction and the card is live across zones, but both effects are once per turn each and need a Subterror partner (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | It runs as a single copy in the sampled decks with no garnet or lock, but both effects restrict it to Subterror builds (observed deck stats, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked effects (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- In all 400 sampled decks, showing a stable, cheap place in Subterror
- Battle-phase shuffle answers a face-down Defense monster for one card
- GY trigger returns a Subterror body from the Deck after the card is destroyed
Weaknesses
- Both effects are once per turn each and need another Subterror on the field
- No search or direct card-advantage route, so access depends on the rest of the deck
- No combo data supplied, so its contribution to board conversion is unproven
Counters / choke points
- Speculation: generic battle-phase or GY-effect negation, which the evidence does not cover
Best use
Extender / battle-phase removal body in Subterror. Decks: Subterror (archetype 711, 53% of sampled decks), Subterror (archetype 176, 20.8% of sampled decks). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: battle-triggered shuffle of an opponent's face-down Defense monster when another Subterror is controlled; Card text: GY trigger Special Summons 1 Subterror from the Deck in face-up or face-down Defense Position; Each effect is once per turn; Stats 1600 ATK / 1400 DEF, Level 3, EARTH Fairy; Appears in all 400 sampled decks at 1.09 average copies
- Observed: Co-occurs with Subterror Guru, Subterror Fiendess and The Hidden City in 98.8% of sampled decks; Subterror archetype decks make up about 75% of the sample (archetypes 711 and 176); Guides describe Subterror as a flip-control deck with Behemoth bosses, mentioning the card only as archetype support
- Inferred: Extender primary role: the GY trigger puts a Subterror body onto the field from the Deck; Accessibility limited to Subterror builds and partner-driven access; Modest material value because the card is Level 3 EARTH with no evidenced material use
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only