EARTH
1Sunseed Shadow
Archetype:
Sunseed
ATK:
0
DEF:
400
View:
4221
If you control a Plant Normal Monster: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 linked Link-2 or lower "Sunavalon" or "Sunvine" monster you control; Special Summon 1 monster with the same name from your Extra Deck, but negate its effects, also you cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn, except Plant monsters. You can only use each effect of "Sunseed Shadow" once per turn.
Sunseed Shadow — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47.5 · Deck: 50.75 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Starter
Why it scores here
Sunseed Shadow scores on its role as an Extra Deck extender for Sunavalon and Sunvine: it can be Special Summoned from hand only while you control a Plant Normal Monster, and from the GY it banishes itself to bring a same-named monster out of the Extra Deck as a negated copy. Its 0 ATK and 400 DEF earn nothing, and the card's effects give it no opponent interaction. The strongest signal is deck-level: it sits in 165 of 165 sampled decks with 100% overlap with Sunseed Genius Loci, Sunvine Sowing and Sunavalon Dryas, which supports a real, practical home but is not proof of intrinsic strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Hand summon needs a Plant Normal Monster, and the GY route needs it to be in the GY first; it runs in 165/165 decks at 1.19 average copies, so access is live but conditional (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Its GY effect turns a Link-2 or lower Sunavalon/Sunvine into a negated same-name Extra Deck body, a fair board step with help rather than a one-card board; no combo boards were supplied (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | No card advantage: the hand summon is free and the GY route costs the card itself, with no search or draw (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect against the opponent; the negation applies only to the copy it summons (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 1 Earth Plant non-Tuner is a modest generic material, and the GY effect banishes it from the GY, which limits its value as material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Both effects are once per turn and gated by the Plant Normal condition and a Link monster on board, so one interruption can shut the line down (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Runs at one copy in most decks with no garnet or lock, but the Sunavalon/Sunvine shell is needed to make it worthwhile (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Starter. Intrinsic ≈ 47.5, Deck ≈ 50.75, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-restriction on Special Summon (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand summon is free and needs only a Plant Normal Monster to be on the field.
- GY effect brings a same-name monster out of the Extra Deck as a negated copy, extending the Sunavalon/Sunvine line.
- Appears in 165/165 sampled decks with 100% overlap with Sunseed Genius Loci, Sunvine Sowing and Sunavalon Dryas.
Weaknesses
- Hand summon requires a Plant Normal Monster you control.
- GY effect banishes the card itself, so it is a one-shot cost, not repeatable value.
- The copy it summons is negated and the rest of the turn is restricted to Plant Special Summons.
- Target is limited to a Link-2 or lower Sunavalon/Sunvine monster you control.
Best use
Hand-started extender that puts a Link-2 or lower Sunavalon/Sunvine body into the Extra Deck line. Decks: Sunavalon (archetype 1727), Sunavalon (archetype 867). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: hand summon needs a Plant Normal Monster; GY banish targets a Link-2 or lower Sunavalon/Sunvine; the summoned copy is negated; each effect is once per turn.; 165 of 165 sampled decks run it, average 1.19 copies, 100% overlap with Sunseed Genius Loci, Sunvine Sowing and Sunavalon Dryas.
- Observed: Sunavalon archetype 1727 is in 60.6% of decks; gameplay type 3 is 62.4% of decks.; Most copies are 1 (139 of 165 decks).
- Inferred: Extender is the primary role because the GY effect is the Extra Deck summon.; Combo conversion is text-only with no combo boards supplied.
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference. No banlist token; assumed 3 copies. No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion is inferred from the 165-deck sample only. No counter evidence supplied. Card's own archetype field says Sunseed, but deck evidence is almost entirely Sunavalon/Sunvine; archetype membership not verified.