DARK
Thelematech Clatis
ATK:
3000
DEF:
900
View:
3060
2 Level 8 monsters If this face-up card would be destroyed, you can detach 1 material from this card instead. Each time your opponent activates a card or effect, except Spell Cards and effects, place 1 Spell Counter on this card when that card/effect resolves (max. 9). You can remove 3 Spell Counters from this card; apply 1 of these effects. You can only use this effect of "Thelematech Clatis" once per turn. ● Add 1 Spell or 1 Spellcaster Effect Monster from your Deck to your hand. ● Special Summon 1 Spellcaster monster from your hand or Deck.
Thelematech Clatis — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Thelematech Clatis is a Level 8 Xyz that must be summoned from the Extra Deck using two Level 8 materials, so it is not reliably accessible. Its text gives a slow engine: it gains Spell Counters only when the opponent activates a non-Spell card or effect, and it spends 3 counters per once-per-turn effect to search a Spell or Spellcaster Effect Monster or to Special Summon a Spellcaster. Its destruction protection (detaching a material instead) and its one-copy deck footprint earn modest points, while its 3000 ATK and 900 DEF earn nothing.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Requires two Level 8 Xyz materials and has no searcher in the evidence; deck presence in 216 decks across 78 archetypes shows it is live, but that confirms access, not strength (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Its counter-to-search or counter-to-Special-Summon loop converts into one card or one body per use, but no combo boards were supplied, so conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Spending 3 counters for a search or Special Summon is a real +1 card, but the counters accumulate only on opponent activations, so the refuel rate is slow (inferred from text, observed copies of 1.15 average). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Its only interaction is destruction protection by detaching a material and counter gain; it is not a negation, removal, or hand trap (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | No combo evidence shows it as material, and its Xyz status and rank-8 body are not evaluated for material use beyond the text (inferred, data gap). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Protection from destruction by detaching a material and the Spell Counter engine give it multi-turn survival, though no observed interaction data supports it (verified from text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Mostly a single-copy card (188 of 216 decks run one copy) with no garnet restriction; it is cheap to run, though the Level 8 Xyz requirement limits its homes (observed, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Destruction protection by detaching a material keeps it on the field after a single destruction effect
- Once-per-turn search or Special Summon from a 3-counter pool gives repeatable value once counters build up
- Single-copy footprint with a near-zero garnet cost
Weaknesses
- Requires two Level 8 Xyz materials before any effect can be used
- Counter generation depends on opponent activations, so the engine is slow to start
- Its 3000 ATK and 900 DEF earn no power points under this rubric
Counters / choke points
- Negating its effects removes the destruction protection and the counter engine (inferred from text)
- Destruction-free removal or banishment that bypasses the material-detach protection (inferred from text)
Best use
Utility Xyz with a slow search or Special Summon engine and destruction protection. Decks: Horus, Blue-Eyes, Dark Magician. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 8 Xyz with ATK 3000 and DEF 900; Destruction protection by detaching 1 material; Gains a Spell Counter on opponent non-Spell activations, max 9; Once per turn: remove 3 counters to search or Special Summon a Spellcaster
- Observed: Appears in 216 decks across 78 archetypes; 188 of them run one copy; Top partners include Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (53.7%) and Called by the Grave (50%)
- Inferred: Its engine is slow to start because counters depend on opponent activations; Its Xyz rank and material use are not evidenced in the combo data
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for archetype inclusion total deck sample size is not given, so the 216-deck count cannot be turned into an inclusion rate no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed