EARTH
7Threshold Borg
ATK:
2400
DEF:
2000
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If you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by discarding 1 Cyberse monster. All monsters your opponent controls lose 500 ATK.
Threshold Borg — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Extender, Utility
Why it scores here
Threshold Borg is a free Level 7 EARTH Cyberse body that Special Summons itself from hand whenever you control no monsters by discarding a Cyberse monster, then shaves 500 ATK off every opposing monster. Its value is almost entirely as clean, generic material (Link and Rank 7 lines next to Accesscode Talker/Update Jammer) rather than as a starter, since no combo evidence shows it initiating or extending a line. Its 2400 ATK earns nothing here, and the self-summon is conditional (empty field) and card-negative (discard), so it lands mid-table: a flexible utility body that is reliably playable but never a build-around. Absent combo data and a low observed appearance rate keep it out of the upper tiers.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 48 | Card text lets it Special Summon itself only when you control no monsters and only with a Cyberse monster to discard, and it is a Level 7 so common Cyberse tutors like Cynet Mining (Level 4 or lower) cannot fetch it (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 42 | Combos evidence records 0 appearances and 0 examples, so its real contribution is text-only: at best one extra Level 7 body for a Rank 7 or a Link material (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Summoning it costs a discard from hand for a single on-field body, making it roughly card-neutral and it offers no search, draw, or GY refuel (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The only interactive text is a passive -500 ATK applied to all opponent monsters, a soft, low-impact debuff that removes nothing (verified). |
| Material Utility | 65 | It is an archetype-free Level 7 EARTH Cyberse body, a clean generic material for Links, Rank 7 Xyz, or Cyberse lines that still functions even if its effect is negated (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It works only from hand into an empty field, so a single negate on the summon burns the discard, and it has no GY recursion or multi-zone reach (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | It is a cheap 1-2 slot utility card with no archetype lock or garnet, but it is a dead card once you already control a monster (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Free Special Summon from hand (Level 7 EARTH Cyberse body) whenever you control no monsters.
- Generic, archetype-free material: clean for Link summons and Rank 7 Xyz, and useful as material even if its effect is negated.
- Passive board-wide -500 ATK to all opponent monsters.
- Observed across multiple homes (Salamangreat, Cyberse/Cynet, Kashtira) at a low 1-2 copy count, confirming it as a flexible utility piece.
Weaknesses
- Self-summon requires controlling no monsters and discarding a Cyberse monster, so it is card-negative and dead when you already have a body.
- Level 7 puts it out of reach of common Level-4-or-lower Cyberse tutors such as Cynet Mining.
- No combo evidence: it does not start or extend a recorded line, so its ceiling is one extra body.
- -500 ATK debuff is minor and interacts with nothing in the opponent's engine.
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation on the summon (e.g. Solemn/Traptrix-style negation) leaves the discarded Cyberse spent for nothing.
- Controlling any monster makes it unsummonable from hand, bricking the card.
- Removing or banishing the body before it is used as material denies the only value it provides.
Best use
Free Level 7 body / material extender. Decks: Salamangreat, Cyberse, Cynet. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: self Special Summon from hand when you control no monsters by discarding 1 Cyberse monster.; Card text: all monsters the opponent controls lose 500 ATK.; Card is Level 7 EARTH Cyberse, 2400 ATK / 2000 DEF, archetype: null, legal in TCG/OCG/MasterDuel/DuelLinks.
- Observed: 13 recent decks run it, all in the main deck, average 1.54 copies (max 2).; Salamangreat is the dominant home (7 decks / 53.8%); other homes are Cynet, Cyberse, and Kashtira.; Top co-deck partners include Accesscode Talker, Update Jammer, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and Cynet Mining.; Combos evidence: 0 appearances, 0 as starter/searched/material/payoff.
- Inferred: Because Cynet Mining only adds Level 4 or lower Cyberse monsters, Threshold Borg is not fetchable by that common tutor.; Its practical value is one generic Level 7 body for Link/Rank 7 lines, making it a material/utility piece rather than a starter.; Requiring an empty field means it is dead once you already control a monster.
- Data gaps: 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 avg_power_index and starter counts absent, so deck synergy could not be measured directly