EARTH
3Transcicada
ATK:
800
DEF:
1000
View:
4126
If this card is Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 "Moult Token" (Insect/EARTH/Level 3/ATK 0/DEF 0). While the Token Special Summoned by this effect is on the field, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except Insect monsters. You can only use this effect of "Transcicada" once per turn.
Transcicada — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Transcicada's score comes from its text: one Special Summon becomes two Level 3 bodies, a Tuner plus a Moult Token, and the Token is a clean material even if the effect is negated. Its ATK 800 and DEF 1000 earn nothing. The Extra Deck lock on non-Insect monsters is a real self-restriction that caps deck-building efficiency, and the card has no interaction. Deck presence in 19 decks across 8 archetypes supports portability and a real role, but it does not raise the score by itself.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Live in 19 of the attached decks with 1.63 copies on average, but no searcher or combo data shows how often it is drawn or reached (observed, with inference on the route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | One Special Summon yields a second Level 3 body, with no recorded combo boards to confirm the conversion (verified from text, inferred for scale). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Adds a free body with no card advantage, refuel or recursion (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap reach in the text (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | Tuner plus Level 3 Token gives clean Level 3 material pairs, and the body still counts as material if the effect is negated (inferred from text and level stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The effect is once per turn and triggers only on Special Summon, so one negate ends the value; it does survive as a body (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | A single-copy-friendly slot with no garnet, but the Extra Deck summon restriction on non-Insect monsters is a mild self-lock (verified from text, observed in deck sample). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Extra Deck summon restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- One Special Summon becomes two Level 3 bodies, a Tuner and a Token (verified from text)
- The Token is a Level 3 non-Tuner, so the pair is a clean Level 6 Synchro or Level 3 Xyz material base (inferred from levels)
- Stays useful as material even if the effect is negated (inferred from text)
- Runs in 8 archetypes and co-occurs with several Insect partners (observed, 19 decks)
Weaknesses
- Once-per-turn effect that only triggers on Special Summon (verified from text)
- Blocks Extra Deck Special Summons for non-Insect monsters while the Token is alive (verified from text)
- No recorded combo boards, so conversion is not confirmed in practice (data gap)
- No interaction or negation of its own (verified from text)
Counters / choke points
- Monster effect negation on its Special Summon trigger (inferred from text)
- Board breakers that remove the Token (inferred from text)
Best use
Level 3 Tuner body that adds a second Level 3 material after its Special Summon, mainly in Insect-heavy Extra Deck builds. Decks: Ragnaraika, Naturia, Battlewasp, Beetrooper, Gouki, Digital Bugs, Synchro Event.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tuner Level 3 EARTH Insect 800/1000 with Special Summon Token effect and non-Insect Extra Deck restriction (card text); Appears in 19 attached decks across 8 archetypes, 1.63 copies average (deck stat)
- Observed: Insect partners co-occur at high rates (Resonance Insect 89.5%, Inzektor Picofalena 73.7%) (deck stat); 84.2% of decks are gameplay type 7 (deck stat)
- Inferred: Level 3 Token plus Tuner forms a Level 6 Synchro or Level 3 Xyz base (from levels and card text); Its value survives effect negation as a Level 3 body (from card text)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only