EARTHTranscode Talker
Archetype:
Code Talker
ATK:
2300
LINK-3
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2+ Effect Monsters While this card is co-linked, it and its co-linked monsters gain 500 ATK, also your opponent cannot target any of them with card effects. You can target 1 Link-3 or lower Cyberse Link Monster in your GY, except "Transcode Talker"; Special Summon it to your zone this card points to. You cannot Special Summon monsters the turn you activate this effect, except Cyberse monsters. You can only use this effect of "Transcode Talker" once per turn.
Transcode Talker — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 65 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 63 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Transcode Talker is a Link-3 Cyberse body whose value is its GY effect: it Special Summons a Link-3 or lower Cyberse Link monster from the GY into the zone it points to, and it shields co-linked monsters from opponent card effects. Its 500 ATK gain earns nothing on its own. The score comes from the board it helps build, and the only combo sample (one board, as payoff, power index 100) is too thin to carry much weight. It is run in all 400 sampled decks as a single copy, which confirms it is practical and cheap to run, but that frequency is not counted as power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Appears in all 400 sampled decks at one copy, with Cynet Codec search mentioned only in a guide, so routes are real but no searcher table is supplied (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 70 | The single recorded board has 6 end monsters and 3 bosses with a power index of 100, a strong but one-sample signal (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The GY Special Summon of a Link-3 is a recovery of a body with no card cost, and the board example shows net card advantage of +7 (observed/inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | It blocks opponent card-effect targeting only for co-linked monsters, not negation or removal, so the interaction is soft (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Link-3 with Top, Right and Bottom arrows is a usable Link body, but no as_material appearances or Link-summon evidence are supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | The GY revive gives a second use of a Link-3 across zones and turns, but the revive is once per turn and Cyberse-only (verified from text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One copy in 398 of 400 decks, with no garnet or lock restriction in the evidence, makes it cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 63, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks and combos present; meta unknown)
Strengths
- Recurs a Link-3 or lower Cyberse Link monster from the GY into a zone it points to
- Co-linked monsters cannot be targeted by opponent card effects while it is co-linked
- Appears in all 400 sampled decks at one copy, across 27 archetypes
Weaknesses
- The GY effect is Cyberse-only and once per turn
- Its protection covers only co-linked monsters and does not negate or remove anything
- The only combo sample is a single board, so the conversion signal is thin
Counters / choke points
- Negating the activation of the GY effect (inferred from the text; no ruling in evidence)
- Removing or targeting the co-linked board before the protection matters (inferred)
Best use
Extender / GY recursion of Link-3 Cyberse bodies, protecting co-linked pieces. Decks: Code Talker, Maliss, @Ignister, Bystial/Byssted, Firewall, Mathmech, Cynet. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-3 Cyberse, ATK 2300, link arrows Top/Right/Bottom (card data); Co-linked monsters gain 500 ATK and cannot be targeted by opponent card effects (card text); GY effect Special Summons a Link-3 or lower Cyberse Link monster to the zone it points to, once per turn (card text)
- Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks, one copy in 398 (decks_evidence); Top partners Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (96%) and Backup @Ignister (93.2%) (decks_evidence); One board, payoff and end-board role, power index 100, net card advantage +7 (combos_evidence)
- Inferred: The GY revive is a recovery route, not a searcher route, and Cynet Codec is the search route named in a guide (guides_evidence); Protection from targeting is limited to co-linked monsters, so the interaction is soft; Role in Extender profile with Recovery as secondary
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Combo evidence is a single board, so combo conversion is thin No searcher or as_material records in the evidence for this card No rulings supplied for the once-per-turn and co-link timing