WIND
3Transforming Sphere
ATK:
100
DEF:
100
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Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up Defense Position monster your opponent controls; discard 1 card and equip that target to this card. (You can only equip 1 monster at a time to this card with this effect.) This card gains the ATK of the equipped monster. If this card attacks, it is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase. During the End Phase: The monster equipped to this card by this card's effect is Special Summoned to your opponent's side of the field in face-up Defense Position.
Transforming Sphere — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 38 ± 10 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 38 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Transforming Sphere scores low because there is no deck, combo, or guide evidence, so every axis rests on the card text alone. Its once-per-turn effect discards a card to take a face-up Defense Position monster, gain that monster's ATK, and hand the monster back to the opponent in Defense Position at End Phase, so the gain is temporary tempo rather than lasting board value. Its 100 ATK and 100 DEF earned no points, and deckbuilding scores high only because a single Level 3 monster with no garnet or lock is cheap to run.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 30 | Level 3 effect monster with no archetype, searcher, or recorded deck appearance, so the route to play is unverified (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | The text gives one conversion, taking an opponent's face-up DEF monster and gaining its ATK, but no combo boards show it in practice (verified text; no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Costs one card from hand and returns the target to the opponent at End Phase, so there is no net card gain (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Pulls an opponent's face-up DEF monster onto this card, a soft, once-per-turn disruption that needs a DEF target (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 3 WIND Winged Beast body is a generic Level 3 material candidate, but no combo evidence shows it used that way (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Needs a specific opponent DEF target, and the effect can be negated; the card body stays on the field afterward (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | One Level 3 monster with no archetype, garnet, or lock restriction, so it runs cleanly in any deck (verified text; deck evidence absent). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 38, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Final = Intrinsic (no decks and no combos; provisional, Deck = null)
Strengths
- Level 3 WIND Winged Beast body with 100 ATK and 100 DEF (verified)
- Once-per-turn effect that can take a face-up Defense Position opponent monster and gain its ATK (verified)
- Only one card is discarded as the cost (verified)
Weaknesses
- Requires an opponent face-up Defense Position monster as a target (verified)
- Discards a card from hand as a cost and returns the monster to the opponent at End Phase (verified)
- Attacking converts it to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase (verified)
Counters / choke points
- Negating the effect stops the equip and the End Phase return (inferred)
Best use
Situational board tool that uses opponent Defense Position monsters (no deck evidence).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 3 WIND Winged Beast Effect Monster, ATK 100 / DEF 100, no archetype; Once per turn: target 1 face-up Defense Position opponent monster, discard 1 card, equip it to this card; This card gains the ATK of the equipped monster; If this card attacks, it changes to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase; End Phase: the equipped monster is Special Summoned to the opponent's side in face-up Defense Position
- Inferred: Accessibility and deck routes are unverified without deck or searcher evidence; Material value is generic for a Level 3 body but not observed in combos; Effect negation would stop the equip and the End Phase return
- Data gaps: no decks supplied — deck/synergy signals unavailable 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 no rulings supplied — timing of the once-per-turn and End Phase clauses is unverified