EARTH
1Watch Cat
ATK:
0
DEF:
1800
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If you control no monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. During your End Phase, if this card was Special Summoned this turn: You can banish this card; Set 1 Continuous Spell directly from your Deck. You can only use each effect of "Watch Cat" once per turn.
Watch Cat — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61.7 · Deck: 59.7 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body, Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Watch Cat converts one hand card into a free Level 1 body that feeds Rank 1 Xyz plays (it co-appears with Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale in 23 decks) and then, during the End Phase, trades that body for a Continuous Spell Set straight from the Deck. Its value is reliability and flexibility, not stats: 0 ATK / 1800 DEF earn nothing here, and the card is scored on the free summon plus the generic Continuous Spell tutor. The main limits are the 'control no monsters' gate, which makes it a poor topdeck or mid-combo extender, and the requirement that the Deck actually run a Continuous Spell worth Setting. With no combo evidence supplied, combo conversion is text-only inference, so the score is graded Medium confidence rather than High.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Free Special Summon from hand whenever you control no monsters, and it co-appears with Where Arf Thou? (21 decks, 29.6%), a generic Level 1 searcher (observed); the 'control no monsters' gate means it is dead once you already have a board (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 52 | Supplies one free Level 1 body toward Rank 1 Xyz such as Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale (23 co-decks) and then replaces itself with a Deck-set Continuous Spell, i.e. one extra body plus follow-up rather than a one-card full board (observed/inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 58 | Costs nothing to summon and the End Phase effect Sets a Continuous Spell directly from the Deck for a net gain in card terms, although the body is banished as the price (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The card itself provides no disruption, negation, or removal; any interaction is second-hand via whichever Continuous Spell the deck chooses to Set (verified). |
| Material Utility | 62 | Clean Level 1 body that converts into Rank 1 Xyz or Link material even if its effects are blanked, with 0 ATK and 1800 DEF (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Operates from hand, field, banish zone and finally the Spell/Trap Zone, and the Set is not an add-to-hand so it dodges common add-to-hand hand traps; a single on-field effect negation before the End Phase removes the payoff (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 68 | No archetype lock, no garnet, 1.7 average copies across 71 decks and 31 distinct archetypes; the only real cost is needing Continuous Spell targets in the Deck (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 61.7, Deck ≈ 59.7, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Compact, splashable engine piece (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Free Special Summon from hand with no cost whenever you control no monsters
- End Phase effect Sets any Continuous Spell directly from the Deck, a broad generic tutor
- Level 1 body usable as Rank 1 Xyz or Link material even if its effects are negated
- No archetype restriction and no garnet: seen in 31 distinct archetypes, average 1.7 copies
- Functions across hand, field, banish zone and finally the Spell/Trap Zone
Weaknesses
- 'Control no monsters' gate makes it a poor topdeck or mid-combo extender once a board exists
- Second effect requires the card to have been Special Summoned this turn and is delayed to the End Phase
- Only worth running if the Deck actually contains a Continuous Spell worth Setting
- 0 ATK means the body applies no combat pressure
- No archetype, so only generic Level 1 support (e.g. Where Arf Thou?) finds it
Counters / choke points
- On-field effect negation (Infinite Impermanence / Effect Veiler) before the End Phase stops the Continuous Spell Set
- Removing or banishing Watch Cat before the End Phase denies the Set
- Decks without meaningful Continuous Spells gain nothing from the second effect
- Controlling any monster turns off the free Special Summon
Best use
Free Level 1 body that converts into an archetype Continuous Spell. Decks: Lyrilusc, Melffy, Eldlich. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: Level 1 / EARTH / Beast, 0 ATK / 1800 DEF; Special Summon this card from hand if you control no monsters; End Phase, if it was Special Summoned this turn, banish it to Set 1 Continuous Spell directly from the Deck; each effect once per turn.; 71 decks run it, all 71 in the Main Deck, average 1.7 copies (max 3, distribution 1x34 / 2x24 / 3x13).; No banlist token was supplied; it is assumed unlimited at 3 copies.
- Observed: Lyrilusc is the largest home (21 decks, 29.6%), Melffy second (10 decks, 14.1%); 31 distinct archetypes appear across the sample.; Top partners are Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow / Sapphire Swallow / Turquoise Warbler / Beryl Canary (24 co-decks each), Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale (23), Where Arf Thou? and Slower Swallow (21), Jester Confit (16).; Lyrilusc - Bird Sanctuary, a Continuous Spell, co-appears in 23.9% of its decks, matching the deck-side Continuous Spell the card Sets.; combo data contains 0 appearances and no starter / searched / material / payoff assignments.
- Inferred: The free body is aimed at Rank 1 Xyz (Assembled Nightingale) while the End Phase effect fetches archetype Continuous Spells such as Lyrilusc - Bird Sanctuary.; The 'control no monsters' requirement makes it a first-play card and weak as a mid-combo extender or topdeck.; Because the Continuous Spell is Set to the field rather than added to hand, add-to-hand hand traps do not stop the second effect.; A 31-archetype spread indicates generic, splashable utility rather than a single-archetype role.
- 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