LIGHT
4Worm Gulse
Archetype:
Worm
ATK:
1500
DEF:
300
View:
2797
Each time a face-down Defense Position monster is flipped face-up, place 1 Worm Counter on this card. This card gains 300 ATK for each Worm Counter on it.
Worm Gulse — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 31 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 34 · Deck: 29 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Worm Gulse converts into a 1500-ATK Level 4 LIGHT Reptile body, and its only real effect needs a face-down Defense Position monster to be flipped face-up before it grows past that base. Nothing in the evidence shows it being searched, started, or flipped in practice, so the score rests on its body and its low deck cost. Its 1500 base ATK and Effect Monster status earn no points, and the single Altergeist deck does not show a working line.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 25 | No searcher, starter, or combo appearance is recorded, and the only deck is one Altergeist build with one copy (observed, 1 deck). Reaching it is not shown to be reliable (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | The card text needs a flipped face-down DEF monster to place a counter, and no combo boards show that happening (inferred from text; combos absent). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | The text has no draw, search, banish, or recursion, and nothing in the evidence shows card advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The text has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect, so the card gives the opponent nothing to respond to (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | As a Level 4 LIGHT Reptile body with 1500 ATK, it stays a usable generic Level 4 material even if its effect is negated (inferred from text and card stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 25 | A 1500-ATK body with no protection or redundancy is easy to remove, and its growth depends on a rare flip condition (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It has no garnet, lock, or copy limit, and one copy is the only observed use, so it is cheap to run (verified from banlist assumption and deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default), no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 34, Deck ≈ 29, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- A Level 4 LIGHT Reptile body with 1500 ATK can still work as material after its effect is negated
- Cheap to run, with no garnet or lock and no copy limit in evidence
Weaknesses
- The effect needs a face-down Defense Position monster to be flipped, which is a narrow and unreliable trigger
- No searcher, starter role, or combo appearance is recorded
- No protection, interaction, or card advantage comes out of the effect
Counters / choke points
- No counter cards are identified in the evidence
- Its growth depends on flip timing, so a cheap opponent interaction can stop the line before it starts (inferred)
Best use
Level 4 material body in a deck that already flips face-down DEF monsters. Decks: Altergeist (single observed build, 2023). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: each flip of a face-down Defense Position monster places 1 Worm Counter, and the card gains 300 ATK per counter; Stats: Level 4, LIGHT, Reptile, 1500 ATK / 300 DEF, Effect Monster; One deck in the sample runs 1 copy (Altergeist, 2023-09-10)
- Observed: The only deck in the sample is an Altergeist build with 1 copy; No combo boards or guides mention the card
- Inferred: The body remains a usable Level 4 material after its effect is negated; The flip trigger is narrow and hard to set up reliably; Deck cost is low because there is no garnet, lock, or copy limit in evidence
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from one deck the archetype field says Worm, but the only deck is Altergeist; the archetype link could not be checked one deck from 2023 is too thin to show a current meta role