Code of Soul

Code of Soul — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 57.5 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional

• Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender

Why it scores here

Code of Soul converts 1 Link monster already on the field into 1 hand-summon and, from the Mộ on the opponent's turn, into 1 Link-3 or higher Cyberse Link Monster, so its power is board conversion rather than its 500 ATK body. It is 1 single-copy staple in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 21 archetypes, which supports accessibility and deckbuilding cost but earns no points by itself under guardrail 3. No combo boards were supplied, so the combo and synergy scores rest on text and deck co-occurrence alone, and the stats were not allowed to push the score higher.

Axis scores

| | Accessibility | 60 | Hand-summonable only while you control 1 Link Monster, and it appears in 96.2% of recorded decks, mostly Maliss and @Ignister (observed, với the Link-field condition from text). |

| | Combo & Conversion | 50 | The Mộ quick effect Link Summons one Link-3+ Cyberse, adding one extra Link body on the opponent's turn, but no combo boards were supplied to confirm it (inferred from text). |

| | Resource Economy | 50 | Banishing itself from the Mộ is 1 cost that returns 1 Link body, which is roughly even rather than card advantage (inferred from text). |

| | Effect & Interaction | 20 | Its only interaction is 1 Quick Effect that adds 1 board on the opponent's turn, not negation or removal (verified from text). |

| | Material Utility | 60 | A Cấp độ 3 Cyberse body với no Link restriction that can be Link material, so it still converts when its effects are negated (inferred from text). |

| | Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | It works from hand and Mộ, and each effect is một lần mỗi lượt in separate zones and turns, but it is exposed to the opponent's responses (inferred from text, với deck co-occurrence observed). |

| | Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One slot, typically one copy, and no garnet or lock restriction beyond needing Link monsters, which these decks already run (observed from deck evidence). |

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 57.5, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40Intrinsic + 0.60Deck

Strengths

• Hand-summonable whenever 1 Link Monster is on the field

• Mộ quick effect adds 1 Link-3+ Cyberse body on the opponent's turn

• Single-slot staple across 21 archetypes với no garnet restriction

• Generic Cyberse body that remains usable as Link material

Weaknesses

• Needs 1 Link Monster already on the field to hand-summon

• Negligible ATK or DEF; power is entirely in the effects

• Low opponent interaction; the effects add boards rather than negating

• The Mộ effect needs 1 Cyberse Link-3+ in the Extra Deck, which the evidence does not verify

Counters / choke points

• Hand traps or monster-effect negation responding to the activation (general text-level inference; no counter data in the evidence pack)

Best use

Starter / Combo enabler (hand summon and Mộ Link Summon). Decks: Maliss, @Ignister, Salamangreat, Bystial/Byssted. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Hand summon requires controlling 1 Link Monster (card text); Mộ banish cost followed by Link Summon of 1 Link-3+ Cyberse on the opponent's Main Phase (card text); Each effect is một lần mỗi lượt (card text); Cấp độ 3 FIRE Cyberse Quái thú có Hiệu Ứng, 500 ATK / 500 DEF (card data)

• Observed: Present in 400 of 400 decks, 96.2% Master Duel gameplay, 1 copy average (deck evidence); Co-occurs at 99% với Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and 95.5% với Droll & Lock Bird (deck evidence); Usage inclusion 55.6% to 100% in Salamangreat and Maliss, typically 1 copy (usage statistics); One guide mention describing Salamangreat as stable and cheap (guides evidence)

• Inferred: Mộ banish turns the card into 1 Link-3+ board on the opponent's turn, 1 one-card-to-board conversion; Usable as generic Link material and still converts when its effects are negated; Score treats the 400-deck presence as accessibility evidence, not as 1 measure of intrinsic strength

• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Extra Deck availability of Cyberse Link-3+ monsters is not in the evidence pack Guide evidence is 1 single mention với no role analysis