Why is Link Spider used in Meta Adamancipator decks ?

[Adrades]

Almost all meta adamancipator decks use Link Spider: https://www.masterduelmeta.com/top-decks#deck=Adamancipator

But there's no Normal monster to summon it, so why is it there ? Am I missing a combo ?

[Gambot]

It's not uncommon for combo decks to play a Link Spider to just make something after getting Nibiru'd, but in this case you can make Link Spider with the token you get from O-Lion and use it to make Union Carrier with another earth monster or equip Block Dragon to it with Union Carrier.

[HeraldOfOpera]

It turns a token into a non-token effect monster, which can occasionally be necessary for link climbing.

[Silamon]

Letting links be made by tokens was a mistake. Got so many token generators banned...

[Aldain]

Originally posted by Silamon:

Letting links be made by tokens was a mistake. Got so many token generators banned...

The sad part is they already prevented this problem with Xyz monsters after they saw how Synchros abused them.

And then THEY MADE THE SAME EFFING MISTAKE AGAIN.

[Lasagna]

Originally posted by Aldain:

Originally posted by Silamon:

Letting links be made by tokens was a mistake. Got so many token generators banned...

The sad part is they already prevented this problem with Xyz monsters after they saw how Synchros abused them.

And then THEY MADE THE SAME EFFING MISTAKE AGAIN.

they felt the need to one-up xyz and ended up making a bunch of broken monsters with far too generic materials.

thankfully they started making link monsters require non-token monsters more often now, but that doesn't unbreak all the link monsters that they didn't give this restriction too.

[Rainy days.]

Originally posted by Aldain:

Originally posted by Silamon:

Letting links be made by tokens was a mistake. Got so many token generators banned...

The sad part is they already prevented this problem with Xyz monsters after they saw how Synchros abused them.

Technically it was just to be consistent with the nature of Tokens as a whole.
Tokens don't actually exist- I'm ignoring physical token cards- it's part of why they can be tributed/etc, because they proceed to stop existing. But with Xyz Materials, they would be required to go a space that also doesn't exist, and therefor end up getting detached/etc and sent to the GY, and the implication with that is they go from the field to the GY.

So if a Token is counted as removed from the field for a Material in this case, by that same token(pun unintended) Sengan would activate if it was detached. And we all remember how disastrous that initially was

[Silamon]

Originally posted by Rainy days.:

Originally posted by Aldain:

The sad part is they already prevented this problem with Xyz monsters after they saw how Synchros abused them.

Technically it was just to be consistent with the nature of Tokens as a whole.
Tokens don't actually exist- I'm ignoring physical token cards- it's part of why they can be tributed/etc, because they proceed to stop existing. But with Xyz Materials, they would be required to go a space that also doesn't exist, and therefor end up getting detached/etc and sent to the GY, and the implication with that is they go from the field to the GY.

So if a Token is counted as removed from the field for a Material in this case, by that same token(pun unintended) Sengan would activate if it was detached. And we all remember how disastrous that initially was

They could just as easily made a rule that didn't let them be used for link summoning.