DARK
28-Claws Scorpion
ATK:
300
DEF:
200
View:
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Once per turn, you can flip this card into face-down Defense Position. When this card attacks an opponent's face-down Defense Position monster, this card's ATK becomes 2400 during damage calculation only.
8-Claws Scorpion — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48.9 · Deck: 46.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
8-Claws Scorpion's power comes from one conditional attack: once per turn it can flip into face-down Defense Position, and when it attacks a face-down Defense Position monster it gains 2400 ATK during damage calculation only. Its 300 ATK and 200 DEF earn no points on their own. The score stays in the mid-40s because the card is a situational board breaker with no recorded combo, searcher, or card-advantage evidence. It is a cheap, consistently included body in the three sample decks, which supports accessibility and deck cost but does not make it a strong card.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Runs 3 copies in each of the 3 sample decks across Powered Crawler and Spright, but no combo or searcher evidence shows how it is reached (observed, with inference on the route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The only text effect is a one-card attack pump against face-down Defense Position monsters; no combo boards record it converting into a bigger board (verified text, no combo observation). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No draw, search, banish, or refuel text, and no recorded card-advantage data; it is a body that attacks and does not return value (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Its only interaction is beating face-down Defense Position monsters in combat, which is situational and does not stop cards (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 2 DARK Insect with 300 ATK is a generic material candidate, but no material usage is recorded and the body value after negation is inferred (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The effect is one flip per turn and a conditional damage-calc pump, so one negate removes the attack bonus and the card is left as a 300/200 body (verified text, inferred impact). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A single generic Level 2 body run at 3 copies in every sampled deck with no garnet or lock restrictions (observed in decks; no lock in text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 48.9, Deck ≈ 46.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap, generic Level 2 DARK body that fits multiple decks without restriction
- Its flip-and-attack line can beat face-down Defense Position monsters for a damage-calc-only ATK boost
- Included at 3 copies in all 3 sampled decks, so it is reliably available as a main-deck card
Weaknesses
- Its ATK boost only applies against face-down Defense Position monsters, so it does nothing against face-up or Attack Position boards
- No card advantage, search, or refuel, so it adds no resources
- No combo evidence shows it converting into a larger board
Counters / choke points
- Opponent keeps monsters in Attack Position or face-up, where the damage-calc boost does not apply (inferred from text)
- Negation of its effect leaves a 300/200 body with no further value (inferred from text)
Best use
Board breaker for face-down Defense Position monsters, and a generic Level 2 body. Decks: Powered Crawler, Spright. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: once per turn flip into face-down Defense Position; Text: ATK becomes 2400 during damage calculation only when attacking a face-down Defense Position monster; Stats: Level 2 DARK Insect, 300 ATK / 200 DEF; 3 copies in each of the 3 sampled decks
- Observed: Appears in 2 archetypes (Powered Crawler 2 decks, Spright 1 deck) in a 3-deck sample; Co-occurs at 100% with Krawler Soma, Krawler Axon, Morphing Jar and other partners in the same 3 decks
- Inferred: Primary role is Board breaker because the only effect is a conditional attack against face-down Defense Position monsters; Material utility from Level 2 DARK Insect body, unconfirmed by any material usage; Effect negation leaves a 300/200 body
- 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 deck sample is 3 decks, all dated 2025-02-13 to 2025-02-19