WIND
4Advanced Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle
Archetype:
Advanced Crystal Beast
ATK:
1400
DEF:
800
View:
3716
If "Advanced Dark" is not in a Field Zone, send this monster to the GY. You can send this card from your hand or field to the GY; add 1 "Advanced Dark" from your Deck to your hand. Once per turn: You can target 1 "Advanced Crystal Beast" card you control; return it to the hand or place it on top of the Deck. If this face-up card is destroyed in a Monster Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone as a Continuous Spell, instead of sending it to the GY.
Advanced Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher / Tutor · Secondary: Recovery / Recursion
Why it scores here
The card's value is its searcher effect: it can be sent from hand or field to the GY to add 1 'Advanced Dark', which gives it reliable access from hand, and its once-per-turn bounce adds reuse. It converts into a single enabler rather than a board, and no combo boards were supplied, so that conversion is text-only inference. Its 1400 ATK and Level 4 body earn little on their own, and the 303-deck presence in Crystal Beast lists confirms it is practical rather than strong.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 85 | Can be sent from hand or field to search 'Advanced Dark', so it is live in hand; 303 of 303 sampled decks run it, but no combo starter data is supplied (inferred from text and deck stats). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Its searched 'Advanced Dark' is the real payoff, but no combo boards were supplied, so conversion is text-only inference. |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Sending itself to search one card is roughly card-neutral, and the once-per-turn bounce gives a second use of the body (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No opponent-facing negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in its text (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A plain Level 4 WIND Winged Beast with no Tuner; the body still works as material if the effect is negated (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Recovers from destruction in a Monster Zone by moving to the Spell & Trap Zone and can bounce itself, giving multi-zone presence (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Average 1.32 copies per deck with no garnet or restriction, and it is splashable only within the archetype (deck stat plus text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher + 0.3 Recovery. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches 'Advanced Dark' from hand or field via the GY-send clause, giving live access without a second card.
- Once-per-turn bounce lets the card be reused or reset within the Advanced Crystal Beast line.
- Near-zero deckbuilding cost: 1 to 3 copies, no garnet, present in 303 of 303 sampled decks.
Weaknesses
- Little opponent interaction: no negation, removal, or hand trap.
- Its value depends on 'Advanced Dark' being searchable and on the archetype being live.
- Modest body (1400 ATK, Level 4 non-Tuner) with no standalone board impact.
Counters / choke points
- Opponent's hand traps or graveyard effects that stop hand/field GY-sends.
- Archetype-wide negation that shuts down the Advanced Crystal Beast engine.
Best use
Searcher providing Advanced Dark access, with a bounce for repeated use of the archetype engine.. Decks: Crystal Beast, Advanced Crystal Beast. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Searcher effect: send from hand or field to GY, add 1 'Advanced Dark' from Deck to hand (card text).; Once-per-turn bounce to hand or top of Deck of an 'Advanced Crystal Beast' you control (card text).; Level 4 WIND Winged Beast, 1400 ATK / 800 DEF, Effect Monster (card data).
- Observed: Present in 303 of 303 sampled decks; average 1.32 copies; 65% of decks are Crystal Beast (deck stats).; Top partners Advanced Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus, Advanced Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle and Crystal Bond co-occur in 89 to 90% of decks (deck stats).
- Inferred: Searcher role is primary: the card is sent to the GY to add 'Advanced Dark', so its value is access to that card (text-only inference, no combo data).; Field Zone condition on the send clause and the once-per-turn bounce timing are read from text and not confirmed by rulings.
- 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 no rulings supplied: Field Zone condition timing is inferred from text