EARTH
4Advanced Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger
Archetype:
Advanced Crystal Beast
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1000
View:
2902
If "Advanced Dark" is not in a Field Zone, send this monster to the GY. All "Advanced Crystal Beast" monsters you control gain 400 ATK/DEF, also monsters your opponent controls lose 400 ATK/DEF. 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 Topaz Tiger — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56.6 · Deck: 60.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Topaz Tiger is a Level 4 Earth Beast whose value is a field aura: it gives every Advanced Crystal Beast you control +400 ATK/DEF and every opposing monster -400 ATK/DEF. It is run in 166 of 166 sampled decks (84.9% in the Crystal Beast archetype) and pairs with the core Advanced Crystal Beast monsters at 90%+ co-occurrence, so the role is real and practical. It is not scored for its 1600 ATK. The self-send condition tied to Advanced Dark and the lack of any recorded combo boards cap its conversion and effect-interaction scores, and the archetype lock keeps generic utility low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Run in every sampled deck with 1.2 copies on average and high partner co-occurrence, but there are no recorded starter or searched appearances to confirm the live route (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The aura text would buff a whole ACB board and debuff opposing monsters, but no combo boards record it, so the conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No draw, search or banish-refuel is printed; the only value is the Continuous Spell replacement when destroyed in the Monster Zone (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | The -400 to opposing monsters is a continuous, soft debuff rather than removal or negation (verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 4 Beast body is a usable generic material, but the self-send clause means it often leaves the field before it can be used (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 70 | The Continuous Spell replacement lets it survive destruction in the Monster Zone and stay on the field (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One copy per deck is typical with no garnet or lock, but the Advanced Dark field-zone condition restricts where it is safe to rely on (observed, verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 56.6, Deck ≈ 60.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-send restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Run in every sampled deck, with the archetype's core partners
- Continuous aura buffs the whole ACB board and debuffs opposing monsters
- Survives destruction in the Monster Zone by returning as a Continuous Spell
Weaknesses
- Sent to the GY unless Advanced Dark is in a Field Zone
- No recorded combo boards to confirm its conversion
- Archetype-locked, so little value outside an ACB deck
Counters / choke points
- Monster removal or destruction that leaves it in the Monster Zone is answered by the Continuous Spell replacement
- Opponent interaction that removes Advanced Dark from the field turns off the self-send safety
- Monster-level effects that ignore ATK/DEF changes reduce its aura value
Best use
Field-buff body / board-presence Utility. Decks: Advanced Crystal Beast. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 Earth Beast, 1600/1000, Effect Monster; Field aura: +400 ATK/DEF to your ACB monsters and -400 ATK/DEF to opponent monsters; Self-send to GY unless Advanced Dark is in a Field Zone; Continuous Spell placement when destroyed in the Monster Zone; Run in 166 of 166 sampled decks; 84.9% in the Crystal Beast archetype
- Observed: Average 1.2 copies per deck, max 3; Top partners co-occur in about 90%+ of decks; Gameplay type 7 accounts for 92.8% of decks
- Inferred: Aura value is strongest in ACB boards, though no combo boards confirm it; Continuous Spell replacement gives resilience after destruction; Self-send clause makes it a weak standalone play
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only legal copies is empty for all formats