EARTH
4Alligator's Sword
Archetype:
Alligator
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1200
View:
3422
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Alligator's Sword — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60.7 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal
Why it scores here
Alligator's Sword is a vanilla Normal Monster: its description is flavour text only, with no effect, so it converts nothing beyond being a Level 4 EARTH Beast body. The score comes from that body being a clean, generic material that is always live, with no garnet cost and a single copy per deck, spread across 16 archetypes. Its 1500 ATK earned no points, and the absence of any effect or recorded combo role keeps combo conversion and interaction at the floor.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Drawn by ordinary draw like any card and present in 132 of the attached decks across 16 archetypes, but no searcher or combo route is recorded (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No effect text and zero recorded combo appearances, so it builds nothing on its own (verified from text; observed from combos). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | No effect, so no card advantage or refuel; a normal summon is roughly card-neutral (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect and no negation or removal text, so it provides no opponent interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | Level 4 EARTH Beast with no effect to negate, so it remains a usable material when blanked; Level and attribute fit are verified from the card's stats (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Nothing to negate, but it has no redundancy and dies to any removal; survival is generic (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Normal Monster run at 1 copy in 127 of 132 decks, with no garnet, lock or brick cost (observed; verified from card type). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Single primary role: Material body / Normal (no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 60.7, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Compactness (2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 EARTH Beast body with no effect to negate
- Spread across 16 archetypes, so it is portable between homes
- Costs almost nothing in deck slots and carries no restriction
Weaknesses
- No effect text, so no interaction, card advantage or combo role
- No searcher or recorded combo appearance to confirm a starter or payoff role
- Dies to any removal with no recovery
Counters / choke points
- Monster removal (inferred)
- Board breakers that clear the field (inferred)
Best use
Material body / Normal. Decks: Magikey, Harpie, Exodia, Predaplant. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Monster, Level 4, EARTH Beast, 1500 ATK / 1200 DEF; Description is flavour text only; no effect, cost or timing text
- Observed: Present in 132 attached decks, 127 running 1 copy; Distinct archetypes: 16 (Magikey, Harpie, Exodia, Predaplant lead); Zero recorded combo appearances
- Inferred: Functions as a generic material body; Dies to any removal and has no recovery route
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) description is flavour text only, so no rulings or timing can be checked