LIGHT
4Armor Exe
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1400
View:
2998
This card cannot attack in the same turn it is Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned. During each of your and your opponent's Standby Phases, remove 1 Spell Counter on your side of the field. If you do not, destroy this card.
Armor Exe — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 33 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 35 · Deck: 32 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Armor Exe is a Level 4 LIGHT Rock with 2400 ATK, but its score comes from the conditions attached to it, not from the stat line. Its text makes it cannot attack the turn it is summoned and forces it to be destroyed in any Standby Phase where the controller cannot remove a Spell Counter, so it is a conditional body with no search, draw, or interaction. It is a clean Level 4 Rock material when its effect is negated, which is why material_utility is its best axis. The 2400 ATK earns nothing by itself, and the 4 Adamancipator decks confirm that it is played, not that it is strong.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | No searcher or combo evidence; it is only present in 4 of the sampled decks at 1 to 3 copies, all in Adamancipator (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The card has no recorded combo appearances; its body converts only after a turn of delay, with the Spell Counter condition attached (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | It is a one-for-one body with no draw, search, or refuel in its text (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The text has no negate, removal, or hand-trap effect (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 4 LIGHT Rock is a clean generic material, and it stays usable as material when its effect is negated (inferred from text and level). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | The forced self-destruction on Standby Phases and its lack of protection make it fragile across turns (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 35 | It needs Spell Counter support, which is a mild restriction, and it has no garnet or brick cost (inferred from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility default (no clear primary role); Material body as secondary is not blended because the body is conditional. Intrinsic ≈ 35, Deck ≈ 32, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Spell Counter dependency (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 4 LIGHT Rock body that works as a clean generic material even when its effect is negated
- Consistently run in Adamancipator decks, so it has a confirmed home
Weaknesses
- Cannot attack the turn it is summoned
- Destroyed in any Standby Phase where a Spell Counter cannot be removed
- No search, draw, negate, or removal effect
- No recorded combo appearances, so no observed role beyond a body
Counters / choke points
- Any removal or destruction effect, which the card cannot protect itself against
- Spell Counter removal, which triggers its self-destruction
Best use
Level 4 Rock body and material within a Spell Counter-supported shell. Decks: Adamancipator. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect Monster, LIGHT Rock, Level 4, 2400 ATK / 1400 DEF, no archetype (card text); Cannot attack in the turn it is Normal, Flip, or Special Summoned (card text); Standby Phase Spell Counter removal, destroyed if not removed (card text); Present in 4 of 4 sampled decks, all Adamancipator (decks_evidence)
- Observed: Copies per deck avg 2, max 3 (decks_evidence); Co-occurs 100% with Castle Gate, Gogogo Gigas, Gogogo Goram, Ashoka Pillar, and Cabrera Stone (top_partners)
- Inferred: Works as a generic Level 4 Rock material even when its effect is negated; Requires Spell Counter support, so it is a mild self-locking restriction; Is a body and material rather than a searcher or interaction piece
- 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 the 4-deck sample only archetype field is null even though all 4 decks are Adamancipator