EARTH
4Armored Lizard
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1200
View:
3076
A lizard with a very tough hide and a vicious bite.
42± 8/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
43
Deck
42
Armored Lizard — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 42 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
The card has no effect text, so its 1500 ATK and 1200 DEF earn nothing. Its score comes from being a clean Level 4 Earth Normal body (material_utility) that appears across 10 archetypes as mostly one-copy filler. With no combo boards recorded, combo conversion and deck synergy stay low. The 54% Exodia share is not used to raise the score, per guardrail 3.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Plain Normal with no search text and no searcher evidence; it is reached only by drawing or Normal Summoning it, and combo starter/searched counts are 0 (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No combo boards recorded (0 appearances), and the card converts only into a 1500 body with no text (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | No card advantage, search, or recursion text, so the Normal Summon is an even one-for-one body (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect text, so it provides no negation, removal, or disruption (verified). |
| Material Utility | 75 | Level 4 Earth Reptile with no effect to blank, so it stays a clean generic material for Level 4 summons (verified stats; material fit inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | It is not an effect monster, so effect negation cannot target it, but it has no recovery or multi-zone value (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Runs as a single copy in 22 of 24 decks with no garnet or lock restriction (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Material body / Normal, no secondary role (weight 1.00). Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 42, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 Earth Normal body usable as generic material for Level 4 summons
- No effect text, so it cannot be negated or blanked into a dead card as material
- Appears across 10 distinct archetypes in the sample
Weaknesses
- No effect, search, or interaction of its own
- 54% of sampled decks are Exodia, so its home is narrow
- Most other archetypes use it in only 1 to 2 decks
Counters / choke points
- Board breakers and removal simply remove it as a body, since there is no effect to negate
- Opponent cannot disrupt it through negations because it has no effect
Best use
Material body / filler. Decks: Exodia. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: 'A lizard with a very tough hide and a vicious bite.' (no effect); Level 4, EARTH, Reptile, 1500 ATK / 1200 DEF; Present in 24 sampled decks; 22 of 24 run 1 copy; 13 of 24 decks are Exodia (54.2%)
- Observed: Top partners are mostly Exodia pieces, co-occurring in 13 to 17 of 24 decks; 66.7% of decks are gameplay type 7
- Inferred: Converts into Level 4 summons as a plain material body; Serves as filler in Exodia lists rather than as an engine 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 24-deck sample only