EARTH
3Ashoka Pillar
Archetype:
Ancient Treasure
ATK:
0
DEF:
2200
View:
3692
If this card is Summoned: You can add 1 Equip Spell from your Deck to your hand, then if this card is in Attack Position, change it to Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Ashoka Pillar" once per turn. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: Take 2000 damage.
Ashoka Pillar — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 10 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Ashoka Pillar's value is a once-per-turn Summon trigger that adds one Equip Spell from the Deck to hand, plus a Level 3 Earth Rock body with 2200 DEF and 0 ATK. The search only converts if the deck runs Equip Spells, and the evidence lists none, so the searcher score stays moderate. The 2000 damage when destroyed is a real cost that the score reflects. The 400/400 deck presence and 20 archetypes were not used to raise the score, because the Mikanko-staple partner pattern does not fit this card's text and may be a join artifact.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | The body is summonable and the card is present in all 400 sampled decks at 2.52 average copies, but the search needs an Equip Spell target that the evidence does not show (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The text converts into one Equip Spell card with no combo examples, starter or searched appearances, or power index to confirm a board outcome (verified, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The Summon trigger is a one-for-one search that adds card advantage only when a valid Equip target is in the Deck, with no refuel or repeated advantage (verified, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect, so opponent interaction is effectively absent (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 3 Earth Rock body is a usable generic material, and the Level and attribute still apply if the effect is negated, though the evidence has no material role counts (verified, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The effect is once per turn and the 2000 damage clause penalises destruction, while the 2200 DEF body gives only modest board durability and no redundancy (verified, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Three copies in most decks take slots for a card that needs Equip Spells to pay off, and the 2000 damage clause adds deck-level cost, though it is not a garnet or lock (verified, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-damage drawback (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn Summon search of an Equip Spell from the Deck (verified)
- Level 3 Earth Rock body usable as generic material (verified, inferred)
- 2200 DEF body gives stable board presence (verified)
Weaknesses
- 0 ATK and no opponent interaction (verified)
- Takes 2000 damage when destroyed by battle or card effect (verified)
- Search value depends on Equip Spells in the deck, none listed in the evidence (inferred)
- No combo appearances to confirm conversion (observed)
Counters / choke points
- Generic destruction effects, which also trigger the 2000 damage clause against its controller (inferred)
Best use
Equip Spell searcher with a Level 3 Earth Rock material body. Decks: Mikanko (sample archetype, verify the deck match). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summon trigger adds one Equip Spell from Deck to hand, once per turn, with a Defense Position change; Destruction by battle or card effect causes 2000 damage; Level 3, Earth, Rock, ATK 0, DEF 2200, formats TCG/OCG/MasterDuel
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 2.52 average copies; Mikanko is 59.2% of sampled decks, with Mikanko staples at 80-95% partner rates; No combo boards recorded
- Inferred: Primary role is Searcher/Tutor, secondary Material body; Search value depends on Equip Spells in the deck; Generic Level 3 Earth Rock material value
- Data gaps: Deck evidence is 400/400 with a Mikanko-staple partner pattern that does not match this card's Ancient Treasure text; possible join mismatch, so verify matched_reference before trusting deck_power No Equip Spell list supplied, so searcher value is unquantified No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited)