EARTH
4BOXer
ATK:
1800
DEF:
1000
View:
3789
When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: You can place 1 counter on this card. You can send this card with 2 or more counters to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 EARTH monster from your Deck. If this card would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can remove 1 counter from this card instead.
BOXer — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender
Why it scores here
BOXer's card text is a slow counter engine: it must destroy a monster in battle and then spend two counters to send itself to the Graveyard and Special Summon an EARTH monster from the Deck. The combo evidence is empty, so the engine's real conversion rate is unmeasured and the score rests on text alone. The 1800 ATK and the cheap single-copy slot are not what earns the points; the counter-removal replacement and the Deck summon are, and they score only as a moderate Extender.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Ten recent decks run one copy each across four homes, which confirms it is playable, but no searcher or starter evidence exists so draw reliability is inferred only (observed deck frequency plus inferred generic summoning). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The text needs at least two battle destructions to reach the two-counter send, and zero recorded boards show it converting (inferred from text, no combo examples). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Sending itself to summon an EARTH monster from the Deck is roughly card-neutral: it spends one body and returns one body (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The card has no removal or negation of its own; its only interaction is replacing its own destruction with a counter removal (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 4 EARTH Warrior is a generic material shape, but no material evidence exists to show it is used as material (inferred from stats and type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | The counter-removal replacement lets it survive one battle or card-effect destruction per counter, giving multi-turn staying power (verified from text, inference on value). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One copy per deck, no garnet or lock restriction, and no evidence of redundancy needs (observed from decks_evidence). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Single primary role Extender; no secondary role blended. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Counters from battle destruction add a replacement shield that protects it from both battle and card-effect destruction
- Sending itself with two counters summons an EARTH monster from the Deck, so one body becomes another
- Runs as a single copy across ten decks in four homes, so it is easy to fit
Weaknesses
- Combo evidence is empty, so there is no recorded proof of the engine working in practice
- Needs two battle destructions before the Deck summon can happen, which is slow
- The Deck summon target is generic and no searcher or support evidence exists
Counters / choke points
- Effects that prevent or redirect battle destruction, so no counter is ever gained (inferred)
- Removal of the monster before it builds two counters, since the text needs battles to start (inferred)
Best use
Extender: a single-copy body that turns a battle win into a Deck summon. Decks: Galaxy-Eyes, Heroic, Dododo. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: counters from battle destruction, send with two or more counters to Special Summon an EARTH monster from Deck, and counter removal to replace destruction; Ten decks run one copy each (decks_evidence); Four archetype labels, one of which is the event grouping 'Sự kiện Limit 1'
- Observed: Blazeman co-occurs in 100% of the sampled decks and eight other partners in 80%; this is co-occurrence, not causal power
- Inferred: Two battle destructions are needed before the Deck summon becomes available; The Deck summon is roughly card-neutral in resources; Extender is the correct primary role given the text and lack of combo evidence
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No usage statistics (StatisticsCard): inclusion is from the 10-deck sample only No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) 'Sự kiện Limit 1' is an event grouping, not a true archetype, so distinct-archetype breadth is overstated No evidence of searchers, material use, or Deck-target support cards Gameplay type IDs 4 and 7 are not named in the evidence