EARTH
8Beast King Barbaros
Archetype:
Barbaros
ATK:
3000
DEF:
1200
View:
4571
You can Normal Summon/Set this card without Tributing, but its original ATK becomes 1900. You can Tribute 3 monsters to Tribute Summon (but not Set) this card. If Summoned this way: Destroy all cards your opponent controls.
Beast King Barbaros — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 65 · Deck: 61.75 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Beast King Barbaros is scored as a Boss/End-board piece whose value rests on one verified effect: a Tribute Summon (three monsters) that destroys every card the opponent controls. Its access is the weak link, because the wipe needs three monsters already on the field and no combo boards are recorded, so conversion is inference. Its spread across 54 archetypes shows it is a practical, cheap slot, but breadth is not counted as power, and the 3000 ATK earns nothing on its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Normal Summonable at 1900 ATK, but the wipe needs three tributes, and no searcher or combo route is recorded (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 65 | Text-only: a three-tribute summon that clears the opposing field converts a mid-game board, but combo data has 0 boards (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Spends three monsters to remove the opponent's whole field, a large net card swing, though the tribute cost is real and no refuel is printed (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 80 | The summon-triggered 'destroy all cards your opponent controls' is an unselective board wipe, but it can be negated when it activates (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | Level 8 EARTH Beast-Warrior remains a Level 8 material even when its effect is negated, though race and attribute limit the fit (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The effect is a single summon trigger with no printed recovery or multi-zone presence, and the body can be removed by ordinary effects (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Mainline card with no garnet, lock or self-restriction; 302 of 400 decks run one copy (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 65, Deck ≈ 61.75, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Tribute Summon effect destroys every opposing card in one activation
- Level 8 EARTH body is a usable Level 8 material even when its effect is negated
- Single-copy, garnet-free slot cost
- Spread across 54 archetypes, so it has several homes
Weaknesses
- Effect needs three monsters to Tribute Summon; no searcher or combo route is recorded
- Normal Summon version is 1900 ATK and does nothing
- Effect is negatable on activation, with no protection
Counters / choke points
- Negating the summon trigger when it activates (inferred)
- Removing monsters before the three-tribute setup completes (inferred)
Best use
Boss/End-board with a Tribute Summon board wipe. Decks: ABC, Therions, Barbaros. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon/Set without Tributing gives 1900 original ATK; Tribute Summon requires three monsters (not Set); Summon effect destroys all cards the opponent controls; Level 8 EARTH Beast-Warrior, 3000 ATK base; 400 decks in sample, 54 distinct archetypes, avg 1.38 copies
- Observed: Copy distribution: 302 decks with 1 copy, 46 with 2, 52 with 3; Gameplay type 7 in 94.8% of decks; ABC archetype in 31% of decks; top partners co-appear in about 60% of decks
- Inferred: Board wipe is conditional on three monsters already on the field; Accessibility is limited without a searcher; Level 8 material value is conditional on race and attribute fit
- Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion inferred from deck sample only decks running it in the Main Deck is 400/400, which may be a sampling artifact rather than real inclusion Guide snippet covers the rule about forgotten effects, not this card's effect No rulings available for the summon-trigger timing