DARKBeat Cop from the Underworld
ATK:
1000
LINK-2
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2 monsters If this card is Link Summoned using 2 DARK monsters with different names as material, it gains this effect. ● You can Tribute 1 monster, then target 1 face-up card on the field; place 1 Patrol Counter on it. You can only use this effect of "Beat Cop from the Underworld" once per turn. (If a card with a Patrol Counter would be destroyed by battle or card effect, remove 1 Patrol Counter from it instead.)
Beat Cop from the Underworld — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 46.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
The reliable output is a Link-2 DARK Fiend body at 1000 ATK that gains a once-per-turn effect only when Link Summoned with two DARK materials of different names. That effect costs a Tribute and places one Patrol Counter that absorbs a single destruction on one face-up card, which is a modest protective effect with no card advantage. The deck sample is strong on breadth (400 decks, 109 archetypes), but every sampled deck runs it, which suggests the sample is filtered to decks containing this card; that frequency confirms it is played, not that it is powerful (guardrail 3). The 1000 ATK earns nothing, and the score stays in the mid-40s because there is no combo evidence and the Tribute cost and weak interaction hold it back.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Appears in all 400 sampled decks across 109 archetypes, but no searcher or starter data exists to show how reliably it is drawn (observed, with inference on draw route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text shows a Tribute-cost counter placement with no board expansion; combo data has 0 boards, so conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | A Tribute is a net -1 with no recovery, and the counter gives no card advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | The Patrol Counter only absorbs one destruction on one target and does not negate or remove anything (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Link-2 body with bottom-left and bottom-right arrows and 1000 ATK, usable as material even when its effect is negated (verified from text, with inference on usefulness). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A 1000 ATK body with a once-per-turn effect that needs a Tribute, so it is easy to remove and has one use per turn (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Averages 1.06 copies per deck with no garnet or lock, so it is cheap to run as a single copy (observed from deck copy distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 46.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Link-2 body with two bottom arrows and a cheap single-copy footprint
- Runs in a broad spread of archetypes in the sample
- Once-per-turn protective counter can save one card from one destruction
Weaknesses
- 1000 ATK body with a Tribute cost to use its effect
- No resource gain and no real interaction
- Effect needs DARK materials of different names to be enabled
Counters / choke points
- Board-wide removal and destruction effects that can clear the Patrol Counter's protection on the target
Best use
Link-2 material body with a Tribute-cost protection counter. Decks: Mitsurugi, Lady of Lament, Gem-Knights. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-2, DARK Fiend, 1000 ATK, bottom-left and bottom-right arrows (card text); Effect needs 2 DARK materials with different names to be enabled, and costs a Tribute once per turn (card text); Patrol Counter absorbs one destruction by battle or card effect (card text)
- Observed: Appears in all 400 sampled decks across 109 archetypes (deck evidence); Average 1.06 copies per deck, max 3 (deck evidence); Top partners include Ash Blossom and Called by the Grave at 71 to 73 percent co-occurrence (deck evidence)
- Inferred: Protective counter has low value as interaction because it only blocks one destruction on one target; Material utility is real but generic for a Link-2 body; Score stays mid-40s with no combo evidence
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only deck sample shows 400 of 400 decks running the card, which suggests it is filtered to decks containing this card and inclusion rate cannot be measured Guide evidence is a single Labrynth guide mentioning the card only in its Extra Deck section