EARTH
4Beetrooper Assault Roller
Archetype:
Beetrooper
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1400
View:
1366
You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by banishing 1 Insect monster from your GY. You can only Special Summon "Beetrooper Assault Roller" once per turn this way. Gains 200 ATK for each Insect monster you control, except this card. When this card is destroyed by battle: You can add 1 "Beetrooper" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Beetrooper Assault Roller". You can only use this effect of "Beetrooper Assault Roller" once per turn.
Beetrooper Assault Roller — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 65 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Assault Roller is a Level 4 Insect that can be Special Summoned from hand by banishing an Insect from the GY, then gains 200 ATK per other Insect you control, and on battle destruction it searches another Beetrooper. The score comes from that hand-access and the battle-destruction search, which convert a live Insect-engine board into more bodies and a follow-up card. The 1600 base ATK earns nothing by itself, and the 400-deck inclusion rate only confirms it is consistently played (guardrail 3), not that it is intrinsically strong. Its once-per-turn summon and search, the GY-banish cost and the battle condition cap the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Hand Special Summon costs one GY Insect, and the card is in 400/400 attached decks across 11 archetypes, but the GY cost and battle-based search make it conditional (verified text; observed 400/400 decks). |
| Combo & Conversion | 68 | Appears in 6/6 recorded combos with avg power index 99.2, but starter role, searched-for role and payoff role are all 0, so its role in those boards is unverified (observed; role inconsistent with the examples). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Battle-destruction search gives +1 card when the body trades, and the GY-banish cost is paid from the GY, not hand; the example boards show netCardAdvantage 6 (observed text and combo stat, partly inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 4 EARTH Insect is a usable generic material, but material role is 0 and the effect is not a material effect (inferred; not observed in combos). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Summon and search are each once per turn, and the search needs the card to be destroyed in battle, so one interaction can shut off both (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 72 | Typically 1 copy, with no garnet or lock on the card itself, but the summon is restricted to Insect-heavy decks (observed copies per deck avg 1.06; inferred Insect restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher / Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand Special Summon from a GY Insect cost gives reliable access in Insect decks
- Battle-destruction search adds a Beetrooper to hand, a second card from one body
- Present in 400/400 attached decks across 11 archetypes and 3 gameplay types
- Strong structural combo presence: 6/6 recorded combos, avg power index 99.2
Weaknesses
- Summon is restricted to Insect-heavy decks and needs an Insect in the GY
- Search requires battle destruction, so it is conditional rather than guaranteed
- Base 1600 ATK and the +200 ATK per Insect earn no points by themselves
- Recorded combo role data conflicts (starter role 0 vs. example boards with starterCount 2)
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation of the hand Special Summon, since the summon is an effect (inferred from text)
- Denying a GY Insect or hand access, which stops the summon cost (inferred from text)
Best use
Starter / Combo enabler: Insect engine body with a battle-destruction Beetrooper search. Decks: Beetrooper (archetype 2310), Beetrooper (archetype 597), Inzektor, Battlewasp, Ragnaraika. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon costs banishing 1 Insect from the GY, once per turn; Gains 200 ATK per other Insect you control; Battle-destruction search adds 1 Beetrooper from Deck, once per turn; Present in 400/400 attached decks
- Observed: Appears in 6/6 recorded combos, avg power index 99.2; Top partners are Beetrooper cards at 80-99% co-occurrence; Inclusion 90-100% in StatisticsCard archetypes, typically 1 copy
- Inferred: Insect-only restriction limits the card to Insect decks; Battle condition makes the search conditional; Negation of the summon effect stops the line
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combos starter role/searched-for role/material role are 0 but the example boards suggest a starter role; role attribution unresolved no rulings or Q&A evidence for the battle-destruction timing