EARTH
3Block Golem
ATK:
1000
DEF:
1500
View:
3476
If all the monsters in your Graveyard are EARTH: You can Tribute this card to target 2 Level 4 or lower Rock-Type monsters in your Graveyard, except "Block Golem"; Special Summon those targets, but their effects that activate on the field cannot be activated this turn.
Block Golem — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Block Golem's 1000 ATK and 1500 DEF earn nothing here. Its score comes from one tributed Level 3 EARTH Rock body turning into two Level 4-or-lower Rock revivals from the Graveyard, a real +1 body recursion, but only while every monster in your Graveyard is EARTH and the revived monsters' field effects are shut off that turn. The 31-deck, 15-archetype spread confirms it is a consistently run Rock-theme piece (frequency is not treated as power), but with zero recorded combos the conversion rests on card text alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Only usable as a field monster that pays its own Tribute, gated by the all-EARTH Graveyard condition; no starter or search data exists, so access is inferred (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Text turns one body into two Graveyard revivals, but there are no recorded boards (0 combos) to confirm the conversion in play (verified text, inferred conversion). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | Self-Tribute for two Graveyard Rock Special Summons is a net +1 body, with the Graveyard refilled by the tributed copy (verified text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap reach in its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A generic Level 3 EARTH Rock body that can serve as material, though no material role stats exist (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | One non-EARTH monster in the Graveyard shuts it off, and the field-activated Tribute cost can be disrupted before resolution (verified text, speculation on specific interactions). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | No garnet or lock, and 21 of 31 decks run one copy; the Graveyard-purity condition is a real but non-garnet restriction (observed deck copies, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Graveyard-purity self-restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts one tributed body into two Level 4-or-lower Rock Special Summons from the Graveyard
- Level 3 EARTH Rock body is generic enough to slot into multiple Rock-based homes
- Present in 31 recent decks across 15 archetypes, with consistent partners in Adamancipator and Gallant Granite
Weaknesses
- Only activates while every monster in your Graveyard is EARTH
- Revived monsters cannot use their field effects that turn
- No opponent interaction and no recorded combo boards to confirm conversion
Counters / choke points
- Any non-EARTH monster in your Graveyard shuts the effect off (verified text)
- Removing or disrupting the Block Golem on the field before its Tribute resolves (speculation, does not move score)
Best use
Graveyard-to-field recursion body in Rock-based decks, adding one extra body from a single Tribute when the Graveyard is all EARTH. Decks: Adamancipator, Koa'ki Meiru, Naturia, Triamids.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: Tribute this card, only while all monsters in your Graveyard are EARTH, to target 2 Level 4 or lower Rock monsters in your Graveyard (not itself) and Special Summon them; Text: revived monsters' field effects cannot activate that turn; 31 decks, 15 distinct archetypes, average 1.48 copies per deck, 21 decks at 1 copy
- Observed: Gallant Granite co-occurs in 83.9% of decks; Adamancipator Researcher and Analyzer in 80.6%; Adamancipator Risen - Raptite and Dragite appear alongside it in 61.3% and 51.6% of decks
- Inferred: Recursion converts one body into two bodies, a net +1 body; Being a generic Level 3 EARTH Rock makes it a usable material body; Graveyard-purity condition makes activation unreliable in mixed-Graveyard boards; 1-2 copies is the practical slot count
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is from the deck sample only no rulings for the Graveyard-purity condition or the revived monsters' field-effect clause