EARTH
4Botanical Lion
ATK:
1600
DEF:
2000
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This card gains 300 ATK for each Plant-Type monster you control. Control of this face-up card on the field cannot switch.
Botanical Lion — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 46.6 · Deck: 50.7 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Botanical Lion is a Level 4 Earth Plant whose only effect is a +300 ATK per Plant you control boost, plus control that cannot switch. It converts into a sturdy body in Plant-leaning shells, and it is played in 86 sampled decks across 19 archetypes at about 1.2 copies each, which supports accessibility and cheap deckbuilding. It has no searching, negation, or recursion text and no combo evidence, so combo conversion and resource economy stay low. Its 1600 ATK and 2000 DEF earn no points on their own; the score comes from the Level 4 material fit and the 86-deck spread.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | 86 of 86 sampled decks run it, with 98.8% co-occurrence with Lonefire Blossom, but no combo or searcher route is recorded for it (observed; the Lonefire link is inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Text only: a +300 ATK per Plant boost does not build a board, and there are zero combo appearances (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | No draw, search, or GY refuel text appears in the description (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap text appears in the description (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | Clean Level 4 Earth Plant body that stays a usable material when its ATK effect is negated (verified level and type; inferred usability). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Control cannot switch, which resists Control Change, but one negate ends the ATK boost and no recursion is listed (verified text; inferred survival). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Averages 1.23 copies with no garnet or lock text, and it sits in 19 archetypes, so it is cheap and flexible to run (observed deck counts). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 46.6, Deck ≈ 50.7, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 Earth Plant body with usable material value
- Broad deck presence across 19 archetypes at low copy count
- Control-lock text resists Control Change
Weaknesses
- No searching, negation, or recursion text
- ATK boost depends on other Plant monsters being on the field
- Single negate ends the boost; no combo evidence
Counters / choke points
- Negation of its ATK effect leaves a vanilla Level 4 body
- Control Change cannot take it, but Plant-count boost can be cut by removing Plants
Best use
Level 4 Plant body that gains ATK from a Plant board. Decks: Plant-leaning shells that run Lonefire Blossom (observed partner), Synchron, Lightsworn, Rose Dragon and Archfiend lists (observed archetype spread). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 Earth Plant with 1600 ATK and 2000 DEF; Effect: +300 ATK per Plant you control; control cannot switch; No negation, removal, or search text
- Observed: Present in 86 sampled decks across 19 archetypes; Average 1.23 copies per deck; 98.8% co-occurrence with Lonefire Blossom
- Inferred: Plant-count boost is the main board-facing function; Survives as a material body after negation
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only