DARK
4Breaker the Magical Warrior
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1000
View:
6901
If this card is Normal Summoned: Place 1 Spell Counter on it (max. 1). Gains 300 ATK for each Spell Counter on it. You can remove 1 Spell Counter from this card, then target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; destroy that target.
Breaker the Magical Warrior — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59.9 · Deck: 57.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Removal, Material body
Why it scores here
Breaker is a Level 4 Normal Summon body whose real value is one Spell/Trap destruction: the Spell Counter placed on Normal Summon fuels a single removal, and the +300 ATK per counter matters little in combat. It converts one card into a body plus one removal, not a board-filler, so the score rests on effect interaction and deck cost rather than its 1600 ATK. The 400/400 deck inclusion and 100% usage inclusion confirm it is a reliable staple, but under guardrail 3 that frequency does not raise the score, and the absence of combo or searcher evidence holds confidence at Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Normal-Summonable Level 4 body run in all 400 sampled decks at 1.12 average copies, but no searcher or starter route is recorded (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The text converts one Normal Summon into one body plus one Spell/Trap destruction with no multi-step board, and combo data is empty, so this is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The body stays on the field after the destruction, so the removal is close to card-neutral, with no graveyard refuel or search (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Targets any one face-up Spell/Trap per counter, with no negation and no monster reach (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A plain Level 4 DARK Spellcaster that stays a Level 4 body when its effect is negated, but the evidence shows no material usage (verified for stats, inferred for use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The destroy effect needs the card face-up on the field, so one removal or negate ends it; multiple copies give some redundancy (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | A single-copy staple with no garnet, lock, or restriction beyond a Limited-to-1 entry in GOAT (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 59.9, Deck ≈ 57.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Limited-to-1 in GOAT (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap removal for Spell/Trap-based boards, targeting any face-up Spell/Trap
- Leaves a Level 4 body behind after the destruction
- Clean, low-slot, non-garnet card that fits many archetypes
Weaknesses
- Only one destruction per copy (max 1 counter), and only Spell/Traps, not monsters
- The destroy effect needs the card face-up on the field, so one removal or negate ends it
- No searcher or combo route in the evidence
Counters / choke points
- Removal or bounce of the card before its counter is used
- Negation of its effect, which blanks the destruction
- Boards with few Spell/Traps to target
Best use
Board breaker: one-shot Spell/Trap removal plus a Level 4 body. Decks: Spell/Trap-facing Normal Summon lines seen in the sample (Dark Magician, Black Luster Soldier, Monarch). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 DARK Spellcaster, 1600 ATK / 1000 DEF; Normal Summon places one Spell Counter (max 1); +300 ATK per counter; remove one counter to destroy one target Spell/Trap; Formats TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks; GOAT legal copies 1; Run in 400 of 400 sampled decks, average 1.12 copies
- Observed: Top partners Mirror Force, Mystical Space Typhoon and Heavy Storm co-occur in 70-77% of sampled decks; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in 4 archetypes at 1 copy
- Inferred: Primary role is board breaker, since the removal is the main effect and the body is secondary; Partners are generic staples, so their co-occurrence is not evidence of a combo
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no searcher or starter route recorded for accessibility no dated metagame sample: meta power is null