DARK
8Caius the Mega Monarch
Archetype:
Monarch
ATK:
2800
DEF:
1000
View:
5052
You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. If this card is Tribute Summoned: Target 1 card on the field; banish it, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent, then, if it is a DARK Monster Card, banish all cards with that name from the hand, Main Deck, Extra Deck, and GY of the player who controlled it. If this card was Tribute Summoned by Tributing a DARK monster, add this additional effect. ● You can target 2 cards, instead.
Caius the Mega Monarch — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Caius converts a Tribute Summon into a one-for-one banish of any field card plus 1000 damage, and a DARK target also wipes every same-name copy from hand, Deck, Extra Deck and GY. Its strength is that disruption, which earns the interaction points. Its 2800 ATK and the 161-deck Monarch footprint earn nothing by themselves; the score is held down by the Tribute Summon restriction, the absence of recorded combos, and the lack of card advantage.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Needs a Tribute Summoned monster to pay the cost, but 122 of 161 decks run the Monarch archetype and it co-occurs with its Monarch partners in 80–90% of those decks (observed, plus inferred route cost). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text gives a board-disruption ETB and a conditional name-wipe; no combo boards are recorded, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | One banish for one card with a 1000-damage bonus gives no card advantage and no refuel (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Summon-trigger banish can hit any field card and the DARK clause removes whole name copies from hand and Deck, which is strong disruption (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 8 DARK Fiend is a usable material body for Level-8 and Fiend-based summons; the ETB still works if the body is later used as material, but no recorded material use exists (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The ETB is a single summon-trigger effect that a responsive negate can stop, so there is one interaction window and no recursion (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Single-copy use (1.41 average copies per deck), no garnet or lock, but it only plays well inside a Monarch shell (observed plus inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal / Negation + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Tribute Summon restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Banishes any field card on summon, which is flexible removal
- Name-wide banish on a DARK target removes copies from hand, Deck, Extra Deck and GY
- Broad Monarch deck footprint across 19 archetypes and 161 decks (observed)
Weaknesses
- Tribute Summon cost restricts when it can be played
- 1000 damage and a single banish give no card advantage
- No recorded combo boards, so its conversion is unproven in practice
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the summon trigger
- Removal or banish of the Caius itself before the trigger resolves
Best use
Removal / end-board Tribute Summon boss. Decks: Monarch. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tribute Summon restriction and summon-trigger banish effect from card text; Name-wide banish when the target is a DARK monster
- Observed: 161 decks, 122 in the Monarch archetype (75.8%); Strong co-occurrence with Monarch partners (80–90% of decks)
- Inferred: Combo conversion is text-only, since no boards are recorded; Responsive negation can stop the summon trigger
- 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