EARTH
6Castle Gate
ATK:
0
DEF:
2400
View:
2719
This card cannot be destroyed by battle. Once per turn, if this card is in face-up Attack Position, you can Tribute 1 Level 5 or lower monster to inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's original ATK.
Castle Gate — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 46 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss / End-board · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Castle Gate reliably converts a Level 5 or lower body into direct damage equal to that body's original ATK, once per turn, while its own battle immunity keeps a 2400 DEF wall on the field. Its score is held down by the Tribute cost, which is a card of disadvantage every time the damage effect is used, and by the absence of any combo, searcher or guide evidence showing it does more than a text-level finisher. Its high DEF and clean single-copy build earn little beyond deckbuilding ease, since a 2400 DEF body does not by itself win the game.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Nine recent decks run it across four archetypes, but no searcher or starter route is recorded in combo evidence, so access is live without a proven route (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The Tribute-for-damage effect is text-verified, but there are zero recorded boards, so any conversion from a starter is inferred only (verified, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | The effect costs a monster to deal damage, which is a card of disadvantage with no refuel or draw in the text (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The card has no negation or removal, and its battle immunity only stops battle destruction, not effect removal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | It is a Level 6 Rock body that can serve as generic material, but no material statistics are supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Battle immunity persists while on the field, but the damage effect needs Attack Position and is removable by effects (verified, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It is a single-copy card with an average of 1.78 copies per deck and no garnet or lock clause, so it is cheap to run (observed, verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss / End-board + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 46, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cannot be destroyed by battle, so it stays on the field against attacks (verified)
- Once-per-turn Tribute-for-damage converts a Level 5 or lower monster into damage equal to its original ATK (verified)
- Clean single-copy build with no garnet or lock clause (verified)
Weaknesses
- Costs a Tribute and a monster, so each use is card disadvantage (verified)
- No combo or guide evidence, so its conversion value rests on text-level inference (inferred)
- Only a 2400 DEF body with no ATK, so it does not pressure the board by itself (verified)
Counters / choke points
- Effects that destroy or remove it, since battle immunity does not stop non-battle removal (inferred)
- Negation of its once-per-turn effect (inferred)
Best use
Battle-immune end-board finisher using Level 5 or lower monsters as damage fuel. Decks: Adamancipator, Greed, Hole.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Cannot be destroyed by battle; Once per turn, if face-up in Attack Position, Tribute 1 Level 5 or lower monster to inflict damage equal to its original ATK; Nine recent decks run it, with an average of 1.78 copies per deck; Four distinct archetypes, with no archetype membership on the card
- Observed: Top partner Number 55: Gogogo Goliath co-occurs in 8 of 9 decks; Adamancipator Researcher co-occurs in 7 of 9 decks
- Inferred: Access is live through the deck but no searcher route is evidenced for this card; Battle immunity and damage output make it a finisher in end-board situations; Level 6 Rock body is a usable generic material
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no rulings supplied for the Tribute and original ATK interaction