EARTH
4Celtic Guardian
Archetype:
Celtic Guard
ATK:
1400
DEF:
1200
View:
5213
An elf who learned to wield a sword, he baffles enemies with lightning-swift attacks.
Celtic Guardian — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Celtic Guardian is a vanilla Level 4 EARTH Warrior Normal Monster with 1400 ATK and no effect, so its value is as a clean, generic body. Its score comes from being a reliable Level 4 EARTH material that is easy to draw and run, backed by 112 recent decks across 29 archetypes at about 2 copies per deck. Its 1400 ATK and 1200 DEF earn nothing by themselves, and it contributes no combo conversion, resource advantage or interaction.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Present in 112 of the sampled decks, usually at 3 copies, so it is drawn often, but it has no searcher or combo routing in the evidence (observed deck frequency, inferred access). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Its text is flavour only and it has no recorded combo boards, so it does not build anything from a realistic start beyond its own body (inferred from text; no combo evidence). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | No draw, search, recursion or card advantage is stated in the text, and no combo data shows any net advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | It has no effect, so it provides no negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A Level 4 EARTH Warrior is a clean generic material for Level 4 summons and it stays a valid material even though it has no effect to negate (inferred from stats and type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | With no effect there is nothing for a negate to stop, but it is vulnerable to destruction and removal and has no recursion (verified from text, inferred for interaction). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Normal Monsters are cheap and splashable; the 3-copy distribution in 58 of 112 decks shows multiple copies are routinely run without a garnet or lock (observed deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal primary weights only; no secondary blend (no secondary role assigned). Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: near-free-roll deckbuilding (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 EARTH Warrior body for generic material use
- Normal Monster with no effect, so it cannot be negated and keeps its material value
- Cheap to run at 3 copies with no garnet or lock
- Present in 112 recent decks across 29 archetypes
Weaknesses
- No combo conversion or resource advantage from its own text
- No interaction or disruption
- Vanilla body, so it adds little on its own and depends on the surrounding deck for value
Best use
Level 4 generic body / material. Decks: Exodia, Hole, Greed. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Monster, EARTH, Warrior, Level 4, 1400 ATK / 1200 DEF, no effect (card text); Deck count 112 with 58 decks running 3 copies (deck data)
- Observed: Present in 112 sampled decks, with the strongest partner co-occurrence being Giant Soldier of Stone at 72.3% (deck data); Zero combo appearances (combo data)
- Inferred: Good generic Level 4 EARTH material (stats and type); Accessible through general draw and high co-occurrence, not a dedicated searcher; Material value holds even when effects are negated (no effect to negate)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no rulings or dedicated material-route evidence