EARTH
4Chiron the Mage
ATK:
1800
DEF:
1000
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Once per turn: You can discard 1 Spell Card, then target 1 Spell/Trap Card your opponent controls; destroy that target.
Chiron the Mage — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54.3 · Deck: 53.8 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Chiron the Mage converts a Spell card from hand into the destruction of one opponent Spell/Trap, once per turn, so its value is a roughly even 1-for-1 trade with a targeting restriction. Its 1800 ATK and Level 4 body earn no direct points; they only matter through the generic material_utility axis. The 30-deck sample confirms it is a playable generic staple across 15 archetypes, but that frequency is not treated as extra power, and the absence of combo evidence keeps combo_conversion low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Appears in all 30 sampled decks at 2.13 copies on average, but it is a plain monster with no searcher route in the evidence, so it depends on drawing it (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Text shows only a single S/T destruction with no body or follow-up, and combo data has zero recorded boards (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Discarding one Spell to destroy one S/T is a roughly even 1-for-1 exchange, with no refuel or draw (verified, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Destroys one opponent Spell/Trap once per turn, a flexible but narrow removal that cannot touch monsters or negate effects (verified). |
| Material Utility | 65 | Level 4 EARTH Beast-Warrior non-Tuner is a clean generic material, and its body still converts when the effect is negated (verified, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A once-per-turn face-up effect with no protection, so a single monster-removal or battle destruction ends its use (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Generic, unrestricted, redundant copies are fine, but the Spell-discard cost forces a slot-cost trade-off with Spells in the deck (observed, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 54.3, Deck ≈ 53.8, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 4 EARTH body, easy to drop into most decks
- Once-per-turn destruction of an opponent Spell/Trap, usable repeatedly across turns
- Appears in 30 of 30 sampled decks across 15 archetypes at about 2 copies each
- Clean text with a single cost and single target
Weaknesses
- Costs a Spell card from hand, so it is a 1-for-1 rather than card advantage
- Only targets Spell/Trap cards, not monsters or other threats
- Face-up body is exposed to monster removal and battle destruction
- No recorded combo evidence to show a practical board conversion
Counters / choke points
- Monster-targeting removal of the face-up body
- Battle destruction of the face-up body
Best use
Spell/Trap removal and generic material body. Decks: Book Of, Chaos, Cyber Dragon. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once per turn: discard 1 Spell Card to destroy 1 opponent Spell/Trap (card text); Level 4 EARTH Beast-Warrior, 1800 ATK / 1000 DEF (card data); Present in 30 of 30 sampled decks, 2.13 copies average (deck data)
- Observed: Top co-played partners include Mystical Space Typhoon (86.7%) and Call of the Haunted (76.7%) (deck data); Spread across 15 distinct archetypes (deck data)
- Inferred: Spell-discard cost makes the effect a 1-for-1 trade; Body remains usable as a Level 4 material even when the effect is negated
- 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 no dated metagame sample — meta power left null