EARTH
3Cipher Soldier
Archetype:
Cipher
ATK:
1350
DEF:
1800
View:
4439
If this card battles a Warrior-Type monster, during damage calculation: This card gains 2000 ATK and DEF during that damage calculation only.
Cipher Soldier — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 46 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Cipher Soldier is a Level 3 EARTH Machine whose only text is a battle-only pump: +2000 ATK/DEF during a damage calculation against a Warrior. That gives it no card advantage, no interaction, and no recorded board presence (zero combos), so it scores mainly as a generic Level 3 body that is cheap to run and widely included. The 88-deck count and 29 archetypes confirm it is a real, portable staple, but guardrail 3 means that frequency does not raise the score. High ATK/DEF and the pump bonus earned nothing on their own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | 88 decks run it across 29 archetypes, but there are no combo starter or searched records, so access is generic rather than engine-driven (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 12 | The only text is a battle pump, and combos_evidence has 0 boards, so there is no measured conversion (verified, observed). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | No draw, search, banish, or recursion text is present, so the card gives no advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap text is present; the effect works only in battle (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 3 EARTH Machine is a generic material body that keeps its level and attribute even if the battle effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | It is a single body whose only effect is a battle pump, so it is vulnerable to any interaction and is not multi-zone (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Typical use is 1 to 2 copies with no garnet or lock cost, so it is cheap and clean to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body profile, single primary role, no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 46, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 3 EARTH Machine body that keeps its level and attribute if its effect is negated
- Cheap and clean to run, with no garnet or lock cost
- Included in 88 recent decks across 29 archetypes, so it fits many homes
Weaknesses
- Battle-only effect with no card advantage or interaction
- No recorded combo boards, so its conversion value is unmeasured
- Power depends on attacking into a Warrior, a narrow condition
Counters / choke points
- Any effect negation or removal that the opponent can use during the battle step
- Opponent monsters that are not Warriors, which turn off the pump
Best use
Material body. Decks: Generic main-deck slot in Level 3 material shells, Monarch, Black Luster Soldier, and Dark Magician builds that run it as a body. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Battle pump text: +2000 ATK and DEF during the damage calculation against a Warrior-Type monster, that battle only; Level 3 EARTH Machine, 1350 ATK / 1800 DEF; Recorded in 88 decks across 29 archetypes; 84.1% in gameplay type 7
- Observed: Average 1.66 copies per deck, most decks run 1 or 2 copies; Frequently run with Mystical Space Typhoon (87.5%) and Mirror Force (85.2%), which are generic staples; Usage statistics show 57.1% inclusion in the Nephthys archetype at 1 copy
- Inferred: Usable as a generic material body because it is a Level 3 EARTH Machine (conversion is not measured); Its effect is only relevant in battle, so it has little value outside the battle step
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings or metagame sample supplied