DARK
7Clear Vicious Knight
Archetype:
Clear
ATK:
2300
DEF:
1100
View:
2343
You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 monster that mentions "Clear World". Gains ATK equal to the highest original ATK among monsters your opponent controls (your choice, if tied). You are unaffected by the effects of "Clear World". While this Tribute Summoned card is in the Monster Zone, your opponent cannot activate the effects of Special Summoned monsters on the field with less ATK than this card.
Clear Vicious Knight — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Clear Vicious Knight converts a Clear World tribute into a 2300-ATK body that copies the highest opposing original ATK and shuts off opposing Special Summoned effects below its ATK while it stays face-up. Its 141-deck presence and 91.5% overlap with the Clear World engine confirm it is a real, practical main-deck card, but that is accessibility, not raw strength. Its 2300 ATK and Level 7 body earn nothing by themselves, and the lack of combo data keeps the conversion and resource scores near the middle.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Needs a Clear World monster to tribute, so it is not a free hand play, though it is run in 141 decks with 91.5% overlap with the Clear World engine and no searcher route is recorded (observed + inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The text gives an ATK-copy and a floodgate, but combo data has zero recorded boards, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Its Tribute Summon costs a card and the text describes no recursion, draw or search, so the resource line is weak (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Shuts off opposing Special Summoned effects below its ATK while it is in the Monster Zone and is immune to Clear World effects; the restriction is conditional and ATK-dependent (verified + inferred). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 7 DARK Warrior is a playable material body, but no material role data exists and the level is awkward for common Xyz/Fusion routes (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Lives only in the Monster Zone and its floodgate ends when it leaves, so backrow or removal turns it off; no recorded interaction data (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Runs at 3 copies in 92 of 141 decks with no garnet text, but it is tied to the Clear World archetype and is not splashable (observed + verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Floodgate/Control + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Floodgate on opposing Special Summoned effects below its ATK while face-up
- Immune to Clear World effects, so its own engine cannot turn it off
- Live in 141 recent decks at 2.5 average copies, mostly 3 copies
Weaknesses
- Requires a Clear World tribute, so it is not a hand-start body
- Floodgate ends when it leaves the Monster Zone
- No recorded combo boards, so its real conversion rate is unmeasured
- Generates no card advantage or recursion from its own text
Counters / choke points
- Opponent effects that remove or return it from the Monster Zone (inferred from text: the floodgate exists only while it is face-up)
- Opponent effects that do not depend on Special Summoned monsters below its ATK (inferred from text: the floodgate covers only that class)
Best use
Tribute Summon floodgate body and late-game ATK threat in Clear World shells. Decks: Clear World. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tribute Summon by tributing 1 Clear World-mentioning monster (card text); Gains ATK equal to the highest original ATK among opponent's monsters (card text); Unaffected by Clear World effects (card text); Floodgate on opponent's Special Summoned monsters with less ATK while in the Monster Zone (card text); Run in 141 decks, 84.4% gameplay type 7, 61.7% Clear World archetype (deck data)
- Observed: 91.5% co-occurrence with Clear Phantom, Clear World and Clear Wall (top partners); 75% inclusion in Clear World with typical 3 copies (usage statistics); Average 2.5 copies per deck, 92 of 141 decks at 3 (copies per deck)
- Inferred: Floodgate ends when the card leaves the Monster Zone (inferred from 'While ... in the Monster Zone'); Level 7 is an awkward material level for common Xyz/Fusion routes (inferred from level and no material data); Floodgate comparison uses the card's current ATK, so ATK boosts widen its restriction (inferred from the text)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion, starter and material roles are text-only inference No banlist token, so copy limit assumed 3 (unlimited) No legal copies data for any format No ruling data for the ATK-copy and floodgate timing interaction Guide mention is a one-line remark with no substantive role description usage statistics covers only the Clear World archetype