FIRE
8Coach Captain Bearman
ATK:
2600
DEF:
2700
View:
2697
You can Normal Summon this card without Tributing, but its original ATK becomes 1300. Once per turn: You can make all Level 4 Beast-Warrior-Type monsters you currently control become Level 8 until the end of this turn. This card cannot be used as an Xyz Material for an Xyz Summon, except for the Xyz Summon of a FIRE Warrior-Type monster.
Coach Captain Bearman — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Coach Captain Bearman converts into a Level 8 FIRE Beast-Warrior body and a once-per-turn Level change for Level 4 Beast-Warrior monsters you control, and it is run in all 38 sampled decks, 26 of them Fire King. Its printed 2600 ATK earned no points: the Normal Summon ATK drop to 1300 and the Xyz-material lock are costs that cap the score. With no recorded combo boards, no guides, no searcher route and no interaction in the text, the score stays in the mid-40s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Run in 38 of 38 sampled decks at about 1.18 copies on average, but no combo evidence shows it as a starter or searched card, so the route to it is unverified (observed; route is inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text only: the Level 4 to Level 8 change can enable Level 8 material, but no recorded combo board or power index supports a conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | The text gives no draw, search, banish or recursion; the only resource is a Normal Summon at 1300 ATK (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The text has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | It is a Level 8 FIRE Beast-Warrior body that can serve as material for Level 8 summons (inferred), but it cannot be used for Xyz Summons except a FIRE Warrior Xyz (verified); material use with the effect negated was not observed (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single once-per-turn effect that one negation can turn off, and no multi-zone or multi-turn evidence exists (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Run at 1 copy in 32 of 38 decks with no garnet or lock text, so it is cheap to include (observed; verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-restriction (Xyz material lock and Normal Summon ATK drop) (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 8 body that is present in every sampled deck
- Once-per-turn Level change for Level 4 Beast-Warrior monsters, a clear and reliable text effect
- Single-copy inclusion with no garnet or lock text, so it is cheap to run
Weaknesses
- Normal Summon ATK drops to 1300 unless it is Tributed
- Cannot be used as Xyz material except for a FIRE Warrior Xyz Summon
- No combo, guide or searcher evidence, so its starter role is unproven
- No interaction or resilience beyond a single effect
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation turns off the Level change; the body remains as material
- Opponent interaction that targets the Level 4 Beast-Warrior partners the effect needs
Best use
Level 8 body and Level 4 Beast-Warrior level changer. Decks: Fire King. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon without Tribute sets original ATK to 1300; Once per turn: make all Level 4 Beast-Warrior monsters you control Level 8 until end of turn; Cannot be Xyz material except for a Xyz Summon of a FIRE Warrior-Type monster; Level 8 FIRE Beast-Warrior Effect Monster, no archetype
- Observed: Present in 38 of 38 sampled decks, 1 copy in 32 of them, 3 copies max; 26 of 38 decks are Fire King (68.4%); top partners appear in 100% of the sample; Zero recorded combo boards, so no starter, searched, material or payoff counts
- Inferred: Level 8 material fit for Synchro or other Level 8 summons; The Level change is useful mainly with Level 4 Beast-Warrior partners the evidence does not list; Route to the card in Fire King is via its own partners rather than a searcher
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no race or level data for the partner Level 4 monsters the effect would target no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings or interaction data