EARTH
10Commander Souza, Swordmaster
Archetype:
Saber
ATK:
2500
DEF:
1600
View:
542
1 Tuner + 1+ EARTH monsters (This card is always treated as an "X-Saber" card.) Gains 200 ATK for each banished monster. When this card destroys a monster by battle: You can draw 1 card. Once per turn, when your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 "X-Saber" monster; destroy 1 card your opponent controls. If this card would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can banish 1 "Saber" card from your GY instead.
Commander Souza, Swordmaster — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 64 · Deck: 62.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Boss / End-board
Why it scores here
The card's value is its once-per-turn quick effect: tribute one X-Saber monster to destroy one card the opponent controls, plus a GY-banish replacement that protects it from battle or card-effect destruction. Those two effects earn the score, and the 2500 ATK and the ATK gain from banished monsters earn nothing. Its accessibility is supported by heavy deck inclusion and near-universal partner presence, but the combo evidence is empty, so combo conversion and resource economy are scored from text alone and kept near neutral.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Synchro summon needs an X-Saber Tuner and an EARTH non-Tuner; 155 decks run it and 98.7% of them also run X-Saber Pellina, X-Saber Bruno and Saber Combination (observed, but no starter role or searched-for role data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Draw on battle destruction and a removal activation are the only conversion text; no combo boards are recorded, so this is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Draw 1 on battle destruction is a small gain, the removal costs a tributed X-Saber monster for a 1-for-1, and the protection effect spends a GY Saber (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 72 | The once-per-turn quick removal can hit any card the opponent controls and the GY-banish replacement makes it hard to clear by battle or effect (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 10 EARTH Warrior is a usable Synchro material, but it is always an X-Saber card, which narrows where it fits (verified from text, usability inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 68 | The protection replacement lets it survive a destruction attempt if a Saber sits in the GY, and it is a multi-turn threat across 32 archetypes (verified from text and deck data). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One copy is typical (121 of 155 decks run one), but it needs the X-Saber shell and a tribute fodder, so it is a mild restriction (observed and inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal / Negation + 0.3 Boss / End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 64, Deck ≈ 62.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn quick removal of any opponent card, usable on the opponent's turn
- GY-banish replacement that protects it from battle or card-effect destruction
- Heavily played: 155 recent decks, with 98.7% co-occurrence with core X-Saber partners
- Consistent inclusion across homes: 100% in Elementsaber and X-Saber 6, 75% in X-Saber 7
Weaknesses
- Requires an X-Saber monster to tribute for the removal and a Saber in the GY for protection
- The ATK gain and 2500 base ATK earn no points under the rubric
- No combo evidence, so its real board conversion is unmeasured
- Restricted to the X-Saber shell, so its generic portability is limited
Counters / choke points
- Opponent cards that remove the X-Saber tribute fodder or empty the GY of Saber cards (inferred)
- Hand traps or quick effects that answer the removal before it resolves (inferred from text, not measured)
Best use
Removal and Synchro boss piece inside the X-Saber shell. Decks: X-Saber (archetype 1005), X-Saber decks in gameplay 7 and 6, Elementsaber (archetype 1282). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Quick effect: once per turn, tribute 1 X-Saber monster to destroy 1 card the opponent controls; Battle-destruction draw 1 and GY-banish protection of a Saber card; Synchro with Tuner plus 1 or more EARTH monsters, Level 10, 2500 ATK; 155 recent decks, 85.2% in gameplay type 7, 32 distinct archetypes
- Observed: 98.7% co-occurrence with X-Saber Pellina, X-Saber Bruno, Saber Combination and X-Saber Gottoms; Usage statistics: 100% in Elementsaber (gameplay 4) and X-Saber (gameplay 6), 75% in X-Saber (gameplay 7); Average 1.25 copies per deck
- Inferred: Removal is the primary role; the Boss/End-board role is secondary; Accessibility is high because of the partner network, though no searcher routes are recorded; The card is restricted to the X-Saber shell in practice
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no meta sample: meta power is null