EARTH
3Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat
Archetype:
Crystal Beast
ATK:
1200
DEF:
400
View:
4451
This card can attack your opponent directly, but when it uses this effect, any Battle Damage it inflicts to your opponent is halved. If this face-up card is destroyed while it is in a Monster Card Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card, instead of sending it to the Graveyard.
Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Recovery / Recursion
Why it scores here
Amethyst Cat is a Level 3 Earth Beast body with 1200 ATK and no disruption, draw, search or negation text, so it earns little for effect interaction or resource economy. Its score comes from being a near-universal, one-copy Crystal Beast body (400 of 400 sampled decks, 99% co-occurrence with the core Crystal Beast partners) that stays on the field as a Continuous Spell when destroyed, which adds some resilience. The 1200 ATK and the strong board power index of the recorded boards earn no points on their own; the combo evidence does not attribute any starter, searched or material role to this card.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Live in 279 of 400 decks as a near-universal Crystal Beast staple, but no combo shows it as a starter or searched card (inferred from deck inclusion, observed in decks). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Appears in all 3 recorded combos, but with empty combo role, so the conversion credit is weak and the power index belongs to the boards, not this card (observed, low sample). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | No searches, draws, refuel or card advantage in the text; the Continuous Spell placement keeps the body on the field rather than generating advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect; the direct attack with halved battle damage is not interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 3 Earth Beast body is a generic material for Crystal Beast lines, but material role is 0 in the combo evidence, so the value is inferred from level and race (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Destruction on the field converts it into a face-up Continuous Spell instead of the Graveyard, which keeps it in play across zones (verified from text), though this is conditional and no combo evidence confirms the use (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Single copy in 389 of 400 decks, no garnet, lock or self-restriction text, and the 80% StatisticsCard inclusion at 1 typical copy shows it is a cheap, clean slot (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Near-universal Crystal Beast staple, present in 279 of 400 sampled decks
- Single-copy, low-cost slot with no garnet or lock text
- Destruction clause keeps it on the field as a Continuous Spell
Weaknesses
- No disruption, negation, draw or search effect
- Battle damage halved, so the direct attack is weak
- Combo evidence assigns it no starter, searched or material role
Counters / choke points
- Generic board removal or banish effects that destroy it on the field
- Negation of the destruction trigger, which removes the Continuous Spell conversion
Best use
Level 3 body and field-persistent Crystal Beast piece. Decks: Crystal Beast. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Direct attack with battle damage halved (card text); Destruction on the field places it as a Continuous Spell instead of the Graveyard (card text); Single copy in 389 of 400 decks (deck stats)
- Observed: In 279 of 400 decks, mostly Crystal Beast (deck stats); Co-occurs with core Crystal Beast partners at 96-99% (deck stats); Appears in 3 of 3 recorded combos with empty combo role (combo stats); 80% StatisticsCard inclusion at 1 typical copy (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Material body value from Level 3 Earth Beast fit, since material role is 0; Field persistence after destruction adds resilience, though it is conditional and unconfirmed by combos
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Only 3 recorded combos, none assigning a role to this card No combo or guide evidence of how the Continuous Spell conversion is used in practice Card is Crystal Beast-specific; no cross-archetype role evidence beyond deck inclusion