EARTH
4Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger
Archetype:
Crystal Beast
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1000
View:
4253
If this card attacks an opponent's monster, it gains 400 ATK during the Damage Step only. 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 Topaz Tiger — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Topaz Tiger converts mainly into a plain Level 4 Earth Beast body with 1600 ATK, which earns only moderate material value. Its real value is the destruction clause: a face-up monster destroyed in the Monster Zone can stay on the field as a Continuous Spell instead of going to the Graveyard, which keeps it live through removal. Its 400 ATK bonus only applies during the Damage Step and earns little, and it has no searcher, negation, or card-advantage text, so those axes stay low. The deck-level score comes from frequent inclusion alongside Crystal Beast partners, which confirms it is a reliable body in that shell but does not by itself make it powerful.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | No search or summon route is tabled for this card, and combo evidence shows 0 starter role and 0 searched-for role appearances, so it is reached only by draw or by the archetype's searchers (inferred, with a single-copy deck presence of 368 of 400 decks). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | It appears in all 3 recorded boards (100%) with an average power index of 87, but it is never a starter, payoff, or end-board piece, so its conversion comes from the surrounding combo (observed, plus inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | It has no draw, search, or banish-for-advantage text; keeping itself on the field as a Continuous Spell preserves a body rather than generating advantage (verified from text, with netCardAdvantage 3 to 5 attributed to the combo as a whole). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect, so it offers no opponent interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A clean generic Level 4 Earth Beast gives a usable material body, but material role is 0 of 3 appearances, so the material role is inferred from stats and level rather than observed in combos (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 70 | The face-up destruction clause lets it stay in the Spell & Trap Zone as a Continuous Spell, which survives destruction and gives the card a second zone for play (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | It is a single-copy card in 368 of 400 decks (average 1.08 copies), with no garnet or self-lock restriction in the evidence (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body / Normal + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 Earth Beast body that works as Crystal Beast material
- Face-up destruction clause keeps it on the field as a Continuous Spell, so it survives removal
- Single-copy inclusion with no garnet or lock cost
- Reliable in the Crystal Beast shell with consistent partner synergy
Weaknesses
- No search, negation, or card-advantage text, so it cannot generate its own value
- The +400 ATK applies only in the Damage Step and matters little for power
- Level 4 body with no evidence of being a starter, searched card, or end-board piece
- Power depends on the Crystal Beast engine around it
Counters / choke points
- Board-wide or mass removal does little, because the Continuous Spell clause preserves it
- Targeted removal before it reaches the Monster Zone destruction clause
Best use
Level 4 body and resilient extender in Crystal Beast shells. Decks: Crystal Beast, Advanced Crystal Beast, Kaiju. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: +400 ATK during the Damage Step only when attacking a monster; Card text: face-up destruction in the Monster Zone allows placement as a Continuous Spell; Level 4, Earth, Beast, 1600 ATK, Crystal Beast archetype
- Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 368 with one copy; Appears in 3 of 3 recorded combos with average power index 87; Inclusion 60% in Crystal Beast and 100% in Advanced Crystal Beast (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Material value is clean because it is a generic Level 4 body; Continuous Spell clause gives resilience against single-target removal; Accessibility depends on draw and archetype searchers, which are not tabled
- Data gaps: no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no tabled searcher or summon routes for this card combo data has only 3 recorded boards, with 0 starter, material, or payoff appearances no rulings or banlist history