EARTH
3Desertapir
ATK:
900
DEF:
300
View:
2320
FLIP: Flip 1 face-up monster on the field into face-down Defense Position. You cannot select "Desertapir".
Desertapir — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Desertapir is a Level 3 EARTH Beast whose only effect is a Flip that puts one face-up monster into face-down Defense Position. That is a soft, situational interaction with no card advantage, search, or board-building, so it converts very little on its own. Its points come from being a clean Level 3 body that shows up in 8 sampled decks across 5 archetypes at one copy each, not from its 900 ATK or its effect count. The high ATK earns nothing here.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Appears in 8 of the sampled decks (avg 1.5 copies, all main deck), but has no searcher route and no combo appearances recorded, so it is only moderately live in the opening hand (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Its only effect flips one monster face-down in Defense Position, with no recorded combo boards to show a follow-up; conversion is text-only and weak (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | No draw, search, refuel, or card-advantage clause in the text, and the combo evidence records no net advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The Flip effect is soft: it changes a monster's position and does not negate, destroy, or stop an activation (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A plain Level 3 EARTH Beast with no tuner marking; it is a usable Level 3 material across the Synchron, Utopia, Hole, Greed, and Book of decks, but its body value is generic (observed, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single face-up flip effect with no recursion or multi-zone use, so it is easy to shut off and has little redundancy (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Runs at one copy in most decks with no garnet or lock restriction, and it is a free-roll body that can be played across many homes (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 3 EARTH body that fits Level 3 material requirements in several archetype lines
- Shows up across 5 archetypes and 8 sampled decks, so the home is not narrow
- Free-roll deckbuilding: one copy in most decks with no garnet or lock cost
Weaknesses
- Flip effect is situational and only repositions one monster to face-down Defense Position
- No card advantage, search, or recursion in the text
- No combo evidence showing it as a starter, payoff, or end-board piece
- Its 900 ATK and Flip timing do not translate into power on their own
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps or negations that stop the Flip activation (inferred)
- Monster-removal effects that wipe the field before the Flip is useful (inferred)
Best use
Level 3 material body and situational Flip interaction in an existing home. Decks: Synchron, Utopia, Hole, Greed, Book of. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Flip effect: flip 1 face-up monster on the field into face-down Defense Position; Cannot select itself as the target; Level 3, EARTH, Beast, 900 ATK / 300 DEF, no archetype
- Observed: Appears in 8 of the sampled decks, all main deck, average 1.5 copies; Spans 5 archetypes: Synchron, Utopia, Hole, Greed, Book of; Top partners are generic staples at 75% co-occurrence
- Inferred: Flip effect is situational interaction with no negation or removal; Level 3 body is a usable generic material for the listed archetypes; Resilience is low because a single face-up Flip is easy to shut off
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only