DARK
10Earthbound Immortal Uru
Archetype:
Earthbound
ATK:
3000
DEF:
3000
View:
4631
There can only be 1 "Earthbound Immortal" monster on the field. If there is no face-up Field Spell Card on the field, destroy this card. Your opponent cannot target this card for attacks. This card can attack your opponent directly. Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 other monster, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; take control of that target, until the End Phase.
Earthbound Immortal Uru — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Removal/Negation
Why it scores here
Uru is a 3000-ATK Level 10 boss whose real value is a once-per-turn steal: it tributes one other monster to take control of an opposing face-up monster until the End Phase. That is a one-for-one board swing rather than card advantage, so it scores on effect_interaction and only modestly on resource_economy. Its 3000 ATK earns no points by itself, and the field-spell self-destruct clause plus Earthbound-only identity pull accessibility, resilience, and deckbuilding down. Deck presence in 134 recorded decks, with 68.7% co-occurrence with Greater Linewalker, confirms it is a real, played boss rather than a forgotten pick, but there are no combo records to show what it converts into in practice.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Level 10 body with no recorded starter or searched appearances; it is run in 134 decks, mostly Earthbound, which suggests it is reachable but not confirmed as reliably live (inferred from deck presence, no combo data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The text gives a single steal-by-tribute conversion and no combo boards are supplied to show what it builds into (inferred from text, no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Tributing one monster to steal one monster is a net-zero card swing with a board-tempo gain, not a refuel or repeated advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | Once-per-turn steal of a face-up monster plus untargetable-for-attacks protection is a real disruption tool, but it needs a tribute and a face-up target (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 10 DARK Insect is a niche material body, and the body is mostly relevant as a tribute, not as a generic material (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Destroys itself when no face-up Field Spell is present and is restricted to one Earthbound Immortal on the field, which limits its survival across spots (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | Running it needs an Earthbound shell and a Field Spell backing it up, which is a moderate restriction but not a garnet or lock (inferred from text and deck archetype spread). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Field Spell self-destruct dependency (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn steal of an opposing face-up monster, a disruptive swing that ends the opponent's board
- Cannot be targeted for attacks, which protects it from direct attack-based removal
- Played in 134 recorded decks across 31 archetypes, confirming a real, practical role
Weaknesses
- Self-destructs without a face-up Field Spell, which is a serious restriction
- Net-zero card economy: the tribute cost means a steal is a one-for-one swing
- Level 10 with no combo or searcher evidence, so reliable access is not demonstrated
Counters / choke points
- Opponent can remove it during the tribute/steal sequence or in response to the activation (inferred from text)
- Field Spell removal or destruction forces the self-destruct clause (inferred from text)
Best use
Boss/End-board with a steal effect that answers an opposing boss. Decks: Earthbound. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once-per-turn steal by tributing one other monster (card text); Self-destroys if no face-up Field Spell is present (card text); Cannot be targeted for attacks (card text); Run in 134 recorded decks, average 1.06 copies (deck data)
- Observed: 68.7% co-occurrence with Earthbound Greater Linewalker (deck data); Earthbound inclusion of 60% at 1 copy in the usage statistics (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Reliable access is Earthbound-dependent and not demonstrated by combo records; Steal is one-for-one and mostly tempo, not card advantage
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited)