EARTH
4Earthbound Spirit
Archetype:
Earthbound
ATK:
500
DEF:
2000
View:
2902
A vengeful creature formed by the spirits of fallen warriors, it drags any who dare approach it into the deepest bowels of the earth.
Earthbound Spirit — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Earthbound Spirit is a vanilla Level 4 EARTH Fiend Normal Monster whose card text is flavor only, so it converts into nothing on its own: no effect, no search, no interaction, and no combo evidence exists. Its score comes from being a clean, generic Level 4 Earth Fiend body that still works as material when used, plus free-roll deck cost (1 copy in most decks). Its 500 ATK and 2000 DEF earned no points. Deck presence across 8 archetypes confirms it is a practical, portable body, not a strong engine; the high-frequency partners (Morphing Jar, Mask of Darkness, Ectoplasmer) are evidence of the deck's engines, not of this card's power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Reached only through generic draw or search effects of other cards; no searcher or combo route is recorded, and it appears as a single copy in 11 decks (inferred, observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 10 | Card text has no effect and combos_evidence records 0 boards, so it builds nothing by itself (verified, observed). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | A vanilla Normal monster with no draw, recovery, or GY refuel, so it provides no card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect text, so it provides no negation, removal, or hand-trap reach (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 4 EARTH Fiend fits many Fiend/Earth material requirements and needs no effect to be used, so it converts as material even if an opponent blanks it (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Having no effect means nothing to negate, but it also gives no value across zones or turns, so survival yields little (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Free to run with no garnet or lock; the 1-copy distribution across decks shows no redundancy cost (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal primary role (no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean generic Level 4 EARTH Fiend body that works as material
- No garnet, lock, or restriction: free to run as a single copy
- Portable across 8 archetypes in the sample
Weaknesses
- No effect text, so no combo, search, interaction, or recursion value
- No combo evidence; deck inclusion is generic rather than central
- Vanilla 500 ATK body is weak as a threat on its own
Counters / choke points
- Not applicable: vanilla monster with no effect to negate, so standard negation does not remove its value as a body
Best use
Material body / Fiend-Earth fodder. Decks: Solemn, Sacred Beast, Mask, Fiendsmith, Memento, Cubic. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is flavor only, with no effect, cost, or once-per-turn clause; Vanilla Normal Monster, Level 4, EARTH, Fiend, 500 ATK / 2000 DEF; Copies per deck: 1 in 10 of 11 decks
- Observed: Appears in 11 recent decks across 8 archetypes; 0 combo boards recorded, so no measured starter, material, or payoff role
- Inferred: Converts as material even when blanked, since it has no effect to negate; Reached only through generic draw or search effects of other cards
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited)