DARK
4Element Saurus
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1200
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Gains the following effect(s) while there is a monster(s) with the following Attribute(s) on the field. ● FIRE: This card gains 500 ATK. ● EARTH: Negate the effects of Effect Monsters destroyed by battle with this card.
Element Saurus — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 44 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Element Saurus is a Level 4 DARK Dinosaur body whose value is mainly as a generic Level 4 material, plus a conditional +500 ATK when a FIRE monster is on the field and a battle-based negate of Effect Monsters it destroys when an EARTH monster is on the field. Its 1500 ATK earns nothing on its own; the score rests on being a cheap, single-copy body that appears in 3 recent decks (mostly Horus) but has no recorded combo role, no search route, and no card-advantage text. The conditional effects are only partly reliable, so the score stays in the mid-40s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | No searcher or starter evidence and no combo boards; it appears only as a main-deck single copy in 3 decks, 2 of them Horus lines (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | Text-only: the FIRE ATK gain and EARTH negate are conditional on other monsters being present, and no recorded combo shows it converting (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | No draw, search, or GY-refuel text and no netCardAdvantage data; it is a plain body (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Negates only Effect Monsters destroyed by battle with it, and only while an EARTH monster is on the field, so it is soft and situational (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 4 DARK Dinosaur is a clean generic Level 4 material, and the effect is not needed for that role; no recorded material role boards exist (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single body with a conditional effect; no multi-zone or recursion text, so one negate or removal ends its value (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Single-copy main-deck slot in every sampled deck with no garnet, lock, or self-restriction in the text (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 44, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 4 DARK Dinosaur body that is easy to run as a single copy
- Appears in 3 recent decks, 2 of them Horus lines, with consistent Horus partners
- Conditional ATK gain and battle-based negate give some board value with the right attributes
Weaknesses
- No searcher, starter, or combo-board evidence, so it is not a reliable first-line card
- Effects depend on FIRE or EARTH monsters being on the field
- Negate only covers Effect Monsters destroyed by battle with it, and it is a single body with no card advantage
Counters / choke points
- Attribute-dependent effects can be shut off by removing the FIRE or EARTH monsters it relies on (inferred)
- Any single removal or battle destruction ends its value, since it has no recursion or multi-zone presence (inferred)
Best use
Material body with conditional FIRE/EARTH support in Horus lines. Decks: Horus. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 DARK Dinosaur Effect Monster, 1500 ATK / 1200 DEF, from card text; Effects: +500 ATK while a FIRE monster is on the field; battle-destruction negate of Effect Monsters while an EARTH monster is on the field; Single-copy main-deck appearance in 3 of 3 sampled decks
- Observed: Appears in 2 Horus decks and 1 unarchetyped deck (66.7% / 33.3%); Co-occurs with Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4/LV6/LV8 in 2 of 3 decks
- Inferred: Best value is as a generic Level 4 material rather than from its effects; Conditional effects are fragile against removal and attribute changes
- 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 no ruling or timing data for the conditional FIRE/EARTH effects