EARTH
4Elemental HERO Solid Soldier
Archetype:
Elemental HERO
ATK:
1300
DEF:
1100
View:
5070
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "HERO" monster from your hand. If this card is sent from the Monster Zone to the GY by a Spell effect: You can target 1 "HERO" monster in your GY, except "Elemental HERO Solid Soldier"; Special Summon it in Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Elemental HERO Solid Soldier" once per turn.
Elemental HERO Solid Soldier — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
The card's main value is that its Normal Summon trigger converts one card in hand into a second Level 4-or-lower HERO body, and its Spell-triggered GY effect can bring a HERO back. Deck data is strong: it appears in all 400 sampled decks with a dense partner network, which confirms it is a live HERO staple, but inclusion adds no points under guardrail 3. Its 1300 ATK and 1100 DEF earned nothing, and it has no negation, removal or card draw, so the score stays in the middle band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 78 | A Level 4 Normal Summonable body that is in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.25 average copies, and its trigger is live from hand (observed/verified). The combo sample only shows it as present, not as a starter, so the accessibility score is not pushed higher (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 70 | The trigger converts one hand card into a second HERO body, and the single recorded board it appears in has power index 100 with 4 end monsters and 2 boss monsters (observed). That is one board sample with empty role_in_combo, so the score is held to 70 (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The effects give board presence and a GY revival but no draw, search or refuel, so there is no net card advantage in the text (verified). The card is body-for-body rather than card-positive (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | The card's text contains no negation, destruction or hand-trap effect, so opponent interaction is minimal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 4 Warrior EARTH body is a plausible Fusion or Xyz material, but the combo data records zero material appearances, so this is an inferred score (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 62 | The body works in hand, the field and the GY, since the GY effect revives HERO monsters after a Spell-based send, which gives multi-zone recovery (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 62 | Its 1-3 copy usage shows it is cheap to run, with no garnet or lock, but the HERO-only targeting restricts it to HERO builds (verified usage counts, inferred restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Recovery / Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Normal Summon trigger converts one hand card into a second Level 4-or-lower HERO body
- Spell-triggered GY effect can revive a HERO monster in Defense Position
- Live in all 400 sampled decks with a dense partner network (Elemental HERO Stratos 96.2%, Liquid Soldier 93.8%)
- Cheap to run: 1-3 copies, no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- No negation, removal or card draw in its text
- Restricted to HERO-targeting builds
- Combo evidence rests on a single recorded board with no role tags
- GY effect requires the card to be sent from the Monster Zone to the GY by a Spell effect
Counters / choke points
- Generic hand traps or negation that stop the Normal Summon trigger (no specific counter list in evidence)
- Generic board breakers that remove the HERO board after the trigger resolves
Best use
Level 4 HERO body and Normal Summon starter. Decks: Heros, Heroic, Elemental HERO. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon trigger special summons a Level 4 or lower HERO from hand; Spell-triggered GY effect special summons a HERO in Defense Position; Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks; 1.25 average copies
- Observed: Archetype split: Heros 50%, Heroic 32.5%, Elemental HERO 2.5%, 21 distinct archetypes; Top partner co-occurrence: Stratos 96.2%, Liquid Soldier 93.8%; Single combo appearance at power index 100, with 0 starter, searched, material or payoff tags
- Inferred: Accessibility is high because the Normal Summon route is live from hand; Material value is moderate as a Level 4 Warrior EARTH body (no material stats); Net card advantage is zero: body-for-body, no draw or refuel
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion inferred from the 400-deck sample only Combo evidence is a single board with empty role_in_combo; no as_searched or as_material samples No card rulings available Not a Rush Duel card (max_atk 0), so no Rush-specific data