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6Elemental HERO Thunder Giant
Archetype:
Elemental HERO
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1500
View:
6485
"Elemental HERO Sparkman" + "Elemental HERO Clayman" Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn: You can discard 1 card to target 1 face-up monster on the field with original ATK less than the ATK of this card; destroy that target.
Elemental HERO Thunder Giant — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51.2 · Deck: 52.7 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Thunder Giant is a 2400-ATK Fusion body whose only on-card effect is a once-per-turn, discard-cost destroy that is limited to face-up monsters with original ATK below its own. Its 1-for-1 trade is useful but gives no card advantage, and the Fusion-only summon restriction makes it depend on Polymerization or similar support. The 2400 ATK earns no points by itself; the score comes from its recurring board-breaking effect and its strong deck presence with Heroic partners (about 39% of decks are Heroic), which confirms it is a practical, not forgotten, pick.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | It is a Fusion monster, so it needs Polymerization-type support; the 68% co-occurrence with Stratos and 67% with Polymerization show that route is live in 128 decks (observed; no combo starter data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The card's text converts one Fusion summon into a single destroy per turn, with no multi-body or board-building effect; no combo examples were supplied (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Discarding one card to destroy one monster is a 1-for-1 trade with no recursion or net advantage (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | The destroy is once per turn and restricted to lower-original-ATK face-up monsters, so it is soft, targeted interaction rather than broad removal (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | No material role evidence was supplied and the text gives no material-use clause, so the body's value as material is only weakly supported (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Its Fusion summon can be stopped by a negation of the summon route and its effect needs a discard, so it is exposed to interaction; redundancy comes only from its 30-archetype spread (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | It usually runs one copy (122 of 128 decks), with no garnet or locking restriction beyond the Fusion-only summon (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 51.2, Deck ≈ 52.7, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Fusion-only summon restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn targeted destroy with a discard cost that repeats across turns
- Strong, observed Heroic and Polymerization deck presence (128 decks, 30 archetypes)
- Single-copy, low-cost deck slot
Weaknesses
- Fusion-only summon depends on Polymerization or equivalent
- Effect is limited to monsters with lower original ATK than its own 2400
- Discard cost makes it a 1-for-1 with no card advantage
Counters / choke points
- Negating the Fusion summon or its Polymerization route
- Monsters with original ATK at or above 2400 cannot be destroyed by its effect
Best use
Board breaker that repeats a targeted destroy each turn from a Fusion summon. Decks: Heroic, Elemental HERO. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Fusion-only summon restriction from card text; Once-per-turn discard-cost destroy limited to face-up monsters with lower original ATK; 1-for-1 trade with no recursion
- Observed: 128 decks run it, 122 at one copy; 68.8% co-occur with Elemental HERO Stratos; 67.2% with Polymerization; Present in decks across 30 archetypes
- Inferred: Fusion route is the practical access route; Board-breaking value is soft interaction, not broad removal; Material utility is weak without evidence
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so 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