FIRE
3Elementsaber Malo
Archetype:
Elementsaber
ATK:
1700
DEF:
200
View:
3253
Once per turn: You can send 1 "Elementsaber" monster from your hand to the GY; send 1 "Elementsaber" or "Elemental Lord" monster from your Deck to the GY, except "Elementsaber Malo". Once per turn, if this card is in the GY: You can declare 1 Attribute; this card in the GY becomes that Attribute until the end of this turn.
Elementsaber Malo — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49.9 · Deck: 54.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Malo's value is its once-per-turn hand-and-Deck-to-GY send, which feeds the Elementsaber graveyard plan, and its GY effect that sets its Attribute. It costs two of your own cards and returns nothing, so its resource economy is weak. The 10 of 10 sampled decks running it and its 1.9 average copies confirm it is a real, practical part of the Elementsaber shell, not a niche pick. The 1700 ATK and 200 DEF earned no points, and neither did the Level 3 body beyond its generic material fit.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Run in 10 of 10 sampled decks at 1.9 average copies, but no combo data shows how it is reached in the opening hand (observed decks, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text says it sends a hand and a Deck monster to the GY with no draw or board, so it converts only through a later GY payoff, and no combo boards confirm that (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Costs two of your own cards for no return; any value comes from fueling the GY, not from card advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 3 FIRE Warrior is usable as material, and its GY Attribute change still applies if the card is negated; the fit is generic but Elementsaber-tied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The send works from hand and Deck, and the GY effect works from the GY, but each is once per turn and there is no redundancy beyond that (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Three copies at 1.9 average, with no garnet or self-lock, but it is tied to the Elementsaber core (observed decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Combo enabler primary only; no secondary blend applied (0.7 primary + 0.3 secondary not computed because Material body is a minor secondary role with no combo evidence). Intrinsic ≈ 49.9, Deck ≈ 54.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, combos absent, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Appears in all 10 sampled decks, showing a consistent home in the Elementsaber shell
- Its once-per-turn GY send fuels the Elementsaber graveyard plan
- Level 3 FIRE body is usable as material and keeps its GY Attribute effect even when negated
- No garnets, locks or self-restrictions, so it is cheap to run
Weaknesses
- Net minus two cards from your own zones with no draw or search
- No opponent interaction of any kind
- Its value depends on the Elementsaber graveyard payoff, which the evidence does not show
- Its ATK and DEF are irrelevant to its score
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the effect removes the send and GY Attribute change but leaves the 3-Level body
- Graveyard hate would blunt its fueling role
Best use
Fuels the Elementsaber graveyard and provides a Level 3 Fire body. Decks: Elementsaber core decks (60% of sampled decks). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: once-per-turn hand-to-GY and Deck-to-GY send of Elementsaber or Elemental Lord, excluding itself; Card text: once-per-turn GY effect setting its Attribute; Run in 10 of 10 sampled decks, average 1.9 copies
- Observed: Partners Elementsaber Lapauila Mana, Makani and Palace of the Elemental Lords appear alongside it in 100% of sampled decks
- Inferred: Fuels the Elementsaber graveyard plan, though no combo boards confirm it; Generic material fit at Level 3 FIRE Warrior
- 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 searcher or route table — accessibility is inferred from deck presence