EARTH
4Enraged Battle Ox
ATK:
1700
DEF:
1000
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If a Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast-Type monster you control attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.
Enraged Battle Ox — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
The card's only text is a conditional piercing-damage effect for Beast, Beast-Warrior or Winged Beast attackers into Defense Position monsters, which converts nothing on its own. Its value is as a Level 4 Earth Beast-Warrior body that can be run cheaply in 31 recent decks across 11 archetypes, mostly at 3 copies. The high ATK and the 83.9% gameplay share earn no points by themselves; the score reflects a generic, easily played body with no observed combo role.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Present in 31 of the sampled decks at an average of 2.39 copies, with partners such as Monster Reborn and Mystical Space Typhoon, but no searcher or starter route is evidenced (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Its text only adds piercing damage on attacks into Defense Position monsters and no recorded board shows it converting into value (verified text, no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | The text grants no draw, search, banish or recursion, and no combo evidence shows card advantage (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The effect is an offensive piercing clause with no negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 4 Earth Beast-Warrior with 1700 ATK is a generic material body for Beast-Warrior and Earth requirements, but no combo evidence shows it used as material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Its one effect is situational and conditional on attacking into Defense Position monsters, so it has little redundancy across zones or turns (verified text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Mostly run at 2 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock restriction, which is clean to play (observed deck distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal primary role only (no secondary blend applied). Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 4 Earth Beast-Warrior body that fits many decks
- Cheap to run, with 19 of 31 decks at 3 copies and no garnet or lock
- Consistently played across 11 archetypes, which supports portability
Weaknesses
- Its only effect is a narrow conditional piercing clause with no interaction
- No combo, starter or searcher evidence showing it converts into value
- Low resilience because its effect is situational
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the piercing effect, or a monster that stops the attack, leaves a plain 1700 ATK body
Best use
Generic Beast-Warrior material body and attacker into Defense Position monsters. Decks: Monarch, Zoodiac, Tri-Brigade. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Piercing battle damage effect for Beast, Beast-Warrior or Winged Beast attackers into Defense Position monsters; Level 4 Earth Beast-Warrior, 1700 ATK / 1000 DEF; No banlist token, so 3 copies assumed
- Observed: Present in 31 recent decks, 2.39 average copies, 11 distinct archetypes; 83.9% of decks are gameplay type 7; No combo appearances recorded
- Inferred: Usable as a generic Level 4 Beast-Warrior material body; Effect is unlikely to drive a deck plan on its own
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion is from the deck sample only