EARTH
3Flint Cragger
Archetype:
Fossil
ATK:
800
DEF:
1600
View:
3537
If this card is Special Summoned: You can discard 1 card, and if you do, send 1 "Fossil" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck to the GY. You can send this card from the field to the GY; inflict 500 damage to your opponent, then, if "Fossil Fusion" is in your GY, you can return to your GY, 1 of your banished cards that is "Fossil Fusion" or mentions it. You can only use each effect of "Flint Cragger" once per turn.
Flint Cragger — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Flint Cragger is a Level 3 Fossil body whose value is as a Fossil Fusion enabler: its on-summon effect sends a Fossil Fusion monster from the Extra Deck to the GY, and its field-to-GY effect deals 500 damage and returns a banished Fossil Fusion to the GY. Its deck presence (89 of 89 sampled decks, 100% with Fossil Fusion) confirms it is a reliable, practical piece of the Fossil line, but that inclusion is not used as a power driver. It has no combo, searcher or interaction evidence, so the score stays in the middle range and high stats or rarity earn nothing.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Special Summon route with a discard cost, and it is in every sampled deck, but no searcher or starter data exists (observed deck inclusion, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Turns one body into 500 damage plus a Fossil Fusion recursion, but no recorded board or power-index evidence exists (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The discard-to-send and GY recursion of a banished Fossil Fusion roughly trade even, with one recurring recursion (verified from text, inferred balance). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | Only 500 damage to the opponent, with no negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | Rock Earth Level 3 body that can be sent from the field, but no material-usage data is supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Two once-per-turn effects in hand and field zones give some multi-spot value, but no interaction-resistance evidence exists (verified from text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Runs 1 to 3 copies per deck (average 2.19), with no garnet or lock restriction (observed from decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Present in every sampled Fossil-line deck, with 100% co-occurrence with Fossil Fusion
- Cheap, flexible 1 to 3 copy body with no garnet or lock
- Two effects give recursion value in both hand and field zones
Weaknesses
- No searcher, starter or combo-board evidence in the sample
- Negligible opponent interaction beyond 500 damage
- Its value depends on Fossil Fusion and the Fossil Fusion monsters being present
Counters / choke points
- Generic Special Summon or GY-based removal that stops the Fusion recursion
- Opponent's search or ash-style blockers on the Fossil Fusion line
Best use
Extender for the Fossil Fusion recursion line. Decks: Fossil. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 3 Earth Rock Effect Monster, 800/1600, Fossil archetype (card record); On-summon discard and send of a Fossil Fusion from Extra Deck to GY (card text); Field-to-GY effect: 500 damage, then return a banished Fossil Fusion to GY if Fossil Fusion is in GY (card text); Each effect is once per turn (card text)
- Observed: Included in 89 of 89 sampled decks, 100% with Fossil Fusion (decks_evidence); Average 2.19 copies per deck, distribution 1:19, 2:34, 3:36 (decks_evidence); Spans 18 distinct archetypes, with Fossil at 40.4% (decks_evidence)
- Inferred: The on-summon effect is a cost-driven Fusion-to-GY setup that feeds the recursion line; Its value is mainly as a Fossil Fusion enabler, not as a standalone body; Resource balance is roughly even because the discard cost pays for the Extra Deck send
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) available, so archetype inclusion % is inferred from the deck sample only no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed