Spell
FieldGalloping Gaia
Archetype:
Gaia The Fierce Knight
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Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects during the Battle Phase while "Gaia the Dragon Champion" is in your Monster Zone. You can activate 1 of the following effects. ● You can reveal 1 "Gaia The Fierce Knight" monster in your hand; add 1 Level 5 Dragon monster from your Deck to your hand. ● You can reveal 1 Level 5 Dragon monster in your hand; add 1 "Gaia The Fierce Knight" monster from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Galloping Gaia" once per turn.
Galloping Gaia — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Floodgate/Control
Why it scores here
Galloping Gaia is a once-per-turn one-for-one searcher: it fetches a Gaia The Fierce Knight or a Level 5 Dragon, depending on which one is in hand. It converts into card access and a conditional Battle Phase activation lock while Gaia the Dragon Champion is face-up, but it does not build a board on its own. Its very high deck presence (330 of 330 sampled decks, about 2 copies each) reflects a core role inside the Gaia shell, not standalone strength. The combo evidence shows it on all 4 boards without any recorded starter, searched, or material role, so its contribution is inferred rather than measured.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Searches one of two targets from hand, so it needs a Gaia The Fierce Knight or Level 5 Dragon in hand to be live; it appears in all 330 sampled decks (verified text, observed deck count). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Builds no board itself; it appears in 4 of 4 recorded boards with an average power index of 43.5 but zero recorded starter or searched roles (observed, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Spell that searches one card, so it is roughly card-neutral (one spell in, one card out) and is capped at once per turn (verified text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Opponent cannot activate cards or effects during the Battle Phase only while Gaia the Dragon Champion is face-up in your Monster Zone, which is a conditional lock (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell card with no material or level value (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Single copy in hand, no recursion, and it is removable once in the field; the Battle Phase lock depends on a face-up monster (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | No garnet or brick restriction shown, and it runs an average of 2.02 copies per deck, but it is tied to the Gaia archetype and partners (observed, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Floodgate/Control. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- One-for-one searcher with two search modes, both aimed at Gaia engine pieces
- Appears in every sampled deck (330 of 330) at about 2 copies per deck, with core partners such as Gaia the Magical Knight of Dragons at 99.7%
- Adds a Battle Phase activation lock while Gaia the Dragon Champion is face-up
Weaknesses
- Needs a valid search target in hand, so it is dead when none is present
- The lock is conditional on Gaia the Dragon Champion staying face-up
- No recorded searched, starter, or material appearances in the 4 boards, so its combo role is unverified
- No usage statistics or banlist token, so meta position is unknown
Counters / choke points
- Removing Gaia the Dragon Champion from the field turns off the Battle Phase lock (inferred from text)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor for Gaia engine pieces, with a conditional Battle Phase lock. Decks: Gaia (Gaia The Fierce Knight / Curse of Dragon / Gaia the Dragon Champion shells). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once-per-turn spell with two search modes: Gaia The Fierce Knight or Level 5 Dragon, and the reverse; Battle Phase activation lock is conditional on Gaia the Dragon Champion being face-up in your Monster Zone
- Observed: Present in 330 of 330 sampled decks, average 2.02 copies per deck; Appears in 4 of 4 recorded combo boards with average power index 43.5; Top partners include Gaia the Magical Knight of Dragons at 99.7%
- Inferred: Search route needs a Gaia The Fierce Knight or Level 5 Dragon in hand to be live; Card is roughly card-neutral because the spell and the searched card net out; Its deck role is a support tutor inside the Gaia shell, not a standalone power source
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only combo data records no starter, searched, material, or payoff role for this card despite 4 appearances, so combo role is unverified no counter cards named in evidence