DARK
8Gladiator Beast Augustus
Archetype:
Gladiator Beast
ATK:
2600
DEF:
1000
View:
3676
When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Gladiator Beast" monster: You can Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your hand in Defense Position. Shuffle it into the Deck during the End Phase. At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card attacked or was attacked: You can shuffle it into the Deck; Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Augustus".
Gladiator Beast Augustus — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Starter
Why it scores here
Augustus scores as a Gladiator Beast engine piece, not for its 2600 ATK. Its verified value is a self-recycling body: when a GB monster's effect Special Summons it, it can return to the Deck and bring out another GB monster from the Deck, so it converts one body into a second. Its 53.8% inclusion in the Gladiator Beast archetype and 400/400 deck presence confirm it is reliably played inside that engine, but that frequency does not raise the score (guardrail 3). The card does nothing against the opponent and its combo sample is small (5 boards), so the score stays in the middle.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Reached in 1 of 5 observed boards as a starter and 1 as end-hand, and it is run in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.14 copies (verified/observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Average power index is 17.4 across 5 boards, and the sampled boards show low board and disruption sub-scores, so it converts only modestly (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Returns itself to the Deck and Special Summons a GB monster from the Deck, a deck-to-field gain, but netCardAdvantage is 0 on every example board (verified/observed). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card text has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect, so opponent interaction is effectively zero (verified). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 8 DARK Winged Beast is a usable material body, but no material role appearances were recorded, so this rests on the stat line alone (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | It can act from hand, field, and Deck and shuffles itself back out of the GY, but a 1000 DEF body on the field is easy to remove (verified/inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | A single-slot, mostly one-copy card, but it effectively needs a Gladiator Beast core, a mild restriction (verified/inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Recycles itself and brings out a second GB monster from the Deck
- Inclusion is consistent across 400 decks and 22 archetype homes
- One-copy, cheap slot cost
Weaknesses
- Zero opponent interaction
- Netted card advantage is 0 on observed boards
- Only useful with a Gladiator Beast core
- Low 1000 DEF body on the field
Counters / choke points
- Board removal or monster destruction on the field
- Effect negation of the GB summoning effect
Best use
Extender. Decks: Gladiator Beast. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Self-recycling effect shuffles it into the Deck and Special Summons a GB monster from the Deck; Present in 400/400 sampled decks at about 1.14 copies; Card text has no interaction effect
- Observed: Starter in 1 of 5 boards, end-hand in 1 of 5; Average power index 17.4 across 5 boards; netCardAdvantage 0 on every example board; 53.8% GB archetype inclusion
- Inferred: Level 8 DARK Winged Beast fits generic material use; Effectively a Gladiator Beast core restriction
- Data gaps: no guides supplied only 5 combo boards, so the combo sample is small no material role or payoff role combo appearances no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited)