EARTH
4Gladiator Beast Darius
Archetype:
Gladiator Beast
ATK:
1700
DEF:
300
View:
3723
When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Gladiator Beast" monster: You can target 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target, but its effect(s) is negated by this card, and it is shuffled into the Deck when this card leaves the field. 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 Darius".
Gladiator Beast Darius — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Darius scores on what it converts, not its 1700 ATK. Its text does two things: it revives a Gladiator Beast from the Graveyard under a negation clause, and at the end of the Battle Phase it returns itself to the Deck to Special Summon another Gladiator Beast from the Deck. That makes it a recurring body-producing engine inside one archetype. It appears in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.1 copies each, which confirms it is a live, practical piece. That frequency is treated as accessibility only, not as power (guardrail 3), and the lack of any recorded combo boards keeps conversion scores as text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.12 copies average, but it is reached through other Gladiator Beast effects rather than from hand or a direct search (verified deck stat; route is inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 58 | Text supports a two-body conversion (GY revive plus Deck summon) but no combo boards exist to confirm the realised line (inferred from text; no observed combos). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | It returns itself to the Deck while summoning another Gladiator Beast, a net body gain per use from one card (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | Its only negation applies to the monster it revives, not to the opponent, so it offers no real interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 4 EARTH Beast-Warrior is a usable generic material, but there is no Tuner or special fit, and the effect does not protect its own body (verified from text; fit is inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The body is a 1700/300 monster that is removed by any board interaction, with no recursion beyond the Battle Phase trigger (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One copy per deck on average, but it only functions inside a Gladiator Beast build, which is a meaningful archetype restriction (verified deck stat plus text; cost is inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: archetype-locked restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Recurring body engine: returns itself to the Deck while summoning another Gladiator Beast
- Live in 400 of 400 sampled decks at about 1.1 copies each
- Negation clause on the revived monster prevents its effects from being used
Weaknesses
- Requires a Gladiator Beast effect summon or equivalent to start the engine
- Negates only the monster it revives, giving no opponent interaction
- Low ATK/DEF and no protection for its own body; removal ends the engine
Counters / choke points
- Board breakers or generic removal that clear the field before the Battle Phase trigger
- Anything that prevents Special Summons from the Deck
Best use
Extender: converts one Gladiator Beast effect into an additional Gladiator Beast body each Battle Phase. Decks: Gladiator Beast. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: GY revive under negation and end-of-Battle-Phase Deck summon (card text); Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 1.12 copies average (deck stat); Level 4 EARTH Beast-Warrior, ATK 1700 / DEF 300 (card data)
- Observed: Gladiator Beast inclusion of 100% in two usage-statistics archetypes (historical usage stat, used only to confirm consistency); Top partners Gladiator Beast Gyzarus and Heraklinos in about 95% of decks (deck stat)
- Inferred: Primary role Extender, with Searcher/Tutor secondary, from the Deck-to-field summon; Realistic start routes depend on other Gladiator Beast effect summons; Material fit is generic but not special
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited)