Spell
ContinuousGladiator Rejection
Archetype:
Gladiator Beast
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Your opponent cannot target "Gladiator Beast" monsters you control with card effects, except during the Battle Phase. If a "Gladiator Beast" monster(s) is Special Summoned from your Main Deck (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck with a different Type from the monsters you control, in Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Gladiator Rejection" once per turn.
Gladiator Rejection — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 41 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Gladiator Rejection is a continuous spell whose value comes from two soft effects: targeting protection for Gladiator Beast monsters outside the Battle Phase, and a once-per-turn Defense Position Special Summon of a Gladiator Beast from the Deck after a Main Deck Special Summon. It converts into a modest extra body and some board protection, but it does not generate card advantage, has no material value, and has no combo or starter evidence in this pack. Its high deck count (332 of 332 decks, 99.7% alongside the Gyzarus and Domitianus core) confirms it is a reliable theme staple, not that it is intrinsically strong, so the score stays in the mid-40s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Present in all 332 sampled decks at 1.42 copies on average, but no searcher or draw route is evidenced in the pack (observed; no combo starter data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The text yields one Defense Position body per turn after a Main Deck Special Summon, with no recorded combo boards to confirm its conversion (inferred from text; no combos). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | The effect is a free body from the Deck with no card advantage or GY refuel, so it is roughly neutral to slightly positive (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Targeting protection for Gladiator Beast monsters is real but soft: it does not negate or remove, and it lapses during the Battle Phase (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Continuous Spell is never Material, so this axis is near zero by construction (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | As a face-up Continuous Spell it is exposed to backrow and spell removal, and its protection disappears when it leaves the field (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Costs one slot with no garnet or lock and copies are fine at 1 to 3, but it only fits Gladiator Beast builds (observed; copies distribution 231/63/38). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Negation/Interaction. Intrinsic ≈ 41, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Near-universal inclusion in the sampled Gladiator Beast decks (332 of 332)
- Cheap, splashless single slot with 1 to 3 copies
- Free Deck-to-field body once per turn, with protection against targeting
Weaknesses
- No card advantage, refuel, or searchability in the evidence
- Protection is soft: it does not negate and lapses in the Battle Phase
- Continuous Spell is fragile to backrow and spell removal
- Only useful inside a Gladiator Beast build
Counters / choke points
- Backrow and spell removal that destroys the face-up Continuous Spell
- Targeting effects that the opponent can use during the Battle Phase
- Mass or non-targeting removal of the Gladiator Beast board
Best use
Protective Continuous Spell and optional Defense Position body after a Main Deck Special Summon. Decks: Gladiator Beast (archetype 698), Gladiator Beast (archetype 242). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Continuous Spell with a targeting-protection clause for Gladiator Beast monsters, lapsing during the Battle Phase; Once-per-turn Defense Position Special Summon of a Gladiator Beast with a different Type from the Deck after a Main Deck Special Summon; A Continuous Spell cannot be used as Material
- Observed: Included in 332 of 332 sampled decks at 1.42 copies on average, mostly in Gladiator Beast archetypes; Co-occurs with the Gyzarus and Domitianus core in 99.7% of those decks; Copies distribution: 231 decks at 1, 63 at 2, 38 at 3
- Inferred: Protection is soft interaction, not negation or removal; Vulnerable to backrow and spell removal while face-up; Theme-locked generic utility, so the distinct-archetype count overstates portability
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No searcher or draw route evidenced for accessibility No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Deck starter count unknown, so DeckResilience is estimated from archetype spread