EARTH
4Gokibore
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1400
View:
2893
A large, spherical roach that attacks its enemies by rolling over them.
Gokibore — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal
Why it scores here
Gokibore is a vanilla Level 4 EARTH Insect Normal Monster with no effect text (the description is flavor only), so it scores as a generic material body rather than a starter or interaction piece. Its presence in 97 sampled decks at about 1.1 copies each, mostly alongside Gokipole and the Beetrooper cluster, confirms it is a cheap, reliable slot, but guardrail 3 applies: that frequency reflects a consistent body inside a shell, not standalone power, and it does not lift the score. The 1200 ATK and 1400 DEF earn nothing; the score comes from the clean Level 4 Insect material fit and low deckbuilding cost, capped by zero recorded combo boards and zero interaction.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Plain Normal Monster with no search or cost, so it is live when drawn; it sits in 97 of 97 sampled decks at about 1.1 copies each, though no combo data confirms draw-to-use (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Vanilla body with no effect text and zero recorded boards, so it converts only as one extra body alongside other pieces (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | No draw, search, or recursion clause in the text, so it is a one-for-one body rather than card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect text exists, so there is no negation, removal, or disruption (verified). |
| Material Utility | 65 | Level 4 EARTH Insect body is a generic material fit, and it cannot be blanked because it has no effect (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Immune to effect negates because it has no effect, but it dies to any plain removal and has no recovery or multi-zone value (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Single-copy Normal Monster with no garnet, lock, or ban, and 90 of 97 decks run one copy, so it is cheap to include (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal, primary role only (no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 EARTH Insect body that is a generic material fit
- No garnet, lock, or ban; one copy in most decks
- Frequent deck inclusion confirms it is reachable in practice (accessibility only, not power)
Weaknesses
- No effect, so no interaction, searching, or card advantage
- Zero recorded combo boards; conversion depends entirely on the other cards in the line
- Vanilla 1200 ATK body loses to any removal and gives no recovery
Counters / choke points
- Plain monster removal or bounce, since it has no protection
- Negates do nothing to it, so it is not a negate target
Best use
Material body. Decks: Beetrooper-family decks (top partners Gokipole, Resonance Insect, Beetrooper Armor Horn). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Monster, Level 4, EARTH Insect, 1200 ATK / 1400 DEF; No effect text; description is flavor only; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks (legal copies empty; 3 copies assumed); Run in 97 of 97 sampled decks, average 1.13 copies; Top partners: Gokipole 95.9%, Resonance Insect 91.8%
- Observed: Spread across 16 deck archetype entries, led by Beetrooper variants (33%, 29.9%); Zero recorded combo boards, so no starter, searched, material, or payoff counts exist
- Inferred: Clean generic material (Level 4 Insect) that converts when drawn, since it cannot be blanked; Role is Material body from text, because empty combo evidence cannot break the tie
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no starter count — DeckResilience uses default description is flavor text only; no effect text to decompose