EARTH
3Goyo Defender
ATK:
1000
DEF:
1000
View:
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1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters Once per turn, if all monsters you control are EARTH Warrior-Type Synchro Monsters (min. 1): You can Special Summon "Goyo Defender" from your Extra Deck. When this card is targeted for an attack: You can make this card gain 1000 ATK for each EARTH Warrior-Type Synchro Monster you control (other than this card), until the end of the Damage Step.
Goyo Defender — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Goyo Defender's 1000 ATK/DEF earns nothing. Its score comes from one narrow recursion: it can be Special Summoned back from the Extra Deck once per turn, but only while every monster you control is an EARTH Warrior-Type Synchro, so it cannot return from a mixed board. Its attack-time ATK gain is a combat trick, not interaction. Presence in 82 recent decks across 40 archetypes shows it is practical and cheap to run, but its top partners are generic staples, so it does not define an engine.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Reached through the Extra Deck via Synchro summons and present in 82 recent decks, usually at 3 copies, but the self-summon needs an all-EARTH-Warrior-Synchro field (observed; inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No combo boards are recorded and its text only revives itself, so it builds little beyond its own body (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The Extra Deck self-summon gives a repeatable body with no card cost, but it only fires in narrow field states (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The attack-time gain of 1000 ATK per other EARTH Warrior Synchro can win combat but is not removal or negation (verified card text; inferred impact). |
| Material Utility | 35 | It is a Synchro, so it can be a material only for matching Synchro summons, and its Synchro material requirements are not supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Recursion from the Extra Deck survives graveyard-based interaction, but the field-state condition limits where it works (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Usage clusters at 3 copies in 65 of 82 decks with no garnet or banlist restriction in the evidence, so it is cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking summon condition (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Can return from the Extra Deck once per turn to keep a body on the field
- Attack-time ATK gain scales with other EARTH Warrior Synchros
- Cheap to run: 3 copies in most decks, no garnet or banlist restriction supplied
Weaknesses
- Self-summon needs a field where every monster is an EARTH Warrior-Type Synchro
- Its 1000 ATK/DEF base does nothing on its own
- No combo or guide evidence to show a concrete engine
Counters / choke points
- Opponent effects that disturb the all-EARTH-Warrior-Synchro field requirement (inferred; no counter evidence supplied)
Best use
Recovery / Recursion. Decks: Heroic, Koa'ki Meiru, Sky Striker. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Synchro, EARTH Warrior, 1000 ATK/DEF, once-per-turn Extra Deck self-summon with an all-EARTH-Warrior-Synchro condition, and ATK gain per other EARTH Warrior Synchro when attacked; 82 of recent decks run it, 65 of them at 3 copies (observed deck stat)
- Observed: Presence across 40 archetypes and 4 gameplay types, led by Heroic at 9 decks; Top partners are generic staples such as Infinite Impermanence (52%) and Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (46%)
- Inferred: The self-summon is narrow and dead on mixed boards; Its effect-negated body is a plain Synchro with limited material value; The ATK gain is a combat trick rather than interaction
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token, so 3 copies assumed as the legal maximum Usage statistics cover only one archetype (Deskbot), too narrow to confirm breadth Synchro material requirements (Tuner and non-Tuner specifics) are not given beyond the card text