EARTH
8Granmarg the Mega Monarch
Archetype:
Monarch
ATK:
2800
DEF:
1000
View:
3817
You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Tribute Summoned monster. When this card is Tribute Summoned: Target up to 2 Set cards on the field; destroy those targets. If this card was Tribute Summoned by Tributing an EARTH monster, add this additional effect. ● Also, draw 1 card after that.
Granmarg the Mega Monarch — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48.3 · Deck: 52 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker / Going-second
Why it scores here
Granmarg's value is its Tribute Summon trigger: it destroys up to 2 Set cards on the field, and draws 1 more if it was Tribute Summoned by tributing an EARTH monster. Its 2800 ATK and Level 8 earned no points by themselves. Summoning it needs another Tribute Summoned monster first, which caps accessibility, and the combo evidence is empty, so conversion is scored from text alone. Fossil deck fit (34 of 50 decks, 70% of decks running it in main) supports a real, practical role, but that frequency only confirms accessibility, not strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Summon requires tributing a Tribute Summoned monster, and no starter or searcher data exists in the evidence; the 68% Fossil inclusion confirms a live route in that deck (verified text, observed deck stat). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No combo boards were recorded, so the conversion from one Tribute Summon into a 2800 body plus a backrow sweep is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The tribute is a cost that the optional EARTH-tribute draw partly offsets; no refuel or recursion is listed (verified text, inferred net). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Destroys up to 2 face-down Set cards on summon, which is real but narrow: it does not touch face-up cards, monsters, or hand traps (verified text, inferred scope). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 8 EARTH Rock is a plausible tribute and material body, but no material usage was recorded and the 2800 ATK does not count (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The effect fires only on Tribute Summon, so it is a single-spot interaction with no multi-turn or multi-zone presence in the evidence (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Average 1.6 copies per deck and no garnet or lock text, so the slot cost is light, though the tribute-summon requirement restricts the deck it fits into (observed deck stat, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Board breaker / Going-second profile only; no secondary role blend because no secondary role has combo support. Intrinsic ≈ 48.3, Deck ≈ 52, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts one Tribute Summon into a 2800-ATK body while clearing up to 2 face-down Set cards
- Optional draw 1 when tributing an EARTH monster
- Single-copy slot cost in the Fossil deck sample (avg 1.6 copies)
Weaknesses
- Needs another Tribute Summoned monster on the field before it can be summoned
- Set-card destruction misses face-up cards, monsters and hand traps
- No combo or starter evidence to show the line works from a realistic opening
Counters / choke points
- Face-up or hand-based interaction that does not rely on Set cards being on the field (inferred)
- Opponents who do not set backrow give the effect no targets (inferred)
Best use
Board breaker: Set-card destruction with an EARTH-tribute draw. Decks: Fossil.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tribute Summon requires tributing a Tribute Summoned monster; Effect destroys up to 2 Set cards on the field when Tribute Summoned; Draw 1 applies only if tributing an EARTH monster; Level 8, EARTH, Rock, 2800 ATK; 50 decks sampled; 34 Fossil (68%); 70% running it in main
- Observed: Average 1.6 copies per deck; 33 of 50 decks run exactly 1 copy; Top partners appear in 68-70% of decks
- Inferred: Set-card destruction is its main interaction and its core role; Accessibility depends on a separate Tribute Summoned enabler not listed in the evidence; Combo conversion from one summon into a full board is plausible from text but unverified
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion and starter/searcher roles are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): archetype inclusion inferred from the 50-deck sample only the Tribute Summoned monster that enables this summon is not identified in the evidence unclear whether Set cards you control are also valid targets under the effect text