WIND
1Gusto Egul
Archetype:
Gusto
ATK:
200
DEF:
400
View:
3746
When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower non-Tuner "Gusto" monster from your Deck.
Gusto Egul — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Gusto Egul's power is its battle-destruction graveyard trigger, which Special Summons one Level 4 or lower non-Tuner 'Gusto' monster from the Deck, so it converts a dead Level 1 Tuner into one extra body. It is live in 143 recent decks and pairs with a Gusto core, but its 1-board combo sample (power index 100) is too thin to earn a high combo score, and its 200 ATK earns no points. The trigger needs a battle destruction and is shut off by negation, which caps resilience, and the search-free starter role gives it little consistency.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Present in 143 decks at 1.67 average copies, but the card never shows as a starter or searched piece in combos, and it needs a battle destruction to trigger (inference from text and starter role count 0; tier: observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The graveyard trigger puts one Gusto body onto the field, and the single recorded board reaches power index 100, but one sample is not enough to weigh heavily (text plus observed; tier: inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The effect is a free deck-to-field summon with no cost, a net +1 body on the field and no refuel (text; tier: verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect (text; tier: verified). |
| Material Utility | 68 | A Level 1 WIND Tuner is clean Synchro material, and top partners include Crystal Wing and Clear Wing Synchro Dragons at 61-69% co-occurrence (observed); the GY effect is negated, but the Tuner body remains (inference; tier: observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The trigger only fires on battle destruction in the graveyard, so it is dead after removal, negation or non-battle deaths (text; tier: verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 72 | No garnet or lock, a 1.67 average copy count, and a level-1 body that fits many Gusto builds at low slot cost (decks; tier: observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Battle-destruction graveyard trigger turns a dead Level 1 Tuner into a Level 4-or-lower Gusto body from the Deck
- Clean Level 1 WIND Tuner for Synchro summons, with strong partner co-occurrence with Synchro Dragons
- Free to run: low copy count, no garnet or lock, and used in 143 recent decks across several Gusto builds
Weaknesses
- Needs a battle destruction to trigger; negation or removal shuts the effect off
- Never observed as a starter or searched piece, so accessibility depends on the hand
- Its 200 ATK and 400 DEF earn no points and it is weak as a standalone body
Counters / choke points
- Negation or effect-negation cards that shut off the graveyard trigger
- Non-battle removal such as effect destruction, banish or card-effect targeting
Best use
Level 1 Tuner that turns a battle-destroyed body into a Gusto Level 4-or-lower summon from the Deck. Decks: Gusto (archetype 2182), Gusto (archetype 916), Gusto (archetype 1404). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 WIND Winged Beast Tuner, ATK 200, DEF 400 (card data); Graveyard trigger on battle destruction: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower non-Tuner Gusto monster from Deck (card text); No negation, removal or hand-trap effect (card text)
- Observed: Present in 143 recent decks, 1.67 average copies, 23 distinct archetypes (decks evidence); Top partners include Daigusto Sphreez 93.7%, Pilica 89.5%, Crystal Wing and Clear Wing Synchro Dragons 61-69% (decks evidence); One recorded board containing the card, starter role 0, material role 0 (combos evidence)
- Inferred: Primary role is a deck-to-field starter from the graveyard trigger, with Tuner material as the secondary role; Trigger is dead once the card is removed or negated, so resilience is limited
- Data gaps: no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion % is inferred from the deck sample only combo sample is a single board, so combo_conversion and synergy rest on one example no rulings or once-per-turn clause in the evidence, so no timing modifier is applied