FIRE
4Heavy Knight of the Flame
ATK:
1800
DEF:
200
View:
2658
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal Monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect Monster with this effect. ● At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacked a Special Summoned monster: You can banish that monster.
Heavy Knight of the Flame — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Heavy Knight of the Flame converts mainly into a clean Level 4 FIRE Zombie body that can be Normal Summoned as a Gemini and then serve as material, and its effect is a narrow damage-step banish that only fires when it attacks a Special Summoned monster. The 1800 ATK earns nothing under the rubric, and the card's presence in 19 decks across 8 archetypes confirms it is a real, portable piece rather than a power signal. With zero recorded combos and no searchers or refuel in the evidence, combo conversion and resource economy stay low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Needs a Normal Summon while it is a Normal Monster on the field, with no searcher or recursion shown in the evidence; it is still played in 19 of 19 decks (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The text only supports Normal Summon-to-Effect conversion and a conditional banish; there are 0 recorded combo boards, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | The banish is a one-for-one removal in combat with no refuel, draw or recursion shown in the text or evidence (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The damage-step banish is conditional on attacking a Special Summoned monster and does not stop the opponent's plays (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 4 FIRE Zombie body is a clean generic material, and the body stays usable as material when the effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The effect is limited to combat and the Normal Monster status on field or GY, giving modest multi-zone value but no real redundancy (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Single copy in every deck, no garnet or lock text, and splashable across 8 archetypes and 3 gameplays (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 FIRE body that remains useful as material
- Played in 19 decks across 8 archetypes with a single copy each
- Low deckbuilding cost, with no garnet or lock text
Weaknesses
- Effect is narrow and only fires in combat against a Special Summoned monster
- No searcher, refuel or recursion in the evidence
- No recorded combo boards to confirm a starter or payoff role
Counters / choke points
- Monsters that are not Special Summoned give no banish trigger
- Negation of the on-field effect removes the banish but leaves the body
Best use
Level 4 Normal Summon body and material. Decks: Gemini decks, Evocator decks, Chemicritter decks, Argostars decks. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Monster status on field and GY, with Normal Summon to become an Effect Monster (card text); Damage-step banish when attacking a Special Summoned monster (card text); Single copy in all 19 decks (deck data)
- Observed: Present in 19 decks across 8 archetypes and 3 gameplay types (deck data); Co-occurs with Gemini partners such as Geminize Lord Golknight in 10 of 19 decks (deck data)
- Inferred: Level 4 FIRE body is a clean material across Gemini and Evocator lines (inferred from stats and text); Board-breaker role is secondary because the banish fires only in combat (inferred)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed