EARTH
3Hero of the East
ATK:
1100
DEF:
1000
View:
915
Feel da strength ah dis sword-swingin' samurai from da Far East.
Hero of the East — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50.2 · Deck: 45.1 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Hero of the East is a vanilla Level 3 EARTH Warrior Normal Monster with 1100 ATK. Its only real value is as a clean Level 3 Earth body for Level- and Attribute-based material, which is what the rubric's Material body profile rewards. It has no effect, no interaction and no observed combo role, so it converts nothing on its own. The 1100 ATK earns no points.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Always live as a Normal Summon once drawn, but no searcher or starter route appears in the evidence (verified card type; inferred live-body access). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No combo data boards at all, and the card has no effect to build from (observed: 0 combos; verified: no effect text). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | A 1-for-1 body with no card advantage, refuel or recovery; roughly even trade (inferred from card type). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect text, so no negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified: no effect text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | Clean generic Level 3 EARTH Warrior material that keeps its stats and attributes when blanked, since it has no effect to negate (inferred from card type and stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Nothing to negate, so it survives interaction trivially, but it has no value in any zone or turn beyond being a body (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Vanilla monster with no garnet or lock; runs as a free slot filler in 3 decks at 3 copies each (observed: 3 of 3 decks, 3 copies). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal single-role weights, no blend. Intrinsic ≈ 50.2, Deck ≈ 45.1, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 3 EARTH Warrior body with no garnet or lock cost
- Runs across three distinct archetypes in the sample (Blue-Eyes, Greed, Sangen)
Weaknesses
- No effect, so no interaction, combo role or card advantage
- No combo data boards at all, so combo centrality is unsupported
- Deck sample is only 3 decks, all from one gameplay type
Counters / choke points
- Nothing to answer: the card has no effect to negate or remove, so it is not a target for interaction
Best use
Level 3 EARTH material body in Normal-slot or Xyz/Synchro material roles. Decks: Blue-Eyes, Greed, Sangen. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Monster, Level 3, EARTH Warrior, 1100 ATK / 1000 DEF, no effect text (card data); Description is flavor text only, not effect text (card data); Decks evidence: 3 decks, 3 copies each, all main deck, 3 distinct archetypes (deck data)
- Observed: Combos evidence: 0 appearances (combo data); Top partners appear in 3 of 3 decks, which reflects the small sample only (deck data)
- Inferred: Live as a Normal Summon body once drawn; Clean Level 3 EARTH material value, intact when blanked (no effect to negate)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion % not available deck sample is 3 decks, too thin to measure archetype reach no effect text, so RulesReliability rests on card type alone