DARK
6Horned Saurus
ATK:
2000
DEF:
1600
View:
3356
"Kaitoptera" + 1 Dinosaur or Dragon monster This card can attack directly the turn it is Special Summoned. You can only use each of the following effects of "Horned Saurus" once per turn. If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can place 1 Field Spell from your Deck or GY face-up in your Field Zone. During your Main Phase, you can: Immediately after this effect resolves, Normal Summon 1 Dinosaur or Dragon monster.
Horned Saurus — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Horned Saurus earns its score from access and deck fit rather than from its 2000 ATK or its 1600 DEF. Its text gives a body that can attack directly the turn it is Special Summoned, a Field Spell placement when Fusion Summoned, and a Normal Summon of a Dinosaur or Dragon, which is a plausible extender role. Its 400 of 400 deck presence across 57 archetypes and the Polymerization (84%) and Kaitoptera (97%) partners confirm it is practical and consistently played, but that is frequency and does not raise the power score (guardrail 3). With no combo evidence, the conversion value is text-only inference and is scored conservatively.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Polymerization co-occurs in 84% of decks and Kaitoptera in 97%, so the Fusion route is reliable, but no searcher or starter evidence exists (observed + inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | The text gives a Field Spell placement and a Normal Summon, but there are zero recorded boards to confirm what it builds (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The Normal Summon is a free extra body with no refuel, banish, or draw clause in the text (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 30 | It is a Fusion monster, so it is a poor generic material; the only material value is inferred from the Fusion requirement (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The Fusion route depends on Polymerization, but 57 archetypes and multiple partners give some redundancy (observed + inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Typical copies are 1 across 10 tracked archetypes, with an average of 1.22 copies per deck, so it is cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender primary, no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Direct attack on the turn it is Special Summoned
- Fusion Summon places a Field Spell from Deck or GY, adding a board element
- Normal Summon effect adds a Dinosaur or Dragon body
- Practically accessible through Polymerization in most decks
Weaknesses
- Requires Fusion materials (Kaitoptera plus one Dinosaur or Dragon) and a Fusion route
- Weak as material and has no interaction
- No combo evidence, so conversion power is unconfirmed
- Main Phase effect text is truncated in the evidence
Counters / choke points
- Fusion Summon disruption or hand-trap interruption of Polymerization (inferred; not in the evidence pack)
Best use
Extender. Decks: Transcendosaurus, Evol, GMX, Jurrac, Dinowrestler. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: ATK 2000, DEF 1600, Fusion Monster, DARK Dinosaur; Fusion material is Kaitoptera plus 1 Dinosaur or Dragon monster; Can attack directly the turn it is Special Summoned; Once per turn: if Fusion Summoned, place 1 Field Spell from Deck or GY face-up; Normal Summon 1 Dinosaur or Dragon monster after the Main Phase effect
- Observed: Present in all 400 sampled decks, typically 1 copy; Kaitoptera co-occurs in 97% of decks and Polymerization in 84%; Inclusion between 57% and 100% across 10 tracked archetypes; Recorded in 57 distinct archetypes
- Inferred: Primary role is Extender, as the Field Spell and Normal Summon effects extend the board; Material value is limited because it is a Fusion monster
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference Main Phase effect text is truncated: cost and action clause are absent from the description no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed guide snippet is non-informative and does not describe the card's role no rulings supplied for the Field Spell placement timing