EARTH
3Hyena
ATK:
1000
DEF:
300
View:
2575
When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon any number of "Hyenas" from your Deck.
Hyena — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 46.4 · Deck: 45.1 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Hyena's value is a single battle-destruction trigger that Special Summons any number of "Hyenas" from the Deck, so it turns a lost body into more board presence. It is a modest 1000-ATK Level 3 Beast with no interaction, and its ATK and DEF earn nothing. The evidence is thin (2 Jinzo decks at 3 copies each, no combos, no guides, no usage statistics), so the score rests mostly on text and deck placement.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | The card only activates after it is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY, and no searcher or combo route is tabled, so access is situational (verified text; observed 2 of 2 decks at 3 copies). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The text converts one dead body into possibly several Hyenas from the Deck, but no board or combo examples are supplied to confirm the size of that conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Summoning from the Deck after the card leaves the field gives a small net gain, roughly a free body from a card that would otherwise be lost (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect, so it brings no opponent interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 3 Earth Beast is a generic material body, but the 1000 ATK is modest and no material stats are supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The trigger depends on battle destruction and is an effect, so one negate stops it and it does nothing if the card dies to a non-battle effect (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | It runs 3 copies with no garnet or lock restriction, and the sample shows it sitting cleanly in Jinzo decks (observed from 2 decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 46.4, Deck ≈ 45.1, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts a battle-destroyed Level 3 body into additional Hyenas from the Deck
- Cheap to run with no garnet or lock restriction
- Appears at 3 copies in both sampled Jinzo decks
Weaknesses
- Only triggers after battle destruction, so it needs a battle
- Low ATK (1000) and no interaction
- No combo, guide, or usage evidence to confirm its real board impact
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation (inferred: the trigger is an effect, so a negate stops it)
Best use
Extender. Decks: Jinzo. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: battle-destruction GY trigger that Special Summons any number of "Hyenas" from the Deck; No interaction effect on the card
- Observed: Appears in 2 of 2 sampled decks, all Jinzo, at 3 copies each, main deck
- Inferred: The trigger is a small net gain as a body on death; Negation stops the trigger
- 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 2 decks only Only 2 decks in sample, dated 2024-10-15 to 2024-10-17 Rulings unknown for the battle-destruction and GY trigger timing The "Hyenas" target group is not tabled in the evidence, so the searchable set size is unverified Gameplay type 7 is not named in the evidence