EARTH
4Keldo
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1600
View:
3080
When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, select 2 cards from your opponent's Graveyard, add them to your opponent's Deck and the Deck is then shuffled.
Keldo — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 42 · Deck: 42 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility
Why it scores here
Keldo is a 4-Level Fairy with 1200 ATK and no archetype. Its only effect is conditional: after it is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY, it returns two cards from the opponent's GY to the opponent's Deck. That is GY hate with no board presence, no recorded combo starter or searcher role, and no card advantage for its controller. The five attached decks confirm it is run consistently, but combo evidence is absent, so the score rests on text plus deck-level inclusion. The 1600 DEF and high co-occurrence with Gravekeeper staples do not earn points: the body is a generic Level 4 material and a cheap, unrestricted slot, which is why deckbuilding and material scores carry it.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | No searcher, starter, or hand-route evidence; it is present in 5 of 5 attached decks with no archetype, so it is in the list but not clearly live on draw (observed and inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Zero combo appearances and no power_index; its effect only fires after a battle loss, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Returning two opponent GY cards to their Deck is GY hate with no gain for the controller and no refuel (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | Hits only the opponent's Graveyard and needs its own battle destruction, so it does not interact with the opponent's board or live effects (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 4 EARTH Fairy body is a generic Level 4 material that still converts when its effect is negated (verified text and card stats, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | The effect requires battle destruction and cannot be used on demand, so it is conditional and depends on the battle outcome (verified text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | No garnet, no self-lock, no archetype restriction, and it is treated as unlimited copies (verified banlist gap, inferred slot cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility default (no clear primary role); no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 42, Deck ≈ 42, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 4 body that works as material and is cheap to run
- Appears in all 5 attached decks, so its inclusion is consistent
Weaknesses
- Effect only triggers on battle destruction, so it is unreliable on demand
- No combo, starter, or searcher evidence, so it adds little to combo conversion
- Effect targets only the opponent's Graveyard, which has limited board impact
Counters / choke points
- Cards that prevent battle destruction
- Opponents with empty Graveyards or no need for GY hate
Best use
Generic Level 4 material and light GY hate after battle. Decks: Gravekeeper-adjacent decks (co-occurrence only). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 EARTH Fairy Effect Monster, 1200 ATK / 1600 DEF, no archetype (card); Effect: on battle destruction, return 2 opponent GY cards to the opponent's Deck and shuffle (card text); Appears in 5 of 5 decks, 100% co-occurrence with listed partners (decks_evidence)
- Observed: Present in 5 of 5 attached decks, all in a single gameplay type (decks_evidence)
- Inferred: Battle-destruction trigger makes it unreliable on demand (text analysis); Level 4 body is a generic material (card stats and text)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only