WIND
4Killer Needle
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1000
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A huge bee with exceptional strength that's particularly dangerous in a swarm.
Killer Needle — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 66 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 64 · Deck: 68 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Killer Needle is a Normal Monster with no effect text in the evidence, so its value is as a reliable Level 4 WIND Insect body that converts into material and board presence. The score comes from that role: it is a clean generic material that stays useful even if blanked, and it costs about one slot per deck. Its 175-deck presence across 21 archetypes confirms that the role is real and practical, but the high deck count does not raise the score (guardrail 3). Its 1200 ATK earns nothing, and it contributes almost no interaction, card advantage, or resource refuel.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Plain Normal Monster that is played in 175 of the attached decks at about one copy each, with no search needed to reach it (deck data, observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Appears in 6 of 6 recorded combos, but none tag it as starter, searched, material or payoff, and the average power index of 99.2 reflects the boards around it rather than this body (combo data, observed). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No draw, search, or GY refuel; it only supplies a body, so advantage is limited to the board it fills (inference from text type and combo role counts). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | A Normal Monster has no opponent interaction in the evidence (verified from card type and absence of effect text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | Level 4 WIND Insect with no effect, so it stays a clean generic material even when blanked; the 4 Level and Insect race fit the listed partner archetypes (verified from card stats, inferred for fit). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | No effect to negate and nothing to protect it, but it is only a vanilla body that dies to plain removal and offers no recursion (inference from card type). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 78 | Average 1.03 copies per deck, no garnet or lock, and a single slot in each of the 175 decks; no banlist token is supplied, so 3-copy legality is assumed (deck data, data gaps, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Material body / Normal, single role (no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 64, Deck ≈ 68, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 WIND Insect body that stays useful as material even when blanked
- No garnet or lock; one slot per deck with redundant copies not needed
- Wide use across 21 archetypes confirms a practical Insect role
Weaknesses
- No effect text in evidence, so no interaction, card advantage, or refuel
- Vanilla body that adds little beyond its material value and board presence
- Dies to ordinary removal with no recursion or protection
Counters / choke points
- Plain removal or destruction effects that clear the body
- Monster-targeting effects that ignore non-effect bodies, which bypass it entirely
Best use
Material body / Normal. Decks: Beetrooper, Battlewasp, Kaiju, Ragnaraika, Inzektor, Magikey, Traptrix. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card type is Normal Monster, Level 4, WIND Insect, 1200 ATK / 1000 DEF; Card is legal in TCG, OCG and MasterDuel formats per the evidence pack
- Observed: Appears in 175 of the attached decks at 1.03 average copies, across 21 archetypes; Present in 6 of 6 recorded combos, with average power index 99.2 and no starter, searched, material or payoff role tags; Usage statistics are unavailable, so inclusion rests on the attached deck sample only
- Inferred: Clean generic material role, inferred from Level 4 Insect stats and absence of effect text; Vanilla body status, inferred from Normal Monster frame and the flavor-only description
- Data gaps: No banlist token supplied; 3-copy legality assumed No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for archetype inclusion Description is flavor text only, with no effect text in evidence All combo role tags (starter, searched, material, payoff) are zero, so combo role is unconfirmed