FIRE
6Laval the Greater
Archetype:
Laval
ATK:
2400
DEF:
800
View:
2812
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner FIRE monsters When this card is Synchro Summoned: Send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard. If this card would be destroyed by a card effect, you can banish 1 "Laval" monster from your Graveyard instead.
Laval the Greater — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 45.5 · Deck: 46 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Laval the Greater is a 2400-ATK Level 6 FIRE Synchro that is consistently played in the sample (21 of 21 decks, all as a main-deck single copy, with a tight Laval core partner set). Its text is mild: a mandatory hand-to-Graveyard cost on Synchro Summon, and a Graveyard-banish replacement against card-effect destruction that only works with another Laval monster in the Graveyard. The 2400 ATK earns no points on its own; the score reflects a body that is reliably summoned into a Laval shell but converts little extra value, with no recorded combo boards to show it leading anywhere disruptive.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs a Tuner plus a non-Tuner FIRE monster, and it is live in 21 of 21 sampled decks, mostly alongside Laval Archer and Lavalval Dragun-type Tuners (observed, with the Tuner requirement from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No recorded combo boards; the card's only conversion is a single body with a hand-to-Graveyard cost on summon (verified text, no observed payoff). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Sending one card from hand to the Graveyard on summon is a pure -1 with no recovery, and the banish replacement is protection rather than advantage (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The destruction-replacement protects it against card-effect destruction only, and requires a Laval monster in the Graveyard; it offers no negation or removal (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | A Level 6 FIRE Warrior Synchro is a body that is not a Tuner; it can only be material for higher-Level Synchros, with no observed use (inferred from text and absence of combo data). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The replacement effect lets it survive one card-effect destruction if a Laval monster is banished from the Graveyard, but it is dead to a plain negate or hand/board removal (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One copy per deck, no garnet or lock, and four archetype homes; the restriction is the Laval-themed Tuner requirement (observed in decks, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 45.5, Deck ≈ 46, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in every sampled deck it appears in, with a stable Laval partner core
- Single-copy, low-cost to run; no garnet or lock
- Destruction-replacement gives it a small resilience edge inside a Laval shell
Weaknesses
- Pure -1 hand cost on summon with no card advantage
- 2400 ATK is not translated into board pressure or disruption
- Replacement needs a Laval monster in the Graveyard, which is not guaranteed
Counters / choke points
- Card-effect destruction that is negated or bypassed
- Plain negates and hand/board removal that stop the summon or the body
Best use
Synchro body in a FIRE Laval shell, with a small protection role. Decks: Laval, Yang Zing, Volcanic, Tenyi. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Synchro Summon requires 1 Tuner plus 1 or more non-Tuner FIRE monsters; On Synchro Summon, send 1 card from hand to the Graveyard; Banish 1 Laval monster from the Graveyard to replace card-effect destruction
- Observed: Appears in 21 of 21 sampled decks, 1 copy each, all main deck; Partners with Laval Archer, Molten Conduction Field, Lavalval Salamander in 95% of decks
- Inferred: Material utility is limited to higher-Level Synchros; Resilience is limited to card-effect destruction
- 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