DARK
5Lesser Fiend
Archetype:
Archfiend
ATK:
2100
DEF:
1000
View:
3343
(This card is always treated as an "Archfiend" card.) Banish any monster destroyed by battle with this card.
Lesser Fiend — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 46.5 · Deck: 44.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker / Going-second · Secondary: Material body / Normal
Why it scores here
Lesser Fiend is a plain Level 5 DARK Fiend body with 2100 ATK. Its only effect is a battle-based banish of a monster it destroys, which is situational and gives no card advantage. It has no searcher or starter route in the evidence and no recorded boards, so its conversion value is text-only inference. High ATK and the clean, single-copy deckbuilding cost earn only modest points; the score rests on it being a reliable generic Archfiend-compatible body that appears in 4 of 400 sampled decks.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Hand-played body with no searcher or starter route in the evidence; 4 of 400 sampled decks run it, all as a single copy (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No recorded combo boards; the 2100 body converts only through combat, so this is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | No card advantage; the battle banish removes an opposing monster but returns nothing (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Battle-based banish of a monster destroyed by this card; situational and it only fires when this card wins a battle (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 5 DARK Fiend, always treated as Archfiend, so it stays a usable material body even when its effect is negated (verified from text, observed in decks). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Single-copy body whose effect depends on winning battle; no negation-resistant or multi-zone function (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | No garnet, lock or brick cost; one main-deck copy in every sampled deck, so it is cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker / Going-second + 0.3 Material body / Normal. Intrinsic ≈ 46.5, Deck ≈ 44.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 5 DARK Fiend that is always treated as Archfiend, so it fits Archfiend shells as a generic body
- Cheap to run: single copy, no garnet or lock cost, and it appears in several different deck types
- Keeps its value as a material body when its battle effect is negated
Weaknesses
- Battle-only banish with no card advantage, and it does nothing unless it wins a battle
- No searcher or starter route in the evidence, so it has to be drawn or played from hand
- Only a 2100 body, which loses to most boss monsters
Counters / choke points
- Monsters with higher ATK or effects that negate battle damage or protect monsters from battle
- Any destruction-based or battle-independent removal that avoids the battle trigger
Best use
Generic Archfiend-compatible beater and Level 5 material body; not a standalone engine. Decks: Archfiend, Archfiend-themed generic Fiend decks. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 5 DARK Fiend, 2100 ATK / 1000 DEF, always treated as Archfiend; Effect: banish any monster destroyed by battle with this card; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks
- Observed: Appears in 4 of 400 sampled decks, all as a main-deck single copy; Archfiend-related partners dominate the top co-deck list
- Inferred: Battle-based effect means its value depends on winning combat; Generic Archfiend-compatible body with no searcher or starter route in the evidence
- 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 archetype 746 is labelled 'Không có' (none) and was not counted as a real archetype