EARTH
3Lock Cat
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1000
View:
3259
When this card is Normal Summoned, you can select 1 Level 1 Beast-Type monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it in face-up Defense Position. Its effects are negated.
Lock Cat — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 15 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 42 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Lock Cat is a Level 3 Beast body whose primary function is providing material for Synchro, XYZ, and Link plays. The card's effect recycles Level 1 Beasts from the Graveyard but summons them in Defense Position with negated effects, limiting their contribution to combo chains. Without deck or combo evidence, viability depends entirely on Beast archetypes with Level 1 support; the high ATK/DEF stats contribute nothing to this calculation.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Normal Summoning is reliable, but the effect requires Level 1 Beasts in the Graveyard, creating dependency outside specialized Beast builds (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | The card special-summons a Level 1 Beast in Defense Position with effects negated, providing only defensive material; Synchro with the Level 3 body itself is the only clear combo path (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Expends the Normal Summon for one additional defensive body with no search, draw, or advantage generation; net neutral or slightly negative (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card provides no negation, removal, or disruption; negating the summoned monster's effects actually reduces its utility (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 3 Beast-Type EARTH body serves as flexible Synchro/XYZ/Link material and retains value even when effects are blanked (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | One-time, single-turn effect; the card lives in multiple zones as material but lacks multi-turn resilience or protection (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 25 | Requires Level 1 Beast-Type monsters in Graveyard to function; creates a niche deckbuilding requirement that restricts splash potential (inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.85 Material body + 0.15 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 42, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: No decks AND no combos (no context): Final = Intrinsic (provisional; Deck = null)
Strengths
- Level 3 Beast-Type EARTH body is flexible as Synchro/XYZ/Link material
- Recursion effect provides niche utility in Beast decks with Level 1 monsters
- Normal Summon accessibility is straightforward
Weaknesses
- Niche effect requires Level 1 Beast-Type monsters in Graveyard; restricts viability
- Negated effects on summoned monsters block combo chains and utility
- Defense Position summoning severely limits the recursed monster's contribution
- No direct advantage, search, disruption, or board impact
- One-time, single-turn effect with limited multi-turn value
Best use
Synchro/XYZ/Link material provider with situational recursion. Decks: Beast-Type (Level 1 support). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Normal Summon trigger special-summons Level 1 Beast-Type from GY in Defense Position with negated effects; Level 3 Beast-Type EARTH, 1200 ATK / 1000 DEF; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks
- Inferred: Effect requires Level 1 Beast-Type monsters in Graveyard for functional use; Negated effects limit the summoned monster's contribution to combo chains; Can serve as Synchro material with the summoned Level 1 (4-level Synchro total); Primary role is material body for Synchro/XYZ/Link summoning; Niche viability in Beast archetypes with restricted splash potential
- Data gaps: No decks supplied — deck/synergy signals unavailable No combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — no archetype inclusion % data No Level 1 Beast-Type support cards listed in evidence No combo examples showing the card's practical role in Beast strategies