EARTH
3Mammoth Graveyard
ATK:
1200
DEF:
800
View:
3857
A mammoth that protects the graves of its pack and is absolutely merciless when facing grave-robbers.
Mammoth Graveyard — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 28 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 38 · Deck: 30 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
This is a blank Normal Monster (Level-3 EARTH Dinosaur, 1200 ATK) with no mechanical effect. It is included in 36 decks, mostly Exodia piles (36.1%), where it serves as generic filler rather than a synergistic piece. With zero combos, zero guides, zero effect interaction, and no archetype support, its only utility is as material/tribute fodder for another card's combo — a role shared identically by dozens of other vanillas. The high deck count reflects format accessibility (legal filler in Exodia) and interchangeability, not power; a blank body in an opening hand is a pure brick.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Appears in 36 decks primarily because Exodia format allows any legal 40-card pile; no Dinosaur archetype support or search route makes it difficult to access on demand. (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 5 | Zero combos in the database; card has no mechanical effect, so it does nothing on its own and cannot start or enable any line. (verified) |
| Resource Economy | 15 | A pure −1 slot with no recursion, refuel, or advantage generation possible from a blank Normal Monster. (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | Card text contains no mechanical effect; it is flavor text only, providing zero negation, removal, disruption, or opponent interaction. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level-3 EARTH Dinosaur body can serve as Synchro (Tuner + 1) or XYZ (2 Level-3) material, or tribute fodder; moderate utility as a generic material provider, but requires another card to enable. (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 20 | Once discarded, tributed, or used as material, the card is gone with no recovery or multi-turn presence; left in opening hand, it is a pure brick. (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 25 | Serves only as 40-card filler in Exodia and other slow formats; 75% of decks run exactly 1 copy, and top partners are identically blank vanillas, indicating marginal inclusion value rather than synergy. (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 38, Deck ≈ 30, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Severe garnet/brick in opening hand (-5). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level-3 body suitable for generic Synchro/XYZ material roles
- EARTH attribute and Dinosaur race align with those type/attribute strategies
- Legal in all major formats (TCG, OCG, MasterDuel)
Weaknesses
- Zero mechanical effect; pure dead weight in opening hand
- No archetype support or search route; must be drawn or shipped as brick
- Interchangeable with dozens of similar vanilla Level-3 monsters
- Provides no board disruption, advantage generation, or interaction
Best use
Tribute fodder / Synchro/XYZ material. Decks: Exodia (40-card filler only), Dinosaur-focused decks (if they need Level-3 material). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card has zero mechanical effect text; it is a Normal Monster with level 3, EARTH attribute, Dinosaur race, 1200 ATK / 800 DEF.; 36 decks run this card; 13 (36.1%) are Exodia decks, the rest scattered across 8 other archetypes.; Zero combos in the database use this card (combo data: total combos = 0, appearances = 0).; Zero guides mention this card (guide data: total guides = 0).; Top partners are all vanilla Level-4 Normal Monsters (Gaia, Hitotsu-Me Giant, Giant Soldier of Stone).
- Observed: Most deck inclusions (36.1%) are in Exodia format, a 40-card minimal-synergy pile where any legal vanilla is interchangeable.; Average 1.47 copies per deck; 75% of decks run exactly 1 copy, suggesting marginal inclusion value.; Deck gameplay is primarily slow format (94.4% goat/ballpark, gameplay types 7–6), not combo-driven.
- Inferred: As a Level-3 EARTH Dinosaur, the card can serve as Synchro material (Tuner + 1) or XYZ material (2 Level-3), but only if another card enables the play.; High deck count (36 decks) reflects format accessibility (legal in Exodia) and interchangeability with dozens of similar vanillas, not intrinsic power.; Deck synergy is negligible; top partners are equally blank vanillas, confirming filler status.
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is purely null (card has no effect). No guides supplied — no human context on intended use cases. No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from 36-deck sample only. No banlist token — assumed unlimited (3 copies).