EARTH
8Megalith Bethor
Archetype:
Megalith
ATK:
1500
DEF:
2600
View:
4307
You can Ritual Summon this card with a "Megalith" card. You can discard this card; Ritual Summon 1 "Megalith" Ritual Monster from your hand, by Tributing monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed its Level. If this card is Ritual Summoned: You can target cards your opponent controls, up to the number of Ritual Monsters with different names in your GY; destroy them. You can only use each effect of "Megalith Bethor" once per turn.
Megalith Bethor — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 66 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 66 · Deck: 68 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender / Combo Enabler · Secondary: Board Breaker / Removal
Why it scores here
Megalith Bethor scores 66 because it reliably extends ritual summon chains and provides flexible removal in decks with strong ritual support, but its effectiveness depends on ritual diversity in the graveyard. The card appears in all 400 reference Megalith decks at 1.87 copies average and shows genuine portability across 46 archetypes, confirming accessibility. However, the absence of combo data limits confidence in how consistently it converts into competitive boards, and its ritual requirement carries a deckbuilding cost that prevents it from being a free utility inclusion.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 78 | Megalith Bethor appears in 400/400 reference decks (100%) with 1.87 copies average, and Megalith shows strong ritual summoning support infrastructure across multiple enablers (verified from deck data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | Card text shows a discard-to-ritual-summon effect that chains into another Megalith ritual plus destruction of opponent cards, but no combo boards were supplied to verify actual conversion reliability (inferred from card text). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The card uses discard plus tribute costs to summon and destroy opponent cards; typical scaling suggests destruction of 1-3 cards with front-loaded resource investment, roughly even in high-synergy Megalith lines (inferred from card text and Megalith recursion support like Anastasis at 62.2% of decks). |
| Effect & Interaction | 68 | Upon ritual summon, Bethor destroys target opponent cards up to the count of distinct ritual monster names in the graveyard; this is hard removal but capped by ritual diversity and requires successful summon (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 62 | Level 8 Rock body is usable as material for tribute, synchro, and Xyz summons; I:P Masquerena appears in 57.5% of decks suggesting extra deck synergy, and Gem-Knights (3.5%) are Rock-type synergists (observed from deck data). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 66 | Each effect activates only once per turn, and destruction requires successful ritual summon to resolve; however, Megalith decks show high redundancy with multiple ritual names for graveyard scaling and recursion support like Anastasis (observed from deck data and top partner concentration). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 64 | The card runs 2-3 copies in pure Megalith (100% inclusion) but 57% in secondary Megalith builds, indicating ritual engine is a necessary cost; 46 distinct archetype appearances suggest workable slot cost outside pure Megalith (verified from usage statistics and deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Board Breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 66, Deck ≈ 68, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Ritual requirement (-2); High inclusion in primary archetype (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Enables ritual summon chains within Megalith engine; 1.87 copies average and 100% inclusion in primary archetype
- Provides hard removal with flexible targeting upon successful ritual summon
- Shows genuine portability across 46 distinct archetypes, with secondary homes in Impcantation, Gem-Knights, Drytron, and ritual toolboxes
- Clear synergy with Megalith ritual support infrastructure (Ophiel, Hagith, Emergence, Anastasis as top partners)
- Level 8 Rock body provides material utility for Xyz, synchro, and tribute-based strategies
Weaknesses
- Ritual summoning requirement creates deckbuilding cost and brick risk if ritual enablers are disrupted
- Destruction effect is capped by distinct ritual monster names in graveyard; situational scaling rather than fixed value
- No combo board evidence to verify conversion reliability across secondary archetypes and play patterns
- 1500 ATK body is weak; card relies entirely on effect value, vulnerable when effect is negated or ritual summon fails
- Requires successful ritual summon timing to trigger destruction; negation of ritual search or summon step shuts down both effects
Counters / choke points
- Ritual-negating hand traps (e.g., Ash Blossom on ritual search; Nitro Synchron on ritual enabler searches)
- Graveyard disruption that reduces distinct ritual monster names (e.g., Macro Cosmos, Dimensional Fissure)
- Fast board wipes that out-pace destruction timing (e.g., Evenly Matched, Dark Ruler No More)
- Negation of ritual chain enablers (e.g., Ophiel, Unformed, Emergence)
Best use
Ritual extender and board breaker for going-first Megalith lines. Decks: Megalith, Impcantation, Gem-Knight, Drytron, Ritual toolbox. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Discard-to-ritual-summon enabler plus targeted destruction upon successful ritual summon; 100% inclusion in 400-deck Megalith sample, average 1.87 copies per deck; Top partners are Megalith-exclusive (Hagith 95.8%, Phul 94.2%, Unformed 90.5%, Ophiel 85.8%); Ritual summoning support infrastructure present across multiple Megalith enablers; Level 8 Rock body composition verified from card text
- Observed: 46 distinct archetype appearances across Megalith, Impcantation, Gem-Knight, Drytron, Dogmatika, Ryzeal, Nekroz, and others; Predominantly going-first playstyle (74% of decks use gameplay type 7); Typical 3 copies in pure Megalith, 1-2 copies in secondary archetypes (from usage statistics); Strong Xyz synergy indicated by I:P Masquerena appearing in 57.5% of decks; Recursion support via Megalith Anastasis at 62.2% of decks
- Inferred: Ritual summon from hand via discard effect enables ritual chaining, functioning as an extender (text-inferred; no combo data); Destruction scaling with graveyard ritual diversity is reasonable for ritual-heavy builds (standard ritual mechanic assumption); Material utility extends to synchro and Xyz strategies via Level 8 Rock body composition; Deckbuilding cost: ritual requirement typically carries moderate brick/lock risk in non-Megalith homes (standard ritual assessment)
- Data gaps: No combo boards supplied — combo_conversion axis is entirely text-inferred with no real board evidence No banlist token — assumed 3 copies unlimited Guide coverage is minimal (1 guide mention; does not establish archetype-wide consensus) No tournament top-card rankings; cannot confirm metagame impact or competitive prevalence Secondary archetype depth unknown; deck counts are observed but combo role (starter/material/payoff) is not verified for non-Megalith homes