EARTH
6
7Performapal King Bear
Archetype:
Performapal
ATK:
2200
DEF:
1000
View:
3411
[ Pendulum Effect ] Once per turn, during the End Phase, if this card was activated this turn: You can destroy this card, and if you do, add 1 Level 7 or higher monster to your hand, that is either in your Graveyard or face-up in your Extra Deck. [ Monster Effect ] Cannot be destroyed by Spell/Trap effects while in face-up Attack Position. This card gains 100 ATK for each "Performapal" card you control, during your Battle Phase only.
Performapal King Bear — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body, Tribal synergy
Why it scores here
Performapal King Bear scores as a mid-tier utility piece primarily because its Pendulum tutor (add 1 Level 7+ from GY/Extra) generates card-neutral value without combo acceleration — 0 combo boards in the evidence confirm it is not a combo starter or engine. The card finds strong homes in Performapal (35%) and Odd-Eyes (47%) decks, with 82% co-appearance alongside Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, establishing it as a scale-setting partner. Its Spell/Trap protection and tribal ATK boost are clean roles in those archetypes, and the Level 6 body is serviceable material, but the once-per-turn restriction and lack of disruptive interaction keep it from stronger tiers.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Searchable in Performapal via Sleight Hand Magician (70.6% co-appearance) and runs in 17 decks across 6 homes, but depends on scale/hand or normal summon with no combo acceleration data confirming practical routes (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Zero combos supplied; the Pendulum tutor adds 1 hand card per turn and the Monster effect is stat-only, so no board acceleration is evident from text (verified) |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Tutor costs self for Level 7+ from GY/Extra Deck, creating roughly neutral card advantage (+1 hand, −1 board) with no repeated refuel or filtering (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | Spell/Trap protection and ATK boosting are self-serving only; the card brings no negation, removal, or hand-trap disruption to the opponent (verified) |
| Material Utility | 62 | Level 6, Beast-Warrior, EARTH body remains a 2200-ATK serviceable material even when effect-negated, useful for synchro/Xyz/Fusion fodder (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 48 | Once-per-turn Pendulum effect and End Phase timing window limit repeated value; Spell/Trap protection in Attack Position provides situational resilience but covers only one zone (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 68 | Runs at 1.12 copies per deck with no reported bricks, searchable in multiple archetypes, and splashes into 6 distinct homes including Solfachord and G Golem (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Tribal stat-lock ceiling (-2); Clean deckbuilding slot (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Consistent scale-setting utility with strong partner synergy (82% co-appear Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon)
- Clean tutor effect targets GY/Extra Deck for recovery and card-neutral value per turn
- Multi-archetype splashability across 6 homes (Performapal, Odd-Eyes, Solfachord, G Golem)
- Spell/Trap protection provides defensive utility in Attack Position
- Searchable in native Performapal via Sleight Hand Magician (70.6%)
Weaknesses
- No combo line evidence — 0 combos supplied means combo-conversion is text-only inference
- Once-per-turn and End Phase timing limit repeated utility and combo density
- ATK boost is Performapal-tribal, restricting value in non-tribal homes
- No disruptive interaction or negation; purely self-serving utility
- Monster effect requires multiple Performapals on field for meaningful ATK gain
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence) blanks the tutor
- Field wipe before End Phase prevents Pendulum effect activation
- Level 7+ monster drought in GY/Extra Deck reduces tutor targets
Best use
Scale setter and Level 7+ tutor. Decks: Performapal, Odd-Eyes, Odd-Eyes Pendulum. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Pendulum tutor: once per turn End Phase, add 1 Level 7+ from GY/Extra Deck to hand (card text); Spell/Trap protection in face-up Attack Position (card text); ATK boost +100 per Performapal card controlled, Battle Phase only (card text); Runs in 17 decks across 6 distinct archetypes (deck evidence); Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon co-appearance 82.4%, indicating primary home synergy (deck evidence); Performapal Sleight Hand Magician searcher pairing 70.6% (deck evidence)
- Observed: Average 1.12 copies per deck (16 decks 1x, 1 deck 3x) (deck evidence); 35.3% Performapal native, 47% Odd-Eyes-variant homes (deck evidence); Top 10 partners are 70.6%-82.4% Performapal/Odd-Eyes cards, indicating archetype clustering (deck evidence)
- Inferred: Tutor generates neutral card advantage: +1 hand, −1 board per turn (from effect text and once/turn clause); Level 6 body is serviceable as synchro/Xyz/Fusion material even when effect-negated (from stats and level); Spell/Trap protection provides defensive utility in Attack Position, resilience in narrow situations (from effect description); Searchable in Performapal homes via Sleight Hand Magician partner (from deck evidence + archetype); Tribal ATK boost ceiling limits splashability outside Performapal cores (from effect text restriction)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion and combo centrality are text-only inference, not observed No guides supplied — human context on optimal plays and deckbuilding role is unavailable No banlist token — assuming 3 copies unlimited; actual ban status not verified No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from 17-deck sample only, not large historical set No top-card ranking data — cannot verify if card is seeing competitive top-8 play