WATER
1Performapal Rain Goat
Archetype:
Odd-Eyes
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
View:
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When a card or effect is activated that would inflict damage to you (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; make that effect damage to you 0. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can discard this card, then target 1 "Performapal" or "Odd-Eyes" card you control; this turn, it cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects.
Performapal Rain Goat — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 33 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 32 · Deck: 34 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Performapal Rain Goat scores in the low-moderate range as a narrow defensive utility piece with two Quick Effect discard options, neither of which generates positive card advantage or builds board state. Burn damage prevention is a highly situational effect rarely impactful in competitive play, and the indestructibility protection — while broadly applicable within Performapal/Odd-Eyes — costs a -1 and does not shield against non-destruction removal. Its presence in 27 decks almost entirely within Odd-Eyes/Performapal confirms it as a niche 1-of inclusion rather than a core engine piece; its 0/0 ATK/DEF earn no score at any step in this rubric.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Run in 27 decks mostly at 1 copy (23/27 run exactly 1), indicating it is drawn occasionally rather than reliably searched; no confirmed searcher route appears in the evidence (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 10 | Zero combo appearances in the evidence base; both effects are discard-from-hand defensive plays with no board-building output whatsoever (verified from card text). |
| Resource Economy | 18 | Both Quick Effects are hard -1 discards with no card replacement — Effect 1 nullifies effect damage received, Effect 2 grants one-turn indestructibility to a target; neither recovers the spent card (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 23 | Effect 1 prevents all effect damage from one activation (niche against burn/OTK lines); Effect 2 grants indestructibility to one Performapal/Odd-Eyes card for the turn but does not cover bounce, banishment, or control effects (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 22 | Level 1 WATER Beast body carries some theoretical Synchro/Link material potential, but 0/0 stats and zero combo appearances as material confirm this role is rarely if ever used in practice (observed: 0 material role in combos evidence). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 28 | Quick Effect activations from hand are resistant to on-field responses, but Effect 2 requires targeting which can be responded to, and neither effect is usable from the field or GY after discard (verified from card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 40 | Runs as a near-free-roll 1-of in Odd-Eyes/Performapal strategies with no archetype lock on the user, though the protection target restriction confines meaningful utility to those two archetypes (observed: 23/27 decks run exactly 1 copy). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility (default). Intrinsic ≈ 32, Deck ≈ 34, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Both effects are Quick Effects operable from hand, avoiding telegraphing on the field
- Effect 2 provides a full-turn indestructibility shield for key Performapal/Odd-Eyes boss pieces
- Level 1 body maintains marginal Synchro/Link material potential
- Fits cleanly as a low-slot 1-of in Odd-Eyes or Performapal strategies without congesting the extra deck
Weaknesses
- Both effects cost a -1 discard with no card replacement
- Burn damage prevention is extremely niche and rarely game-relevant in competitive formats
- Effect 2 does not protect against bounce, banish, or change-of-control removal
- 0/0 ATK/DEF offers no battle presence or trade value
- Zero combo corpus evidence means in-practice combo contribution is entirely unverified
Counters / choke points
- Non-destruction removal (banish, bounce, return to deck) circumvents Effect 2 completely
- Effect 1 covers only one damage-inflicting activation per chain; simultaneous multiple damage sources are not fully stopped
Best use
Defensive 1-of tech piece providing situational burn prevention and indestructibility protection for key board pieces. Decks: Odd-Eyes, Performapal. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Quick Effect discard to reduce one activation's effect damage to 0; Quick Effect discard in Main Phase to grant indestructibility (battle and card effects) to one Performapal/Odd-Eyes card for the turn; Level 1 WATER Beast Effect Monster with 0 ATK and 0 DEF; Member of the Odd-Eyes archetype
- Observed: Present in 27 decks; 23/27 run exactly 1 copy; 81.5% of deck appearances are in gameplay type 7; Zero appearances in the combo evidence base
- Inferred: No confirmed searcher route; accessibility relies primarily on natural draw; Indestructibility protection most likely targets boss pieces such as Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon based on top partners; Level 1 body could serve as Synchro Tuner material but no combo evidence confirms this
- 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