DARK
7Phantom Beast Rock-Lizard
ATK:
2200
DEF:
2000
View:
1136
If you're Tributing a "Phantom Beast" monster or "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts", this card can be Normal Summoned with 1 Tribute. When this card destroys a monster by battle, inflict 500 damage to your opponent. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by an opponent's card effect, inflict 2000 damage to your opponent.
Phantom Beast Rock-Lizard — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 26 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 27 · Deck: 25 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Phantom Beast Rock-Lizard is a Level 7 tribute monster whose effects are entirely reactive — a 500-damage battle bonus and a 2000-damage burn only if an opponent destroys it by card effect — providing no proactive advantage or hand generation. Its single-tribute condition requires a Phantom Beast monster or Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts as the tribute fodder, locking it into dedicated legacy-themed builds with zero combo presence in the evidence. ATK and DEF did not drive any points; the low score reflects the prohibitive tribute cost, reactive-only effect suite, and complete absence of interaction, recursion, or board development by modern standards.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 25 | Requires 1 Tribute only when a Phantom Beast or Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts is tributed; otherwise needs 2 Tributes, and no confirmed searchers appear in the evidence (inferred from text and zero as_searched combos). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | Zero combo appearances in evidence; 2200 ATK and purely reactive burn effects deliver minimal board development from a Level 7 Normal Summon investment (text-only inference). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Costs 1–2 tributes at summon and returns only conditional burn (500 on battle destroy; 2000 on effect destroy) with no card draw or search (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No disruption, negation, or removal effects; the 2000-damage trigger on opponent's card-effect destruction is reactive and does not impede the opponent's plays on their own terms (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | Level 7 DARK Beast-Warrior grants access to some Rank 7 Xyz and DARK-synergy lines, but zero material appearances in combo evidence and no observed use as tribute fodder or extra-deck material (observed: 0 combo appearances). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 25 | The 2000-burn trigger creates a mild deterrent against opponent effect removal, but the card has no recovery mechanic and is neutralized by battle removal that does not destroy or a simple negate (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 30 | The 1-tribute reduction demands a Phantom Beast or Gazelle as the tribute, restricting inclusion to themed legacy builds; outside that theme the 2-tribute cost is prohibitive in modern play (verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Boss/End-board primary. Intrinsic ≈ 27, Deck ≈ 25, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Tribute reduction to 1 in Phantom Beast or Gazelle-based builds meaningfully lowers summon cost
- 2000 burn on effect-based destruction provides a minor deterrent against opponent removal spells and traps
- Level 7 DARK Beast-Warrior typing allows potential Rank 7 Xyz access if a Special Summon route exists
Weaknesses
- Requires dedicated tribute fodder (Phantom Beast or Gazelle) for the 1-tribute summon; 2 tributes otherwise
- 2200 ATK is below average for a Level 7 tribute investment in modern Yu-Gi-Oh
- All effects are conditional and reactive; no proactive advantage generation whatsoever
- Zero combo appearances in evidence; purely a Normal Summon boss for dated legacy builds
Counters / choke points
- Battle removal that does not destroy (banishing, bouncing to hand) bypasses the 2000-burn trigger entirely
- Negating the summon leaves the player down tribute fodder with nothing on board
- Simply avoiding destroying it by card effect sidesteps the deterrent — opponent can elect to use battle or non-destruction removal
Best use
Tribute boss and burn deterrent in legacy-themed Phantom Beast builds. Decks: Phantom Beast, Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts tribute builds. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Can be Normal Summoned with 1 Tribute when tributing a Phantom Beast monster or Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts; Inflicts 500 damage when it destroys a monster by battle; Inflicts 2000 damage when destroyed and sent to GY by opponent's card effect; Level 7, DARK, Beast-Warrior, ATK 2200 / DEF 2000, no archetype tag
- Observed: Appears in 7 decks across 4 archetypes (Dark Magician, Blue-Eyes, Destruction Sword, Kashtira); 100% co-occurrence with Phantom Beast Thunder-Pegasus in the deck sample; 85.7% co-occurrence with Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts confirming thematic tribute package; Predominantly gameplay type 4 (85.7% of decks); deck dates span 2022–2023
- Inferred: Restricted in practice to legacy/nostalgia-themed tribute builds given partner lineup and archetype spread; No dedicated searchers confirmed; accessibility depends on drawing the card naturally; 2-tribute cost outside Phantom Beast theme makes it nearly unplayable in modern competitive formats
- 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 deck sample is small (7 decks) and dated (2022–2023); modern meta representation unknown