EARTH
4Prevent Rat
ATK:
500
DEF:
2000
View:
2557
This creature is shielded with a tough hide of hair and is excellent at defending itself.
Prevent Rat — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 26 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 28 · Deck: 24 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Prevent Rat is a fully vanilla Normal Monster with no effects, earning its score almost entirely from its 2000 DEF providing a passive defensive wall in classic or Duel Links formats rather than from any combo, interaction, or resource capability. High DEF alone does not drive the score — only its free accessibility as a Level 4 Normal Summon and theoretical Normal Monster support tools (Rescue Rabbit, Unexpected Dai) add minor value. Zero combo appearances and no guides confirm it functions purely as a body that cannot convert draws into advantage, interact with the opponent, or recover from removal. The thin deck evidence — three entries sharing near-identical timestamps — limits confidence in the observed data.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 42 | Level 4 Normal Monster can be Normal Summoned freely in all four listed formats; generic Normal Monster support such as Rescue Rabbit could fetch it, but no dedicated searcher exists for this card specifically (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 10 | Zero combo appearances in evidence and no effects in card text mean it cannot initiate or extend any combo line under any scenario (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 8 | Vanilla Normal Monster with no draw, search, or GY recycling effects generates zero card advantage on any axis (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 2 | No effects whatsoever; cannot negate, remove, respond to, or otherwise interact with the opponent at any game timing (verified). |
| Material Utility | 22 | Level 4 EARTH Beast body qualifies as Rank 4 Xyz material or Rescue Rabbit fodder in principle, but 500 ATK makes it a weak attacker and no archetype specifically demands this name (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 14 | 2000 DEF allows survival against lower-ATK monsters when set, but it carries no protective effect, no GY utility, and is trivially answered by any spell or trap removal (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 12 | Observed at exactly 2 copies per deck across all three samples, occupying real main deck slots with no offsetting effect payoff to justify the cost (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal primary role. Intrinsic ≈ 28, Deck ≈ 24, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- 2000 DEF provides a reasonable defensive wall against weaker attackers in classic and Duel Links formats when set
- Level 4 enables Normal Summon without tribute and qualifies for Rank 4 Xyz plays
- EARTH Beast typing grants access to broad Normal Monster support tools
Weaknesses
- Completely vanilla — no effects means zero card advantage, zero interaction, and zero self-protection
- 500 ATK renders it useless as an attacker and a liability if forced into attack position
- No archetype membership and no name-specific support beyond generic Normal Monster tools
Counters / choke points
- Any monster with ATK above 2000 destroys it in battle
- Spell and trap removal (Raigeki, Lightning Storm) bypasses DEF entirely
- As a vanilla it provides no answer to floodgates, control effects, or hand traps that disrupt Normal Summons
Best use
Passive defensive wall in low-ATK classic Normal Monster formats. Decks: Classic Duel Links Normal Monster decks, Gaia The Fierce Knight. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 Normal Monster with 500 ATK / 2000 DEF and no effects; EARTH attribute, Beast race, no archetype; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks formats
- Observed: Appears in 3 decks under gameplay_type_id 6 (classic format); all three timestamps fall within 1 second, suggesting auto-generated rather than organic competitive data; Consistently run at exactly 2 copies per deck across all 3 samples; Co-occurs with classic Normal Monsters (Dark Magician, Tri-Horned Dragon, Harpie Lady) in every deck
- Inferred: 2000 DEF positions it as a passive defensive wall in older formats where typical ATK is lower; Gameplay type 6 usage pattern is consistent with a Duel Links or early-era Normal Monster shell; Normal Monster support (Rescue Rabbit, Unexpected Dai) could access it, giving generic Rank 4 combo potential in the right build
- 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 percentage inferred from the 3-deck sample only All 3 deck entries share near-identical timestamps (within 1 second), strongly suggesting auto-generated rather than organically competitive data