EARTH
3Razor Lizard
ATK:
1500
DEF:
300
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While you control another Reptile-Type monster, if this card attacks a face-down Defense Position monster, destroy the monster immediately with this card's effect without flipping it face-up or applying damage calculation.
Razor Lizard — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 23 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 29 · Deck: 24 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Razor Lizard is a highly situational removal piece that only functions when you control another Reptile-Type monster and your opponent has face-down Defense Position monsters—a rare scenario in modern Yu-Gi-Oh! play. While it can destroy such defenders without triggering flip effects, the extreme niche applicability and mandatory second-Reptile requirement severely limit its practical utility. As a Level 3 body, it offers modest material value for Reptile decks, but the situational nature of its effect dominates its evaluation.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 25 | No archetype support or tutoring; appears in only 2 small-sample decks as a main-deck inclusion requiring a second Reptile on field (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | Zero recorded combos; the effect is a one-off removal that does not extend play or build boards (observed) |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Destroying one face-down defender at best reaches resource parity if successful, but offers no card advantage or recursion (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | Niche removal targeting only face-down Defense Position monsters; modern meta rarely leaves this setup, making interaction situational and unreliable (inferred) |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 3 Reptile body is moderately useful as material for Reptile synergies, Rank-3 Xyz, or Tuner combinations (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 20 | Effect is lost entirely if the required second Reptile is removed; no protection, recovery, or multi-turn utility (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 30 | Requires Reptile-type environment to function; outside Reptile decks it is a dead draw; runs at exactly 1 copy in all observed instances (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Removal / Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 29, Deck ≈ 24, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Severe niche restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Destroys face-down Defense monsters without flipping, preventing opponent flip effects
- Level 3 Reptile type provides material utility for Reptile-focused deck strategies
- No once-per-turn restriction; effect can occur multiple times if conditions remain met
Weaknesses
- Requires another Reptile-Type monster on field to function; mandatory setup cost
- Effect only applies to face-down Defense Position monsters, an uncommon game state in competitive play
- No card advantage, recursion, or resource economy; purely a removal tool with limited scope
- Becomes useless if the required second Reptile is removed from the field
- Extremely small deck sample; low confidence in the card even among tech players (1 copy in 2 decks)
Counters / choke points
- Removing the required second Reptile from field disables Razor Lizard's effect entirely
- Positioning opponent's monsters in Attack mode or using face-up Defense strategies nullify the effect
- Quick-play effects and trap cards that respond to attacks can interrupt the effect trigger
Best use
Niche removal tech against face-down Defense strategies. Decks: Reptile-focused archetypes (ZEXAL, Reptile support decks). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 3 Reptile Effect Monster with 1500 ATK / 300 DEF; Requires another Reptile-Type monster on field to activate effect; Destroys face-down Defense Position monsters without flipping; Appeared in 2 main-deck slots across 2 distinct decks; Not a top-ranked card across any format
- Observed: Included in ZEXAL (1 deck) and untyped (1 deck) at 50% each; Runs exactly 1 copy per deck in both recorded instances; Top partners show no coherent archetype synergy; partners are diverse across different decks
- Inferred: Likely a tech card rather than core inclusion based on small sample and 1-copy limit; Combo conversion minimal due to niche effect applicability and zero recorded combos; Material utility moderate for Reptile-type synergies; Low portability outside Reptile-focused deck environments; Effectiveness is highly meta-dependent on prevalence of face-down Defense strategies
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is entirely text-based inference, not empirical No guides supplied — no human expert context on the card's role in established deck lines No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — cannot confirm consistent inclusion across broader archetype samples Deck sample extremely small (2 total decks) — high variance in archetype representation No banlist token — assumed unlimited (3 copies legal)