EARTH
3Sentry Soldier of Stone
ATK:
1300
DEF:
2000
View:
3392
If all monsters you control are Rock-Type monsters (min. 1) while this card is in your Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Sentry Soldier of Stone" once per turn.
Sentry Soldier of Stone — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Sentry Soldier of Stone is a low-cost, self-reviving Level 3 EARTH Rock body: while it sits in the Graveyard it can Special Summon itself for free once per turn as long as the board is all Rock, turning an already-established Rock combo into one extra material. Its 1300 ATK and 2000 DEF earn no points — the value is the free body and the Rock/Level-3 typing for Synchro/Xyz and Block Dragon-style payoffs. Because it provides no disruption and only works on a Rock-only board, it is purely an extender whose ceiling is capped by that narrow, support-dependent condition.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | It is a plain Level-3 Rock with no innate search engine and only revives from the Graveyard, though its 27-archetype sample shows it slots easily into Rock decks (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 48 | Once in the Graveyard it converts into one free material for Rock Synchro/Xyz lines (Gallant Granite, Block Dragon shells), a single extra body rather than a full board (observed deck context; inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 52 | The self-revive generates a body without spending a card from hand and recurs each turn, though it must first be dumped to the Graveyard (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card provides no disruption, negation, or removal of any kind; it is purely a body (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 62 | A clean Level-3 EARTH Rock material that fits Rank-3 Xyz and Rock-centric Synchro/Link payoffs and still counts as material even when its effect is negated (verified typing; inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | It recurs from the Graveyard each turn but is shut off the moment any non-Rock monster is on board, and the effect is once per turn (verified text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Run as a 1-of in 84 of 130 decks with no real garnet penalty beyond the Rock-only condition, making it a low-slot-cost extender (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking Rock-only condition (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Free self-reviving body from the Graveyard each turn with no card cost
- Clean Level-3 EARTH Rock typing for Rank-3 Xyz, Synchro, and Rock payoffs like Block Dragon / Gallant Granite
- Played across 27 archetypes, showing it fits many Rock-centric homes
- Low slot cost: run as a 1-of in most decks
Weaknesses
- Provides zero disruption, negation, or removal
- Requires all monsters you control to be Rock-Type, so it dies on any mixed board
- Needs to be sent to the Graveyard first before it does anything
- Once-per-turn clause limits it to a single extra body each turn
Counters / choke points
- Graveyard hate (D.D. Crow, Called by the Grave, Abyss Dweller)
- Banishing effects that remove it from the Graveyard before it can revive
- Any non-Rock monster on your own board disables the revive
- Macro Cosmos / Dimensional Fissure preventing it from reaching the Graveyard
Best use
Extender and free Level-3 material. Decks: Adamancipator, Koa'ki Meiru, Fossil, Gorgonic, Rock / Block Dragon builds. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: while in the Graveyard, if all monsters you control are Rock-Type (min. 1), Special Summon this card; once per turn; Level 3, EARTH, Rock, Effect Monster; ATK 1300 / DEF 2000; Legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel, and Duel Links
- Observed: 130 decks run it, 130 in main deck, avg 1.43 copies (84 decks at 1 copy); Top archetypes: Adamancipator 25.4%/22.3%, Fossil 6.2%, Koa'ki Meiru 5.4%; 27 distinct archetypes include it, indicating broad Rock-deck portability; Top partners: Adamancipator Researcher (81.5%), Gallant Granite (78.5%), Block Dragon (55.4%)
- Inferred: Functions as a free extender/material for Rock Synchro/Xyz and Block Dragon payoffs; Converts an established Rock board into one additional material body per turn
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no starter-count or power-index data to measure deck resilience directly