EARTH
4Snakeyashi
ATK:
1000
DEF:
1200
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This monster is formed by several serpents that break off to individually attack nearby enemies.
Snakeyashi — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Snakeyashi is a vanilla Level-4 EARTH Plant with no effect text beyond flavor ('This monster is formed by several serpents...'), so it earns points purely as a clean, searchable material body rather than for any ATK or stat line. Its 1000/1200 stats contribute nothing to the score; what matters is that it is a nameable Level-4 Plant that fits Plant link/Xyz lines and appears alongside Lonefire Blossom, Rikka Princess, Painful Decision and One for One in the observed Rikka/Aroma deck sample. Because it provides no card advantage and no interaction on its own, its ceiling is limited and it depends entirely on the surrounding Plant engine to convert it into a board. Its score reflects solid, cheap material utility paired with near-zero standalone effect value.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Level-4 Plant Normal that decks access via Lonefire Blossom, Painful Decision and One for One, all present in 100% of the sampled decks (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Contributes a Level-4 body to Plant link/Xyz lines but produces no board by itself (inferred; no combos supplied). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Effectless vanilla with no search, draw or GY refuel, so it is a neutral body investment rather than an advantage engine (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Text is flavor only with no disruption, removal or negation of any kind (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 65 | Clean generic Level-4 EARTH Plant name that remains usable as material even when its blank effect is irrelevant, feeding Rikka/Aroma/Sunavalon lines (inferred from partners). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Useful as a searched name in deck, a body on field, and a Plant in GY, but offers no recovery or protection once removed (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | A normal monster is a near free-roll in Plant decks with no locks or garnet cost, though it can sit as a low-value topdeck (observed: 1.67 avg copies across 3 decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level-4 EARTH Plant Normal with a distinct name, ideal generic material for Plant link and Rank-4 lines
- Searchable/summonable through common Plant tutors seen in the sample (Lonefire Blossom, Painful Decision, One for One, Predaplant Spider Orchid)
- No restrictions, locks, or garnet cost — copies are interchangeable and splashable
- Remains a usable body even when its (nonexistent) effect is irrelevant
Weaknesses
- No effect at all — provides no card advantage, disruption or recursion
- 1000/1200 stats are irrelevant in combat and win no points
- Pure dependence on the surrounding Plant engine; a weak topdeck on its own
- Outclassed by effect-bearing Level-4 Plants in most Plant builds
Counters / choke points
- Any hand trap or negation that stops the Plant starter line feeding it
- Graveyard hate that removes it before it can be recycled as material
- Decks that out-tempo a bare vanilla body
Best use
Level-4 Plant material body and searchable name. Decks: Rikka, Aroma, Plant good-stuff, Sunavalon. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is flavor only: 'This monster is formed by several serpents that break off to individually attack nearby enemies.' — it is a Normal Monster with no effect; Type Normal Monster, EARTH, Plant, Level 4, 1000 ATK / 1200 DEF, no archetype
- Observed: Appears in 3 sampled decks, 2 Rikka (66.7%) and 1 Aroma (33.3%), all in the main deck; Average 1.67 copies per deck (distribution: two decks at 1 copy, one deck at 3 copies); Co-occurs with Lonefire Blossom, Rikka Princess, One for One, Painful Decision, Predaplanning, Rose Spectre of Dunn, Sunavalon Dryas, Aromaseraphy Jasmine and Benghalancer the Resurgent in 100% of its decks
- Inferred: Functions as a Level-4 Plant material body for Plant link/Xyz lines rather than as an effect card; Is reachable through common Plant search/summon tools such as Painful Decision (vanilla search) and One for One, and via Rikka/Plant starters; Contributes no advantage or interaction, so its value is entirely engine-dependent
- 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 very small (3 decks), limiting the reliability of archetype and partner signals