DARK
3Stealth Bird
ATK:
700
DEF:
1700
View:
3142
Once per turn: You can change this card to face-down Defense Position. When this card is Flip Summoned: Inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
Stealth Bird — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Stealth Bird is a generic Level 3 DARK Winged Beast whose only real effects are a once-per-turn change to face-down Defense Position and 1000 damage when it is Flip Summoned. It sits in 53 recent decks across 31 archetypes, which confirms it is a routinely run body, but no recorded board shows it starting, searching, or ending a combo, so the score rests on card text and deck breadth. The 700 ATK and 1700 DEF earn nothing, and the 1000 burn is a modest finisher rather than a reliable win condition.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Decks run it in 53 of the sampled decks at about 2.3 copies each, but it is not a searcher or starter in any recorded board, so access depends on the deck's own draw (observed for the deck count, inferred for the access routes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | Text gives a flip-summon burn of 1000 and no board-building effect; zero combos are recorded, so no converted board is evidenced (verified text, no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | No draw, search, or recursion appears in the text, and the 1000 damage is not card advantage (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | Repositioning to face-down Defense is not a negation, removal, or hand trap, so opponent interaction is effectively absent (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A non-Tuner Level 3 DARK Winged Beast is a clean generic material for Dark or Winged Beast summons, and the body stays usable when its effects are negated (verified stats, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The 700/1700 body is easy to remove and its flip-summon burn only fires once, while the once-per-turn reposition gives limited multi-turn value (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One slot at 2 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock restriction, and the 3-copy assumption holds as there is no banlist token (observed copies, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility default weights; Material body listed as secondary but not blended. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 3 DARK Winged Beast body that fits many homes (31 archetypes)
- Low-cost, flexible slot that can be run 2 to 3 copies with no restriction
- Flip-summon 1000 damage gives a small reach effect
Weaknesses
- No searching, drawing, or negation; contributes little to card advantage
- Easily removed; the burn only fires on Flip Summon
- No recorded combo role, so combo value is text-only
Counters / choke points
- Any board-wide or single-target removal ends the body
- Opponent can ignore the face-down reposition since it gives no real protection
Best use
Utility body and Level 3 material with a flip-summon finisher. Decks: Greed, Solemn, Ojama.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: once-per-turn change to face-down Defense Position; Flip Summon inflicts 1000 damage; Level 3, DARK, Winged Beast, 700 ATK / 1700 DEF, non-Tuner, no archetype; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks
- Observed: Present in 53 recent decks across 31 archetypes, averaging 2.32 copies; Top partners are generic staples (Level Limit - Area B, Gravity Bind, Pot of Greed)
- Inferred: Generic Level 3 DARK Winged Beast material use is practical; Flip-summon burn is a minor finisher, not a win condition; Access depends on the deck's own draw because it has no search route
- 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