DARK
4Steelswarm Sting
Archetype:
Steelswarm
ATK:
1850
DEF:
0
View:
3008
When this card you control is sent to your Graveyard: Target 1 face-up Ritual, Fusion or Synchro Monster on the field; destroy that target.
Steelswarm Sting — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52.5 · Deck: 52.75 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Steelswarm Sting is a Level 4 Effect Monster whose only supplied effect is a Graveyard-triggered, one-for-one destruction of a face-up Ritual, Fusion or Synchro monster. It converts a send-to-Graveyard event into removal against a narrow set of monster types, so it earns its points from effect_interaction and a reasonable deck-fit signal (14 of 14 sampled decks run it, mostly in Steelswarm). Its 1850 ATK and Level 4 body earned nothing on their own, and the lack of combo data keeps combo_conversion low and confidence Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Runs in 14 of 14 sampled decks at an average of 2.36 copies, 13 of them Steelswarm, with Steelswarm Roach co-occurring in 92.9% (observed); how it reliably reaches the Graveyard is not in the evidence (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No recorded combos, so the card's conversion is text-only: one destruction per trigger and no body beyond the Level 4 monster itself (verified text, no combo stats). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The destruction is a free, one-for-one effect with no draw, search or refuel in the text, so it is roughly card-neutral (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Targeted removal restricted to face-up Ritual, Fusion or Synchro monsters on the field, reactive only after the card is sent to the Graveyard (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 4 DARK Fiend Effect Monster with no Tuner marking; a generic body, but no material-use observations exist in the evidence (verified stats, inferred usefulness). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The trigger works from the Graveyard, so it is not stopped by field-side negation of the monster, but it depends on the card being sent there first (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Archetype-tied (13 of 14 decks Steelswarm) with a single common gameplay type and no garnet or lock text, so it is cheap to run but mildly restricted to Steelswarm-style lists (observed plus inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 52.5, Deck ≈ 52.75, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Free, one-for-one removal once the card reaches the Graveyard, with no cost in the supplied text
- Covers three main monster types (Ritual, Fusion, Synchro) that are common removal targets
- Played in 14 of 14 sampled decks, with strong co-occurrence with its archetype partners
Weaknesses
- Narrow target set: Xyz, Link and Pendulum monsters are not hit by the supplied text
- Reactive only: it needs the card to be sent to the Graveyard first, and that route is not in the evidence
- No combo, guide or usage-statistics data, so conversion and resilience rest on text alone
Counters / choke points
- Anything that stops the card from being sent to the Graveyard before its trigger matters (inferred from the Graveyard trigger condition)
Best use
Graveyard-triggered removal against face-up Ritual, Fusion or Synchro monsters. Decks: Steelswarm (Inverz).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect Monster, Level 4, DARK Fiend, 1850 ATK (card data); Triggers when this card you control is sent to the Graveyard; targets 1 face-up Ritual, Fusion or Synchro monster on the field and destroys it (card text); Supplied text has no controller restriction and no once-per-turn clause (card text)
- Observed: 14 sampled decks, average 2.36 copies, distribution 1:2, 2:5, 3:7 (decks evidence); 13 of 14 decks are Steelswarm (Inverz); 1 is Evilswarm (decks evidence); Steelswarm Roach co-occurs in 92.9% of decks (decks evidence)
- Inferred: Its practical value is one-for-one removal on Ritual, Fusion and Synchro boards, not on Xyz, Link or Pendulum monsters; The Steelswarm lists it appears in probably send it to the Graveyard regularly, but this is not shown by the evidence; Its usefulness as material is generic, because it is a Level 4 non-Tuner body
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): inclusion is based on the deck sample only no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) how the card is sent to the Graveyard is not in the evidence no once-per-turn or other limit clause in the supplied description; confirm before relying on the text