EARTH
4Test Bear
Archetype:
Test
ATK:
900
DEF:
600
View:
1839
If you control a "Gladiator Beast" monster Special Summoned from the Deck/Extra Deck, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Test Bear" once per turn this way. You can Tribute this card, then shuffle 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your hand or face-up field into the Deck/Extra Deck; Special Summon up to 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck. (This is treated as a Special Summon by a "Gladiator Beast" monster's effect.) You can only use this effect of "Test Bear" once per turn.
Test Bear — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender
Why it scores here
Test Bear is a Level 4 Gladiator Beast body whose value comes from converting one Gladiator Beast into two more from the Deck: it can be Special Summoned from hand once per turn, and its second effect trades itself plus one Gladiator Beast for up to two from the Deck. Its presence is strong (305 of 305 decks, 2.44 copies on average, with 184 decks at 3 copies), which confirms it is a practical, live support piece, but that frequency is largely a product of the archetype's own engine and does not by itself earn the high axes. The 900 ATK earns nothing, and no combo data exists, so the combo_conversion score rests on text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Hand-summonable once per turn only after a Gladiator Beast enters from Deck/Extra, and 195 of 305 decks show the live archetype context (verified text and deck stats; the Deck/Extra precondition is inferred as a real gate). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The Tribute-and-shuffle effect converts one Gladiator Beast into up to two from the Deck, a real board extension from a single card (verified text; no combo examples, so inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The effect costs itself plus a shuffled Gladiator Beast and returns two Deck bodies, a modest net gain with no graveyard refuel (verified text; net value inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in the description (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 4 Earth Beast body that is a plausible material for Beast-type plays, but no material-usage stats exist to confirm this (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Both effects are once per turn and need Gladiator Beast context on the field, so one board wipe or archetype-hate line ends the play (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Three copies typical in a single archetype with no garnet cost and no lock, though it is dead outside Gladiator Beast (observed copy distribution; verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender only, no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: archetype-locked (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, combos absent, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Once-per-turn hand summon once a Gladiator Beast enters from Deck/Extra
- Converts one Gladiator Beast into up to two from the Deck, extending the board
- Stable inclusion in the archetype (184 of 305 decks at 3 copies)
Weaknesses
- Archetype-locked; no value outside Gladiator Beast
- Its Tribute-and-shuffle cost makes the second effect a conversion, not free value
- No combo evidence to confirm the line in practice
Counters / choke points
- Negation of its effects on activation; the evidence names no specific interaction cards
Best use
Extender for Gladiator Beast engines. Decks: Gladiator Beast. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: hand Special Summon when you control a Gladiator Beast from Deck/Extra Deck, once per turn; Card text: Tribute self, shuffle 1 Gladiator Beast, Special Summon up to 2 Gladiator Beasts from Deck, once per turn; 305 of 305 recent decks run it, averaging 2.44 copies
- Observed: Co-occurs in 99.7% of decks with Gladiator Beast Attorix and Test Panther; Combos evidence shows 0 recorded boards, so no starter, material, or payoff role is measured; usage_statistics lists one archetype row (Fire Formation, 100% inclusion) that is too thin to read as a broad signal
- Inferred: Extender role: net +1 body from hand plus a 2-for-1 Deck return; The hand-summon gate requires a Gladiator Beast Special Summoned from Deck/Extra first; Archetype-locked deckbuilding cost; the card has no value in non-Gladiator Beast decks
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) evidence archetype field reads 'Test' while the text and deck archetypes read Gladiator Beast; the text and deck data were used