EARTH
3Test Tiger
Archetype:
Gladiator Beast
ATK:
600
DEF:
300
View:
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If you control a face-up "Gladiator Beast" monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can Tribute this card to target 1 face-up "Gladiator Beast" monster you control; shuffle that target into the Deck, then Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" from your Deck, and treat it as if it was Special Summoned by the effect of a "Gladiator Beast" monster.
Test Tiger — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54.4 · Deck: 57.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body, Starter
Why it scores here
Test Tiger converts a single face-up "Gladiator Beast" into a free extra Deck Special Summon, effectively a battle-free tag-out that unlocks Gyzarus/Heraklinos lines one step earlier; that is a real, practical role, which is why 261 tracked decks main-deck it at an average of 2.21 copies (65.9% of them Gladiator Beast). It is not a one-card starter: it self-Summons only while you already control a Gladiator Beast, it provides no disruption of its own, and it is traded away to resolve the swap, so it stays a strong enabler rather than a win condition. Its 600 ATK, Level 3 and Beast typing earn nothing directly, but the small body does give genuine material utility as a Rescue Cat target (56.7% co-deck rate) and Test Panther material (57.5%). The score is held down by the archetype-locked text, dead-card risk without a body on board, and the complete absence of combo-level evidence.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 58 | Self-Special Summons from hand only while a face-up "Gladiator Beast" is controlled, so the card is live only in a two-card state, though Rescue Cat appears in 56.7% of its decks as an alternate route (verified + observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 65 | Tributes itself to shuffle a controlled "Gladiator Beast" into the Deck and Special Summon any "Gladiator Beast" from the Deck as a tag-out summon, extending into Gyzarus/Heraklinos lines, but no combo records exist to quantify board size (verified text, inferred conversion; combos_evidence = 0). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The body is spent as Tribute and the on-field Gladiator Beast returns to the Deck, so the play is roughly card-neutral in hand advantage with no search or GY refuel (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 32 | Provides no removal, negation or disruption itself; any interaction comes from the Gladiator Beast it tags into, not from Test Tiger (verified). |
| Material Utility | 58 | Level 3 EARTH Beast body that is a legal Rescue Cat target and Test Panther material, so it still converts even when its effect is negated (verified + observed co-deck rates 56.7% / 57.5%). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 48 | Loses the target or the entire play if the controlled Gladiator Beast is removed in response, and the Deck Special Summon is exposed to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring; multiple copies are largely redundant (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | A 2-3 slot package inside Gladiator Beast decks (avg 2.21 copies, 149 decks at 3), but it is effectively a dead card when no Gladiator Beast is on board and is locked out of any other strategy (observed + verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 54.4, Deck ≈ 57.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Conditional dead-card dependency (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Enables a battle-free Gladiator Beast tag-out, Special Summoning any Gladiator Beast from the Deck
- Can Special Summon itself from hand for free while a Gladiator Beast is face-up
- Shuffles the tagged Gladiator Beast back into the Deck, keeping Gladiator Beast tag resources cycling
- Level 3 EARTH Beast body is a Rescue Cat target (56.7% co-deck) and Test Panther material (57.5% co-deck)
- Consistently included in its home deck: 261 deck lists, average 2.21 copies, 149 lists at 3
Weaknesses
- Needs a face-up Gladiator Beast already on board; dead in hand otherwise
- Provides no disruption, removal or negation of its own
- Archetype-locked, effectively unusable outside Gladiator Beast strategies
- The Deck Special Summon is exposed to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
- Trading the body away means the play is roughly card-neutral with no refuel
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (negates the Special Summon from Deck)
- Effect negation such as Infinite Impermanence or Solemn Strike on the tag effect
- Removing the targeted Gladiator Beast in response, causing the effect to resolve without a target
- Hand traps / interaction aimed at the Gladiator Beast established on board before Test Tiger is used
Best use
Two-card tag-out enabler that converts an established Gladiator Beast into a Deck-summoned Gladiator Beast. Decks: Gladiator Beast. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Special Summon from hand while controlling a face-up "Gladiator Beast"; Card text: Tribute this card to shuffle a controlled Gladiator Beast into the Deck and Special Summon 1 Gladiator Beast from the Deck as a tag-out summon; 261 tracked decks run it, all in the main deck, 0 in the side deck; Copies per deck: avg 2.21, max 3; distribution 93 decks at 1, 19 at 2, 149 at 3; Stats 600 ATK / 300 DEF, Level 3 EARTH Beast, Gladiator Beast archetype, legal in TCG/OCG/Master Duel/Duel Links
- Observed: 65.9% of its decks are Gladiator Beast; no combo or guide records exist for it; Top co-deck partners: Gyzarus 99.2%, Darius 98.5%, Heraklinos 98.1%, Bestiari 94.6%, Equeste 92.3%; Rescue Cat co-appears in 56.7% and Test Panther in 57.5% of its decks; Usage statistics show a single archetype row (Fire Formation, 100% inclusion, 1 typical copy) over a wider historical sample
- Inferred: Because the Tribute is a cost and the summon comes from the Deck, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring can stop the tag-out; Removing the targeted Gladiator Beast in response leaves the effect resolving without a target, wasting the Tribute; As a Level 3 Beast it fits Rescue Cat and Test Panther lines even if its own effect is negated; The play is roughly card-neutral: the body is spent and the on-field Gladiator Beast returns to the Deck
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) usage_statistics contains only one archetype row (Fire Formation) that conflicts with the Gladiator Beast dominance in decks_evidence no dated metagame sample, so meta_power is null/provisional