DARK
4Vampire Hunter
Archetype:
Vampire
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1600
View:
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At the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles a DARK monster: Destroy that monster.
Vampire Hunter — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 45.3 · Deck: 45.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Vampire Hunter converts into a narrow, conditional interaction: at the start of the Damage Step it destroys the DARK monster it battles, so it beats any DARK monster regardless of ATK and takes no damage — but the effect is completely blank against non-DARK monsters and monster-less boards. Outside that trigger it is just a Level 4 DARK Warrior body that serves as Rank 4 / Vampire Sucker material, which is why it shows up as a single flexible copy in Vampire decks (avg 1.14 copies across 21 recorded decks). It records zero combo appearances, so it builds no end board and adds no recovery. Its 1600/1600 stats earn it nothing here — the score is driven by a situational effect, a clean body, and low slot cost, not by ATK.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Level 4 DARK Warrior that can simply be Normal Summoned and is plausibly searchable inside the Vampire theme, but no searcher route is recorded (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 12 | Zero appearances across recorded combos and it produces no board on its own — a body plus a conditional battle pop at best (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 36 | Best case is a 1-for-1 that requires it to survive to the Damage Step against a DARK monster; no card draw, search, or GY refuel (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 28 | Destroys the DARK monster it battles at the start of the Damage Step, which beats any DARK body regardless of ATK, but the trigger is attribute-locked and battle-locked (verified). |
| Material Utility | 56 | A clean generic Level 4 DARK Warrior with 1600 ATK that fits Rank 4 and Vampire Sucker lines (Vampire Sucker co-occurs in 47.6% of decks) (observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 28 | Fully dead against non-DARK monsters or empty boards, and any effect negation or pre-battle removal blanks it entirely (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Runs as a 1-of with no cost, no lock and no once-per-turn clause (19 of 21 decks use exactly one copy), making it a cheap slot in Vampire lists (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 45.3, Deck ≈ 45.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Removes the DARK monster it battles at the start of the Damage Step, so it wins those battles regardless of ATK and takes no battle damage.
- Clean Level 4 DARK Warrior body that doubles as generic Rank 4 and Vampire Sucker material.
- No cost, no once-per-turn clause and no locks — a low-commitment single copy.
- Being a 'Vampire' monster, it is plausibly reachable through the theme's own search support (inferred).
Weaknesses
- The effect is completely dead against non-DARK monsters and against boards with no monsters.
- Battle-dependent: it must actually battle a DARK monster and still be face-up at the Damage Step.
- Contributes nothing to board building, extension, or recovery — 0 recorded combo appearances.
- 1600 ATK is a modest body that cannot pressure most modern boards on its own.
Counters / choke points
- Any non-DARK monster or monster-less board blanks the entire effect.
- Effect negation (Skill Drain-style or negating the trigger) turns it into a vanilla 1600 body.
- Removing it before the Battle Step, or attacking into it with a non-DARK monster.
Best use
Level 4 DARK Warrior body with situational DARK-monster battle removal. Decks: Vampires. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: at the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles a DARK monster, destroy that monster (no cost, no once-per-turn clause).; Card identity: Level 4 DARK Warrior, 1600 ATK / 1600 DEF, archetype 'Vampire', legal in TCG, OCG and Master Duel.
- Observed: 21 recorded decks run it, 19 of them as exactly one copy (avg 1.14), all in the main deck.; Its homes are dominated by Vampire decks; top partners are Vampire Scarlet Scourge (71.4%), Shadow Vampire (66.7%) and Vampire Sucker (47.6%).; 0 appearances across recorded combos — no observed starter, material, searched or payoff role.
- Inferred: As a 'Vampire' monster it is plausibly searchable by Vampire support, but no searcher route is evidenced.; Its Level 4 DARK Warrior body is usable as generic Rank 4 / Vampire Sucker material even when its effect is blanked.
- 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