DARK
8Vicious Astraloud
ATK:
3000
DEF:
3000
View:
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"Visas Starfrost" + 1 monster with 1500 ATK/2100 DEF Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards from your field and/or GY. Cannot be destroyed by battle. If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 other monster on the field; destroy it, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to half of that monster's original ATK or DEF (whichever is higher).
Vicious Astraloud — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Vicious Astraloud is a 3000-ATK Fusion whose real value is one on-summon destroy plus an ATK gain, and its summon is gated by Visas Starfrost (present in 98% of the sampled decks) plus a 1500/2100 monster to banish, so accessibility is mid-range rather than high. Its ATK and frame do not earn points on their own. The score sits mid-range because the destroy effect is real interaction and the card is run in all 400 sampled decks across 54 archetypes, but there is no combo evidence, so combo conversion and resource economy are scored from text alone and kept modest. Battle-indestructibility adds resilience against battle, not against card effects.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Requires Visas Starfrost on field or GY and a 1500/2100 monster to banish, though Visas Starfrost is in 392 of 400 sampled decks (observed, plus verified text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No combo boards recorded; the one-card output is a destroy plus ATK gain on a 3000 body, which is a fair board rather than a full one (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Trades one monster for one destroyed monster with no draw, search, or recursion; banishing two materials is a cost (verified text, inferred net). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | On Special Summon it destroys one targeted monster on the field, which is a hard single-target removal once summoned (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 20 | A Fusion monster with no combo or material evidence, and banishing its own route consumes materials rather than providing them (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Cannot be destroyed by battle, but a negate on the summon or its trigger removes the destroy and ATK gain (verified text, inferred vs interaction). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Runs 1.45 copies on average with a Visas Starfrost partner already common in these decks, so the slot cost is modest and not a garnet brick (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in all 400 sampled decks, with Visas Starfrost as the partner in 98% of them
- One-card on-summon destroy of any targeted monster on the field
- Cannot be destroyed by battle, so it survives combat-based removal
Weaknesses
- Summon requires Visas Starfrost plus a specific 1500/2100 material
- Banishing its materials is a cost with no card advantage
- No combo evidence, so board conversion is text-only
Counters / choke points
- Negating the Special Summon or its on-summon trigger (inferred from text)
- Disrupting Visas Starfrost in the field or GY before the summon (inferred from text)
Best use
Boss/End-board finisher with a single-target destroy on summon. Decks: Visas Starfrost, Scareclaw, Mannadium. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Fusion Summon by banishing field/GY cards, cannot be destroyed by battle, on-summon destroy of one other monster with ATK gain; Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 54 distinct archetypes; Visas Starfrost co-occurs in 98% of decks
- Observed: Copies per deck average 1.45, with 3 copies in only 7 decks; Usage statistics show 66.7% to 100% inclusion across four archetype homes; No combo appearances recorded
- Inferred: Summon is gated by Visas Starfrost and a 1500/2100 material; Its ATK gain is secondary to the destroy as a board-control effect; Negation of the summon or trigger would remove most of its value
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and power index are text-only inference No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Guide snippets do not name this card directly No rulings available for the summon or trigger timing Usage statistics cover only four archetype homes