FIRE
1Volcanic Rat
Archetype:
Volcanic
ATK:
500
DEF:
500
View:
3401
This mutated mouse dwells in the core of active volcanoes. No amount of heat is too much for it to bear.
Volcanic Rat — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 43 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 43 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Volcanic Rat has no effect, so it converts nothing on its own and earns no points for its 500 ATK or its Volcanic and Exodia deck presence. Its score comes from being a clean Level 1 Fire Normal body that is easy to draw and can serve as material, with a cheap one-slot cost. The sample shows it in 17 decks across 10 archetypes with an average of 1.41 copies, which confirms it is played as filler, not that it is strong.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Vanilla card drawn by hand with no searcher needed, live in 17 sampled decks, but no combo starter or searched observations (inference, observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No recorded boards and no effect text, so it builds nothing from a realistic start (verified text, observed zero combos) |
| Resource Economy | 20 | No draw, search, banish, or recursion; a pure body with no card advantage (verified text) |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect to negate or activate, so no opponent interaction (verified text) |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 1 Fire Pyro Normal is usable as material but awkward for most summons, and it still converts when blanked only as a body (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Cannot be negated because it has no effect, but offers no recovery, multi-zone use, or redundancy beyond being a body (verified text, inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | One-slot vanilla with no garnet or lock, but it is a dead card when its material role is not needed (verified text, observed copies) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal profile only; no secondary blend because the card has no effect and no secondary role is evidenced. Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 43, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 1 Fire Normal body with no restriction
- Appears in 17 sampled decks across 10 archetypes
Weaknesses
- No effect, so it is a dead card whenever its material role is not needed
- No combo or searcher evidence; converts nothing on its own
Counters / choke points
- Nothing to negate, so only battle and mass removal affect it
- Opponents gain no interaction value from hitting it
Best use
Level 1 Normal material and filler body. Decks: Volcanic, Exodia. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 Fire Pyro Normal Monster, 500 ATK / 500 DEF, no effect text; Card text is flavor only; no once-per-turn clause or cost
- Observed: Present in 17 of the sampled decks, avg 1.41 copies, mostly 1 copy; Top partners are Forbidden One monsters and Magical Mallet in 9 of 17 decks (52.9%)
- Inferred: Level 1 body is usable as material but awkward for most summons; Usefulness is limited to material and filler roles, not conversion
- 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