WIND
4Winged Rhynos
ATK:
1800
DEF:
500
View:
2507
During either player's turn, when a Trap Card is activated (except during the Damage Step): You can return this face-up card from the field to the hand.
Winged Rhynos — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53.2 · Deck: 48.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Winged Rhynos converts into a single 1800-ATK Level 4 WIND Beast-Warrior body and a self-protection bounce when a Trap Card is activated outside the Damage Step. Its 15 recorded decks across 7 archetypes confirm it is a real, portable inclusion, but that is frequency, not power, and the 1800 ATK earns no points. With no recorded combos, no card advantage and no direct negation, combo_conversion and resource_economy stay low, so the score sits in the middle of the range.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Live as a body in 15 decks across 7 archetypes, but it has no searcher or starter route in the evidence and no combo starts (observed; inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Its text only makes it a bounce response on the field; there are no combo examples or power index data, so it builds nothing on its own (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | No draw, search, recursion or refuel; the bounce returns the card to hand rather than generating advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | It does not negate or destroy anything and only protects itself against trap activations, which is soft interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A clean generic Level 4 WIND Beast-Warrior with no tuner or restrictions, usable as material; the blanked-body case is inferred because there are no material role combo counts (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The bounce lets it dodge trap-based removal in several spots, but it only works while on the field and only against trap activations (verified from text, inferred for scope). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Runs 1 copy in 12 of 15 decks, no garnet or lock, and an average of 1.4 copies per deck (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 53.2, Deck ≈ 48.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 4 WIND Beast-Warrior body with no restrictions, usable as material
- Self-protection bounce against trap-based removal while on the field
- Portable across 7 archetypes (15 decks)
- Cheap to run: 1 copy in most decks, no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo role, so no evidence it converts into a board
- No card advantage, search or recursion
- No negation or direct removal
- Only protects itself and only while on the field
Counters / choke points
- Non-trap removal or effects, which the bounce does not respond to (inferred from text)
- Opponent plays that never activate a Trap Card, so the bounce never triggers (inferred from text)
Best use
Utility body with trap-activation self-protection. Decks: Armed Dragon, Lightsworn, Elemental Hero, Blackwings. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: returns itself from the field to hand when a Trap Card is activated, except during the Damage Step; Level 4, WIND, Beast-Warrior, 1800 ATK, effect monster; 15 recorded decks across 7 archetypes; 1.4 average copies per deck
- Observed: Armed Dragon is the largest home (6 of 15 decks, 40%); Top partners co-occur in 60% of decks, which shows deck context and not combo strength; Copy distribution: 12 decks run 1 copy and 3 run 3
- Inferred: Clean generic material use as a Level 4 body, since no material role combo counts exist; Its value is limited to protecting itself against trap-based interaction while on the field; Accessibility is mid-range because it has no searcher or starter route in the evidence
- 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 the 15-deck sample only no starter count for the deck resilience estimate