LIGHT
8Worm King
Archetype:
Worm
ATK:
2700
DEF:
1100
View:
4011
This card can be Tribute Summoned in face-up Attack Position by Tributing 1 Reptile-Type "Worm" monster. You can Tribute 1 Reptile-Type "Worm" monster to select 1 card your opponent controls, and destroy it.
51± 6/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
51
Deck
51
Worm King — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Worm King's 2700 ATK earns nothing on its own. Its score comes from one destruction effect that costs a Tribute of another Reptile Worm monster, so the card converts a Worm on board into one removal of an opponent's card plus a large body. Accessibility and deckbuilding are held back by the Worm-only tribute requirement, and there is no combo or guide evidence to lift combo conversion above a text-only estimate.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Needs a Worm Reptile on the field to Tribute Summon, and the 11 sampled decks run it as a single copy in the Cancer and Worm homes, which confirms it is live but says nothing about how reliably it is drawn (observed/verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The text gives a body plus one destruction, with no recorded combo boards to show it converting into a full board, so this is a text-only estimate (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Tributing one Worm to summon it and a second Worm to destroy a card is roughly even to slightly negative on cards, with no refuel or search in the text (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | The destroy effect hits any card an opponent controls, but it costs a Worm and the text states no negation or protection, so it is strong but not hand-trap grade (verified/inferred). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 8 LIGHT Reptile is a usable material shape, but the evidence does not show material-use observations and the effect-negated body value is inferred from race and level (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Once the destroy effect is negated the 2700 ATK body remains, but it is single-zone and dies to ordinary removal, and no redundancy is evidenced (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Single copy in every sampled deck with no garnet, but it locks summoning to Worm monsters being on the field, a mild restriction (verified/observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- One-card destruction of an opponent card from the field
- Large 2700 ATK body at Level 8 that persists after the destroy effect is negated
- Runs as a single copy in every sampled deck with no garnet cost
- Consistently paired with core Worm cards in the sampled decks
Weaknesses
- Requires a Worm Reptile on the field as the Tribute, which restricts when it can be used
- The destroy effect is a one-for-one exchange that costs a Worm
- Archetype locked to Worm, so it is not portable across homes
- No combo or search evidence to show it is a starter
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the destroy effect (the body still stays on the field)
- Ordinary destruction or removal once it is on the field
- Interaction with the Worm Tribute requirement, which the opponent can disrupt by removing Worms from the field
Best use
Removal body and end-board piece in Worm Reptile builds. Decks: Worm, Cancer. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 8 LIGHT Reptile Worm effect monster with ATK 2700 and DEF 1100 (card text); Tribute Summon requires tributing 1 Reptile Worm monster (card text); Destroy 1 opponent card by tributing 1 Reptile Worm monster (card text); 11 of 11 sampled decks run exactly 1 copy in the main deck (decks evidence)
- Observed: Worm Xex, Worm Yagan, W Nebula Meteorite and King of the Feral Imps co-occur in 11 of 11 decks (decks evidence); Cancer archetype 9 of 11 decks, Worm archetype 2 of 11 decks (decks evidence)
- Inferred: The destroy effect is a one-for-one exchange that costs a Worm, so resource economy is roughly even (inferred from text); Its body persists after the effect is negated, so material and board value remain (inferred from text); Archetype-locked to Worm, so portability is low (inferred from text)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material roles are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the 11-deck sample only deck sample is dated 2023-09-16 to 2024-02-02, about 2.5 years before evaluation, so current meta relevance is unknown card text has no once-per-turn clause, so its usage limit is unknown and not assumed no rulings supplied for the Tribute Summon and Tribute cost interaction