DARK
10Yubel
Archetype:
Yubel
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
View:
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This card cannot be destroyed by battle. You take no Battle Damage from battles involving this card. Before damage calculation, when this face-up Attack Position card is attacked by an opponent's monster: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK. During your End Phase: Tribute 1 other monster or destroy this card. When this card is destroyed, except by its own effect: Its owner can Special Summon 1 "Yubel - Terror Incarnate" from their hand, Deck, or Graveyard.
Yubel — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Yubel's score comes from a body that is hard to remove by battle and that punishes attacks, not from its 0 ATK/DEF or its role as a generic staple. The card cannot be destroyed by battle, nullifies battle damage, and when destroyed by an opponent's effect it can Special Summon Yubel - Terror Incarnate, so it keeps producing a board after removal. It is present in all 16 recorded boards, but none of those records tag it as a starter, searched, material or payoff piece, so the role claims stay modest. Its single-copy deck cost and 42 distinct archetypes support a solid but not top-tier result.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Yubel is a Level-10 Fiend that is always played at 1 copy in most decks and appears in 16 of 16 boards, but it has no recorded searcher or starter role in the combo evidence, so reach is inferred from its partners (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | It appears in boards with an average power index of 42.2 and reaches 77 in its best example, but the examples rely on partners such as Spirit of Yubel and Terror Incarnate rather than the card alone (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The text gives no draw, search or GY refuel of its own; the only advantage in evidence is a netCardAdvantage of 4 in one board that depends on the rest of the combo (observed, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Its only interaction is the attack-damage trigger and the end-phase tribute or destroy option, which are soft deterrents with no negation or removal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 40 | As a Level-10 Fiend it can be tributed in the End Phase, but material role is 0 in the combo records, so its material value is an inference from text rather than observed use (verified, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 75 | It cannot be destroyed by battle, takes no battle damage, and when destroyed by an opponent's effect it summons Terror Incarnate from hand, Deck or GY, so it survives many common interactions (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Average copies per deck is 1.14, 353 of 400 decks run exactly one copy, and it has no garnet or self-lock text in the evidence, so it is cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cannot be destroyed by battle and takes no battle damage
- Summons Yubel - Terror Incarnate when destroyed by an opponent's effect
- Appears in 16 of 16 recorded boards with a 77 peak power index
- Single-copy cost with broad use across 42 archetypes
Weaknesses
- No searcher, draw or GY refuel of its own
- Weak interaction: the attack trigger is a soft deterrent
- Its power depends on partners such as Spirit of Yubel and Terror Incarnate
- Recorded boards show no starter, searched or material role
Counters / choke points
- Effects that destroy it without the summon trigger, such as ones that are not destruction by its own effect
- Banish or negate effects that stop the destruction trigger
- Attacking into it with effects that bypass battle
Best use
Boss/End-board body that stays on the board through battle and recurs Terror Incarnate when destroyed. Decks: Yubel (archetype 848), Unchained, Fiendsmith. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Cannot be destroyed by battle; No battle damage from battles involving it; Inflicts damage equal to the attacker's ATK when attacked in Attack Position; End Phase tribute of 1 other monster or self-destruction; Special Summon of Yubel - Terror Incarnate when destroyed except by its own effect
- Observed: Appears in 16 of 16 recorded combos; Average copies per deck 1.14 across 400 decks; Average power index 42.2 when present
- Inferred: Accessibility comes from partners rather than a direct searcher; Its material value is limited to a tribute outlet
- Data gaps: No banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Combo evidence records no starter, searched, material or payoff roles ATK and DEF are recorded as 0 and were not used