LIGHTArtifact Dagda
Archetype:
Artifact
ATK:
1500
LINK-2
View:
6447
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 monsters with different names When an effect of another card on the field is activated (Quick Effect): You can Set 1 "Artifact" monster from your hand or Deck to your Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell, but destroy it during your opponent's next End Phase. During your opponent's turn, if this Link Summoned card is destroyed: You can Special Summon 1 "Artifact" monster from your GY in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Artifact Dagda" once per turn.
Artifact Dagda — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Artifact Dagda scores in the middle of the range. Its reliable conversion is a free, once-per-turn Link-2 body that sends an Artifact from Deck to GY through a quick effect, and recurs an Artifact from GY when it is destroyed on the opponent's turn. Its presence in all 400 sampled decks across 56 archetypes confirms accessibility and portability, but under guardrail 3 that frequency does not add power points by itself. The 1500 ATK and view count earned nothing, and effect interaction is weak because the card neither negates nor stops anything.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Link-2 with Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right arrows is a simple Link Summon, and it is in 400/400 sampled decks at about 1.02 copies per deck (observed); its own activation needs an open Spell & Trap Zone and a field-card effect, which is inferred from the text. |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No combo boards were recorded (0 appearances), so conversion rests on the text alone: a Deck-to-GY Artifact plus a GY recursion on destruction, with no board-building beyond the body itself (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Each effect is a repeated, cost-free +1 (Deck-to-GY set, then GY Special Summon on destruction), each limited to once per turn (verified text); no net-advantage counts are available. |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | Its only quick effect sets a card and does not negate, destroy, or stop the opponent's card or effect, so opponent interaction is minimal (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | As a Link-2 monster it has no Level, so it is limited as Synchro or Xyz material; its main material value is as a Link Material on the bottom arrows (inferred from link_arrows and the absence of a Level). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Its recursion from GY triggers only when destroyed during the opponent's turn, and the card is not protected against negation, so resilience is moderate (verified text, inferred impact). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Usually 1 copy, no garnets or locks, and portable across 56 archetypes (observed deck data; no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cost-free, once-per-turn quick effect that responds to field-card activations and sends an Artifact from Deck to GY
- Recursion: if destroyed on the opponent's turn, Special Summons an Artifact from GY in Defense Position
- Link-2 that is easy to Link Summon and widely included across many archetypes
Weaknesses
- Its quick effect needs an open Spell & Trap Zone and an activation from a card already on the field
- It neither negates nor destroys anything, so it offers no direct interaction
- Recursion works only when destroyed during the opponent's turn
- Its targets are Artifact monsters, which limits the value outside Artifact-related support
Counters / choke points
- Negating its effects on the field (inferred; no negation evidence in the pack)
- Destroying it during the player's own turn, which bypasses the recursion condition (inferred)
Best use
Recovery / Recursion utility Link-2 body. Decks: Cyber Dragon, K9, Cyberdark, Therions. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-2, LIGHT Fairy, Artifact archetype, Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right link arrows; Quick effect: sets 1 Artifact monster from hand or Deck as a Spell, destroyed in the opponent's next End Phase; Recursion effect: Special Summon 1 Artifact from GY in Defense Position when destroyed during the opponent's turn; Each effect is once per turn
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at an average of 1.02 copies; Gameplay type 7 accounts for 89.8% of decks; Top partners: Called by the Grave (83.2%), Artifact Mjollnir (75%); Appears in 56 distinct archetypes
- Inferred: The quick effect is a Deck-to-GY resource that feeds GY effects; Its strongest value is as a generic recursion body rather than as a board-breaking card; Its material value is limited by the absence of a Level
- Data gaps: No combo boards recorded (combos_evidence has 0 appearances) No usage_statistics (StatisticsCard) rows No banlist token; 3 copies assumed No official rulings supplied No dated metagame sample Guides mention the card only as a staple section, with no role description