WIND
3Baby Dragon
ATK:
1200
DEF:
700
View:
5221
Much more than just a child, this dragon is gifted with untapped power.
Baby Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Starter
Why it scores here
Baby Dragon is a Normal Monster with no effect text, so it converts into value only as a Level 3 WIND body that other cards use as material or as a board filler. Its score comes from being live in hand and fitting generic Level 3 material needs, plus being a one-slot, garnet-free card that is easy to run. Its 1200 ATK earns nothing, and the single observed combo (power index 12) confirms it is a low-impact starter rather than a finisher.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Normal Monster in hand with no searcher needed; it appears as a starter in the one recorded combo and is present in 150 decks (verified/observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No effect text means it does nothing alone; the only recorded board it appears in has a power index of 12 (verified/observed). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No card advantage, refuel or search; it is a 1-for-1 body with no return (verified from Normal Monster frame, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect, so it provides no negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified from Normal Monster frame). |
| Material Utility | 70 | Level 3 WIND Dragon is a generic Level 3 material fit, and it is already effect-free so it loses nothing when blanked; use as material is inferred from the Materiactor partner cluster (inferred, observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | No effect means no negate can end it, but it has no recovery, redundancy or multi-zone function of its own (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 90 | Typical 1 copy, maximum 3, no garnet or restriction, and splashable at one slot (observed from copies per deck and usage statistics). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body / Normal + 0.3 Starter. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Normal Monster live in hand with no search needed
- Generic Level 3 WIND material fit
- Typically one copy, no garnet, easy to splash
- Appears in 150 sampled decks across 46 archetypes
Weaknesses
- No effect text, so it converts nothing on its own
- Only one recorded combo appearance, with a low power index of 12
- No interaction, protection or recursion of its own
Counters / choke points
- Monster-destruction or field-clearing effects remove it at no cost to the opponent
- Negation is irrelevant, since there is no effect to negate
Best use
Generic Level 3 material body or filler. Decks: Materiactor, Goblin Biker, Lightsworn. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Monster frame, Level 3, WIND Dragon, ATK 1200 / DEF 700 (card fields); Present in 150 decks across 46 distinct archetypes (deck data); Typical copies 1 (avg 1.17, max 3) (deck data); One combo appearance, as starter, average power index 12 (combo data)
- Observed: Materiactor partner cluster appears in the deck sample (top partners); Usage statistics: 100% inclusion in Grepher (typical 3 copies), 60% in Materiactor (typical 1 copy)
- Inferred: Material use is the primary value, based on Level 3 and the Materiactor partner cluster, since the single combo shows starter use only; Effect-negation does not reduce its value, because the body has no effect to lose
- Data gaps: no guides supplied only one combo appearance, so combo conversion rests on a single board no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) description is flavor text only; no effect text supplied, consistent with the Normal Monster frame