EARTH
Baby Tiragon
ATK:
900
DEF:
900
View:
3528
3 Level 1 monsters During your Main Phase 1: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 Level 1 monster you control; it can attack your opponent directly.
Baby Tiragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Extender, Material body
Why it scores here
Baby Tiragon is a Rank-1 Xyz whose only effect detaches one material to let a Level-1 monster you control attack the opponent directly. That is a finisher-enabling effect with no interaction, no card advantage, and no recovery, so it converts a small, specific board state into a few points of damage rather than into a dominant board. Its 900 ATK/DEF and Xyz status earned nothing; the score comes from the 83-deck sample across 31 archetypes, which confirms the card is a practical, low-cost, one-copy include but not an intrinsically strong one.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs three Level-1 monsters to Xyz Summon and a Level-1 target for the effect; 83 of the sampled decks run it, mostly in Level-1-heavy archetypes such as Skull Servant and Lightsworn (observed, with the Level-1 requirement from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The effect converts one Level-1 monster into a direct attack, which is a short, single-step payoff; no combo boards are recorded, so the conversion is text-only inference. |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Detaching an Xyz material is a cost with no return, and the effect generates no searches, draws, or refuel (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The effect is purely offensive and provides no negation, removal, or hand-trap reach (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | The card is a Rank-1 Xyz with no direct material role described in the evidence; any material use is inference from its Level-1 rank and is not counted heavily (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | The effect depends on a Level-1 target surviving on the field and on an Xyz material being available, with no redundancy or recovery in the text (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Runs at one copy in 73 of 83 decks (avg 1.19 copies), is a cheap slot, and carries no garnet or lock restriction (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility default weights, no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap single-copy include with minimal deckbuilding cost
- Broad archetype spread (31 archetypes) across the sample
- Direct-attack effect can close out a game in Level-1-heavy boards
Weaknesses
- No interaction, card advantage, or recovery
- Requires three Level-1 monsters to summon and a Level-1 target to activate
- Pays a material for a single direct attack
Counters / choke points
- Monster removal or a negation of the Level-1 target in response to the effect
- Opponent's board of blockers or face-up interaction that makes direct attacks unviable
Best use
Direct-attack finisher with Level-1 monsters. Decks: Skull Servant, Floowandereeze, Lightsworn, Lyrilusc. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Rank-1 Xyz, EARTH Dragon, 900/900 (card data); Effect: detach 1 Xyz Material during Main Phase 1 to let a target Level-1 monster you control attack directly (card text); Requires 3 Level-1 monsters to Xyz Summon (card text)
- Observed: 83 of the sampled decks run it; 73 at 1 copy, average 1.19 copies (deck sample); Skull Servant, Floowandereeze, Lightsworn and Lyrilusc are the largest homes (deck sample)
- Inferred: Level-1 bodies in these archetypes make the effect reliably usable (archetype-level inference, no combo data); The card's value is a finisher rather than a board-control or card-advantage effect (inferred from text)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no once-per-turn clause or ruling in the evidence; timing reliability is assumed