Spell
FieldBlack Garden
Archetype:
Rose Dragon
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If a monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned face-up, except by the effect of "Black Garden": Halve its ATK, then, the controller of that monster Special Summons 1 "Rose Token" (Plant/DARK/Level 2/ATK 800/DEF 800) to their opponent's field in Attack Position. (This ATK loss remains even if this card leaves the field.) You can target 1 monster in your GY with ATK equal to the total ATK of all Plant monsters on the field; destroy this card and as many Plant monsters on the field as possible, then, if you destroyed all of them, Special Summon that targeted monster.
Black Garden — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 64 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Black Garden converts its value almost entirely into effect interaction: every face-up Normal or Special Summon by either player halves that monster's ATK and hands the opponent of the summoner an 800/800 Rose Token, and the ATK loss outlasts the card. Its deck presence (81% of the sample, 25% in the Rose Dragon archetype, strong partner overlap with Garden Rose Maiden and Ash Blossom) confirms it is a practical staple, but that frequency was not used to raise the score. There is no combo evidence, so combo conversion and resource economy stay modest, and the GY-revival clause only works with Plant monsters already on the field. High ATK-based value earns nothing here; the score rests on interaction reach, low deck cost, and the one-copy line.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Spell card in 400 of 400 decks with no search text, and no starter role or searched-for role data, so access is inferred from deck inclusion rather than observed draws (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No combo boards recorded; the token and ATK-halving effects are text-only conversion with no measured starter or payoff role (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | No card advantage; the opponent receives a token on each summon, and the GY revival clause requires field Plant monsters to be useful (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 80 | Strong, hard-to-play-around ATK halving on any face-up summon by either player, with lasting effect even after the card leaves the field (verified). |
| Material Utility | 10 | Spell card with no material role, so it contributes nothing as material (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Continuous field effect that persists after leaving the field and can be destroyed only by its own clause or by opposing removal; averaged 1.11 copies per deck (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Single-copy staple (363 of 400 decks run exactly one) with no garnet or lock text and no banlist token supplied (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Floodgate/Control + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 64, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Halves the ATK of any face-up summoned monster, including the opponent's, and the reduction persists after the card leaves the field
- Gives the opponent a Rose Token on each summon, creating a tax that is hard to avoid when the deck runs many summons
- Cheap to run: one copy in nearly every deck, with no garnet or lock text
- Strong, verified overlap with the Rose Dragon core, supported by high partner co-occurrence
Weaknesses
- Symmetric effect: it also helps the opponent by giving them a 800/800 token on each of the player's own summons
- No combo evidence, so the card's conversion power is inferred from text only
- GY revival clause depends on Plant monsters already on the field
- Vulnerable to removal of a field spell and to any opposing effect that negates its trigger
Counters / choke points
- Spell or Trap removal that destroys the field spell
- Negating the summon trigger before the ATK halving resolves
- Playing around the token by summoning monsters that do not need to be face-up
Best use
Floodgate and control tool that punishes summons and provides a token to the opponent of the summoner. Decks: Rose Dragon, Garden Rose Maiden builds, Rose-themed control builds. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Field Spell effect halves ATK of any face-up summoned monster and gives a Rose Token to the opponent of the summoner; ATK loss remains after the card leaves the field; Ran in 400 of 400 sampled decks with 1.11 average copies; Partner co-occurrence with Garden Rose Maiden at 88.2%
- Observed: Gameplay type 7 accounts for 81% of decks; Rose Dragon archetype accounts for 25.2% of decks; Guide describes it as a floodgate-style card in a control-style deck
- Inferred: Opponent summon-tax value is high when the deck runs many summons; Access is practical through deck inclusion, not through a verified search route; Combo conversion is text-only because no combo boards were supplied
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no searcher or material routes recorded for this card usage statistics cover only 4 archetype entries, so the sample is small