DARKBooster Dragon
Archetype:
Rokket
ATK:
1900
LINK-2
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2 "Rokket" monsters Once per turn: You can target 1 other face-up monster on the field; it gains 500 ATK/DEF. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to this effect's activation. If this Link Summoned card is destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the GY: You can target 1 other Dragon monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only use this effect of "Booster Dragon" once per turn.
Booster Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Booster Dragon is a near-universal Link-2 staple in this sample (400 of 400 decks, one copy each, with Quick Launch and Rokket Tracer as top partners), so it scores well on accessibility and deck fit. Its effects convert little: the uncancellable +500 ATK/DEF pump and the once-per-turn GY revival of another Dragon are both one-for-one effects, and the revival needs the card to be destroyed rather than used as Link material. Guardrail 3 applies: the 79.8% Borrel Link inclusion shows the card is consistently played, not that it is intrinsically powerful, and the single recorded combo (power index 38) with no starter, searcher or material role keeps the score in the mid-50s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 80 | Live in 400 of 400 sampled decks as an Extra Deck Link-2 with Quick Launch (99%) as a top partner, but no starter or searched role is recorded in the combo data (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Appears in one recorded combo (power index 38) that only builds a modest board from two starters, with no payoff role recorded (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | The GY revival is a one-for-one Special Summon of another Dragon and the pump gives no card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | The pump and revival provide no negation, removal or hand-trap reach; the only protection is the response lock on the pump (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Link-2 with Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right arrows is a cheap, generic Link material, though no material role role is recorded in the sampled boards (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single copy with a once-per-turn revival that depends on the card being destroyed, so it is fragile across turns (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One copy per deck, no garnet or lock text, and a single Extra Deck slot that is cheap to run (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Near-universal inclusion in the sample: 400 of 400 decks, one copy each (observed)
- Uncancellable +500 ATK/DEF pump on a face-up monster, which the opponent cannot respond to (verified)
- Dragon-generic once-per-turn GY revival gives a recursion line (verified)
- Cheap Link-2 material with a generic Dragon race (inferred)
Weaknesses
- The pump and revival provide no negation or removal (verified)
- The GY revival requires destruction, which a Link material is not, so it is rarely triggered in practice (inferred)
- Only one recorded combo, with no starter, searcher or material role observed (observed)
Counters / choke points
- The pumped monster is still exposed to ordinary removal and battle; the card gives it no protection beyond the response lock (inferred)
- Opponents can target the Link-2 itself while it is on the field, which removes the revival source (inferred)
Best use
Recovery / Recursion (secondary Material body). Decks: Borrel Link, Rokket, Dragon Link. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once per turn: +500 ATK/DEF to 1 other face-up monster, which the opponent cannot respond to; Once per turn: if destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the GY, Special Summon 1 other Dragon from the GY; Link-2 with Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right arrows, Rokket archetype, legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks; Single copy in 394 of 400 decks
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 79.8% as Borrel Link; Quick Launch (99%) and Rokket Tracer (98.5%) are the top co-deck partners; One recorded combo (power index 38, starter count 2) with no combo role tags; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in the Rokket gameplay-6 home at one copy
- Inferred: As a Link material the card is consumed, not destroyed, so the GY revival is seldom triggered; Its pump matters mainly in battle and as a target for ordinary removal
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Only one recorded combo, so combo conversion rests on a single board No starter, searcher or material role recorded in combo evidence No rulings data for the GY revival when the card is used as Link material