DARK
1Chobham Armor Dragon
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
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When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: You can Special Summon this card from your hand in Attack Position, and if you do, for the rest of this turn, it cannot be destroyed by battle and the battle damage you take from battles involving this card is halved. If this card is sent to the GY as Link Material: You can target 1 other DARK monster in your GY; add it to your hand, also your opponent can add 1 monster from their GY to their hand. You can only use this effect of "Chobham Armor Dragon" once per turn.
Chobham Armor Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Chobham Armor Dragon is a Level 1 DARK Dragon whose value is conditional: it only converts when it is sent to the GY as Link Material, where it recovers a DARK monster to hand, and the opponent gets a matching recovery, so the net gain is shared. Its hand effect only responds to a direct attack declaration, so it is not general interaction. Its 6-deck, 1-copy presence in Kashtira and Synchron confirms it is a practical, cheap slot, but no combo data exists to show what it converts into. High ATK/DEF is irrelevant here, and the score reflects the card's conditional recursion and its narrow defensive window.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Summoned from hand only in response to an opponent's direct attack, and the GY recursion needs it as Link Material; neither route is evidenced by a searcher or a starter count (inferred, with deck inclusion as observed context). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No recorded boards exist, so conversion rests on text alone: a Link Material body that returns one DARK monster from the GY (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Adds one DARK monster to hand from the GY, but the opponent may also add one from their GY, so the advantage is roughly symmetric (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | Only blanks battle damage and destruction against direct attacks; it cannot negate or remove effects (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 1 DARK body that is usable as material, and its GY effect still works once it reaches the GY as material (verified from text, with usage in 6 decks as observed context). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The GY effect is limited to once per turn, and the hand effect's only trigger is a direct attack; there is no evidence of redundancy or multi-turn value (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Run as a single copy in all 6 sampled decks, with no garnet or lock restriction (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap single-copy slot with no garnet or lock restriction
- Level 1 DARK body that works as Link Material
- GY effect recovers a DARK monster to hand once per turn
Weaknesses
- Hand effect only responds to a direct attack declaration
- No negation or removal of effects
- GY effect gives the opponent the same recovery, which limits the net gain
Counters / choke points
- Opponent actions that never declare a direct attack leave the hand effect with no trigger (inferred from text)
Best use
Link Material body with DARK-monster recursion from the GY. Decks: Kashtira, Synchron. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Only battle damage and destruction against direct attacks are affected; no negation (card text); GY effect adds a DARK monster from GY to hand, opponent may add one too, once per turn (card text); Run as 1 copy in 6 of 6 sampled decks (deck evidence)
- Observed: Appears in Kashtira (4 decks) and Synchron (2 decks) builds (deck evidence); Partners are generic staples such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (deck evidence)
- Inferred: Link Material route is the practical recovery line; no combo data confirms it; Effect is a narrow defensive window with low interaction value
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only