DARK
7Crimson Blade Dragon
ATK:
2400
DEF:
2600
View:
1976
1 "Resonator" Tuner + 1+ non-Tuners (This card is always treated as "Crimson Blader".) If this card is Synchro Summoned: You can take 1 Level 8 or higher monster that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set from your Deck or GY, and either add it to your hand or Special Summon it, but negate its effects. You can only use this effect of "Crimson Blade Dragon" once per turn. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles a Level 5 or higher monster: You can destroy that monster.
Crimson Blade Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 61 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss / End-board · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Crimson Blade Dragon is a Level 7 DARK Synchro whose Synchro Summon trigger can pull a Level 8+ monster from the Deck or GY into hand or onto the field, though that monster's effects are negated. Its battle trigger destroys any Level 5+ monster it fights. The score is held back by a Synchro requirement that depends on Resonator tuners, by the once-per-turn limit on the search/summon effect, and by the absence of any recorded combo data. The 2400 ATK and 2600 DEF earn no points on their own. The high deck counts and co-occurrence confirm it is reliably included, not that it is intrinsically powerful.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Extra Deck Synchro that needs a Resonator tuner and non-tuners on the field, but 400 of 400 sampled decks run it at 1 copy with 98% partner co-occurrence and 100% usage statistics inclusion in Crimson Dragon (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 75 | Synchro Summon trigger returns a Level 8+ body from Deck or GY, a substantial board gain even when negated, but zero recorded combo boards exist to confirm the realised conversion (verified text, inferred conversion). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | One-for-one body retrieval with no GY refuel or repeated advantage in the text; the search is a single once-per-turn effect (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Battle-step destruction of Level 5+ monsters is real removal, but it depends on the card entering combat and has no hand-trap reach or negation of its own (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 7 DARK Dragon Synchro body that can feed other Synchros, yet it is not a clean generic material and its effects are not preserved as material (inferred from text and level). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Its battle removal is fragile to a single response and its summon-trigger effect is once per turn, so it has limited redundancy across turns (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Single-copy, no garnet or lock requirement, and it occupies an Extra Deck slot that the Resonator shell already supports (observed 397 of 400 decks at 1 copy, inferred for slot cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Included in all 400 sampled decks at 1 copy, across 38 distinct archetypes
- Synchro summon trigger can put a Level 8+ body onto the field or into hand, even when negated
- Battle trigger destroys any Level 5+ monster it fights
- Single-copy, low-cost deck slot with 98% partner co-occurrence
Weaknesses
- Needs a Resonator tuner and non-tuners on the field before it is available
- Summon effect is limited to once per turn
- Battle destruction only matters if the card gets into combat
- No recorded combo boards to confirm realised conversion
- Negated body does not keep its effects
Counters / choke points
- Monsters with effects that negate or remove the Synchro itself before the battle step
- Interruptions that stop the Synchro Summon
Best use
Synchro Boss / End-board piece with a searcher-style Level 8+ retrieval. Decks: Resonator, Crimson Dragon, Archfiend, Bystial/Byssted. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Synchro Summon trigger: take a Level 8+ non-Normal-Summonable monster from Deck or GY, add to hand or Special Summon it with its effects negated, once per turn; Battle-step trigger: destroy a Level 5+ monster it battles; Decks: 400 of 400 run it at 1 copy; 38 distinct archetypes; 98% co-occurrence with Crimson Gaia
- Observed: usage statistics: Crimson Dragon inclusion 100% and Zefra 100% at 1 copy; Resonator 79%; Guide 1477 names the card within the Resonator core section
- Inferred: Synchro requirement depends on a Resonator tuner and non-tuners; Retrieved body is only useful as a field or hand body because its effects are negated; Conversion is plausible but unconfirmed without combo boards
- Data gaps: No combo boards recorded, so combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) archetype field is null; Crimson Blader and Resonator relationship is taken from card text only No rulings available for the battle-step timing