DARK
6
8D/D Proud Ogre
Archetype:
D/D
ATK:
2300
DEF:
1500
View:
2988
[ Pendulum Effect ] Once per turn: You can pay 500 LP, then target 1 "D/D" monster you control; it gains 500 ATK (even if this card leaves the field). Unless you have a "D/D" card in your other Pendulum Zone, this card's Pendulum Scale becomes 5. [ Monster Effect ] When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 face-up DARK Pendulum Monster from your Extra Deck, but it has its effects negated, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except "D/D" monsters.
D/D Proud Ogre — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Starter / Combo enabler
Why it scores here
D/D Proud Ogre's score comes mainly from its body: a Level 6 DARK Fiend that stays a usable material even when its effects are negated, and a Normal Summon that can put a face-up DARK Pendulum monster from the Extra Deck onto the field, albeit with its effects negated. It runs in 16 recent decks at about one copy each, which confirms it is a real, practical piece in D/D lines rather than a forgotten pick, but that frequency does not raise the score. The 500 LP once-per-turn ATK pump and the Pendulum scale rules add little to the rating, and there is no combo, guide, or resource-advantage evidence to lift the conversion or economy axes. The 2300 ATK and the high deck count do not earn points by themselves.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Live as a Normal Summonable hand or Pendulum Zone card in 16 decks, but no searcher or recorded starter route is in the evidence (observed deck count; inferred route from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The Normal Summon effect reaches a DARK Pendulum monster from the Extra Deck, but it is negated and no combo boards are supplied to show the line converting (inferred from text, no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | No card advantage, refuel, or recursion is stated; the ATK pump costs 500 LP and gives no card gain (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect is printed on the card (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 6 DARK Fiend remains a legitimate material body after its effects are negated, which is the card's most reliable value (verified from text and role inference). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The ATK pump survives the card leaving the field, but the body has no multi-zone or multi-turn redundancy and its summon is a single Normal Summon (verified from text; inference). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Typically one copy per deck (13 of 16 decks), no garnet or lock cost shown, and the Pendulum scale clause is the only restriction (observed deck distribution plus verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body / Normal + 0.3 Starter / Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 6 DARK Fiend body that stays a useful material even when its effects are negated
- Normal Summon can bring a face-up DARK Pendulum monster from the Extra Deck, though its effects are negated
- Played in 16 recent decks across 5 archetype labels, so the role is real and practical
- Usually one copy per deck, so the slot cost is low
Weaknesses
- No combo, guide, or conversion evidence supports a strong line
- The Extra Deck summon is negated, so the value is limited to the body
- 500 LP cost for the ATK pump
- Pendulum scale drops to 5 unless another D/D card is in the other Pendulum Zone
- Restricts other special summons for the rest of the turn, except D/D monsters
Counters / choke points
- Generic responses to a Normal Summon (inferred; no counter data in the evidence)
Best use
Material body with a Normal Summon route into the Extra Deck. Decks: D/D/D, D/D. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 6 DARK Fiend Pendulum Effect Monster with Pendulum Scale 8 and 1500 DEF (card text); Once per turn: pay 500 LP to give a D/D monster 500 ATK, which persists after this card leaves the field (card text); Pendulum Scale becomes 5 unless you have a D/D card in your other Pendulum Zone (card text); When Normal Summoned, may Special Summon a face-up DARK Pendulum monster from the Extra Deck with its effects negated, and only D/D monsters may be Special Summoned for the rest of the turn (card text); Appears in 16 recent decks, 13 of them with one copy (deck data)
- Observed: Co-occurs with D/D Savant Kepler, Dark Contract with the Gate and other D/D staples in 14 to 15 of 16 decks (deck data); Mostly in D/D/D lines across 5 archetype labels (deck data)
- Inferred: Normal Summon is the realistic starting route, with no searcher evidence (inferred from text); Its main value is as a DARK Level 6 material body, including when its effects are negated (inferred from text and rules)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no banlist token, so 3 copies are assumed archetype labels repeat across archetype_ids (D/D/D appears for ids 671, 16 and 235; 'Không có' for ids 382 and 746), so the per-archetype split may be unreliable deck starter counts unavailable, so DeckResilience is estimated from archetype count only