EARTH
2Danipon
ATK:
600
DEF:
600
View:
2740
When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: You can add 1 Insect monster with 1000 or less DEF from your Deck to your hand.
Danipon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 43 ± 12 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Danipon is a 2-level, 600 ATK/DEF Earth Insect whose only effect converts its own battle destruction into one Insect search, so it earns value only after it has already lost a battle. The score comes from that one-for-one search and a cheap, generic body, not from its low stats. No decks, combos or guides were supplied, so the deck layer is absent and the score is provisional.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 30 | Usually live as a cheap Level 2 hand body, but the search only turns on after battle destruction, and it cannot find itself or fetch anything beyond Insects with 1000 or less DEF (verified text, inference on live routes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The effect converts a battle loss into one searched Insect, a card-for-card replacement with no board or follow-up text in the evidence (verified text, inference). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The trigger sends the card to the GY and adds one Insect, so it nets a card after losing it in battle (verified text, inference). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Level 2 Earth Insect is a generic low-level material, but its body has no text that adds value once the effect is negated (verified level and attribute, inference on material use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The effect works from the GY, so field-only negation does not stop it, but it depends on a battle destruction happening and can be stopped by GY hate (inference from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It is a single generic Insect with no garnet, lock or self-restriction, so it is cheap to run and splashable across Insect decks (verified text, inference). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Searcher/Tutor, no secondary blend applied (secondary Recovery is not weighted). Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Final = Intrinsic (no decks and no combos supplied; Deck = null)
Strengths
- Converts battle destruction into an Insect search from the GY, so the card still produces value after it loses a fight
- Cheap Level 2 generic body with no garnet or lock cost
- Effect works from the GY, so it resists field-only negation
Weaknesses
- Needs a battle destruction to fire, so it is weak in boards where it cannot be attacked into or battled
- Search target limited to Insects with 1000 or less DEF, so the hit depends on the Insect pool
- Low stats with no on-field effect, so it adds little pressure on its own
Counters / choke points
- GY hate or GY-zone negation that stops the GY trigger
- Opponent battle lines that avoid destroying it
Best use
Searcher/Tutor, GY-triggered by battle destruction, in Insect-based decks. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 2 Effect Monster, 600 ATK / 600 DEF, EARTH, Insect; Effect: when destroyed by battle and sent to the GY, add 1 Insect with 1000 or less DEF from Deck to hand; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks; no legal copy limit supplied (assumed 3)
- Inferred: Primary role is a GY-triggered Searcher/Tutor, not a hand trap or board breaker; The score rests on the card-for-card search and cheap body, not stats; Insect pool with 1000 or less DEF determines how often the search hits
- Data gaps: no decks supplied, so deck and synergy signals are unavailable no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is unknown Size of the Insect pool with 1000 or less DEF is not in the evidence, so search hit rate is unverified