DARK
4Dark Blade
Archetype:
Dark World
ATK:
1800
DEF:
1500
View:
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They say he is a dragon-manipulating warrior from the dark world. His attack is tremendous, using his great swords with vicious power.
Dark Blade — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal
Why it scores here
Dark Blade is a vanilla Normal Monster: its description is flavor text with no effect, so it converts nothing beyond its body. Its score comes from being a clean, unblankable Level 4 DARK Warrior that is easy to run and appears in 51 of the sampled decks, mostly in Black Luster Soldier shells. Its 1800 ATK and rarity earn no points, and the 51-deck frequency confirms it is a playable body, not a strong one.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Main-deck in 51 of 51 sampled decks, but it has no searcher or draw route in the evidence, so it is only live when drawn naturally (observed for deck presence; inferred for the lack of any route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No combo boards and no effect text, so it builds nothing on its own (verified: type Normal Monster, no effect; combo data total 0). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | No effect, so no card advantage, refuel or recovery; it is a plain body (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect and no interaction of any kind (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | Level 4 DARK Warrior is a generic material fit by its stats, and being vanilla it can never be blanked (verified for the stats and the absence of effect; the specific material routes are inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Immune to negation because it has no effect, but it offers no redundancy or value across turns, so it is a dead body in most spots (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | A single-copy normal monster with no garnet, lock or restriction; avg 1.43 copies per deck, so it is easy to splash (observed for copy counts; inferred for splashability). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role only (Material body / Normal); no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Vanilla body cannot be blanked, so its material value is never lost to negation (verified: Normal Monster, no effect text).
- Clean, cheap to run: single copy in most decks, no garnet or lock (observed in deck copy distribution).
- Present across 18 archetype homes in the sample, though most are single-deck entries (observed).
Weaknesses
- No effect: no search, draw, negation or board presence beyond its stats (verified from text).
- No combo or conversion evidence; its only role is a material or attack body (verified: combo data total 0).
- Inclusion is concentrated in Black Luster Soldier decks (about 41% of sampled decks), so its frequency reflects that shell rather than independent power (observed).
Best use
Level 4 generic material body (inferred from level, attribute and race). Decks: Black Luster Soldier. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card type is Normal Monster, Level 4, DARK, Warrior, 1800/1500, with no effect text in the description (flavor text only).; Present in 51 of 51 sampled decks as a main-deck card, with an average of 1.43 copies per deck.
- Observed: Black Luster Soldier archetype accounts for 21 of 51 decks (41.2%), and its top partners are Black Luster Soldier support cards.; Recorded in 18 distinct archetype homes, most with only one or two decks.
- Inferred: Generic Level 4 DARK Warrior body that converts as material regardless of negation.; No practical searcher or draw route exists in the evidence, so accessibility depends on natural draws.
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference. No guides supplied. No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % is from the 51-deck sample only. No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited). Description is flavor text with no effect; legal copies is empty for all formats.