DARK
8Darkstorm Dragon
ATK:
2700
DEF:
2500
View:
4446
This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal Monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect Monster with this effect. ● Once per turn: You can send 1 face-up Spell/Trap Card you control to the Graveyard; destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field.
Darkstorm Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 52 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Darkstorm Dragon is a Level 8 Gemini body whose real value is one once-per-turn effect: send a face-up Spell/Trap you control to the GY to destroy every Spell and Trap on the field. That is strong backrow removal, but the cost is your own face-up S/T and the wipe is symmetric, so it trades cards rather than generating advantage. Its 2700 ATK earns nothing on its own; the score rests on the sweeper effect and on a reasonably generic Level 8 body that stays usable as material when its effect is negated. Combo evidence is absent, so combo conversion is scored from text alone and held low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Gemini Normal Summon is reliable and the card runs in 25 recent decks across 14 archetypes, but no searcher or combo evidence shows a guaranteed route to it (observed deck presence, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No recorded boards exist (combos_evidence.total_combos = 0), so the card builds only a one-for-one board wipe and no extra bodies (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | It costs a face-up S/T you control and destroys every S/T on the field, so the net card balance is roughly even or negative (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | A once-per-turn, hard-to-dodge sweep of all backrow is a strong answer to Spell/Trap-heavy boards, though it is blind to monsters (verified from text, inferred for matchup value). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 8 DARK Dragon Normal Monster remains a usable material body even with its effect negated, since the level and attribute still apply (verified from text, inferred for material routes). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single-copy effect on a 2700-ATK body is easily shut down by one negation and has no redundancy in its effect (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | One or two copies, no garnet or lock requirements, and it slots in as a Normal Monster in many lists (observed copies avg 1.16, 21 of 25 decks run one copy). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Board breaker / Going-second profile, single primary role, no secondary blend applied to weights. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 52, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn board-wide Spell/Trap destruction that answers backrow-heavy strategies
- Level 8 DARK Dragon body that stays usable as material when its effect is negated
- Runs across 14 archetypes with minimal garnet cost (1.16 copies avg)
Weaknesses
- Requires a face-up Spell/Trap you control as the cost, and the wipe is symmetric
- Does not build a board or generate card advantage on its own
- Fragile to a single negation of its effect
Counters / choke points
- Spell/Trap-light or monster-heavy boards that have little backrow to destroy
- Negation of the Gemini effect in response to activation
Best use
Board breaker / backrow sweeper and Level 8 material body. Decks: Dual Avatar, Blue-Eyes, Tachyon, Chemicritter. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: once-per-turn send 1 face-up S/T you control to GY to destroy all S/T on the field; Text: treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on field or GY; Normal Summon to become Effect Monster; Level 8 DARK Dragon, ATK 2700 / DEF 2500, legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks
- Observed: Present in 25 recent decks, 14 distinct archetypes, 84% in gameplay type 7; Average 1.16 copies per deck (21 decks run 1, 4 run 2); Top partners include Supervise and Blazewing Butterfly at 56% co-occurrence
- Inferred: Board-wipe value is strongest against backrow-heavy strategies; Level 8 material use remains valid when the effect is negated; A single negation is enough to shut down the effect
- 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 top_card_context not supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited)