EARTH
6Dododo Buster
Archetype:
Dododo
ATK:
1900
DEF:
800
View:
3652
If only your opponent controls a monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). If Summoned this way, its Level becomes 4. When this card is Tribute Summoned: You can target 1 "Dododo" monster in your GY; Special Summon that target in Defense Position.
Dododo Buster — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Dododo Buster is a conditional body: it can be Special Summoned from hand only while the opponent controls a monster, and it becomes Level 4 when summoned that way. Its Tribute Summon effect revives one Dododo monster from the GY in Defense Position, so its value is a modest Dododo-locked recursion rather than a board-converting engine. The 1900 ATK and 30-deck presence do not earn points on their own; the score reflects a 1-copy, low-cost body with weak card advantage and no interaction, and the evidence is text-only for combo conversion.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Hand-summonable only while the opponent controls a monster, and it is main-deck in all 30 sampled decks at about 1.3 copies (observed; the condition is verified from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No recorded boards, so conversion is text-only: a Tribute Summon plus one GY Dododo revive is a single-step follow-up (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The GY revive returns one Dododo monster, but there is no search, draw, or net advantage, so resource gain is modest (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 4 when hand-summoned gives a usable material body, but the Level change only applies in one summon route, so the value is awkward (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A plain monster with no protection against a single removal or negation; the hand-summon condition and GY revive give some multi-zone reach (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Single-copy inclusion, average 1.3 copies, no garnet or lock restriction, and splashable across the sampled decks (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery / Recursion + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand-summonable under a simple opponent-board condition
- Revives a Dododo monster from the GY in Defense Position
- Level 4 when hand-summoned gives a usable material body
- Cheap to run: single copy, no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- No search, draw, or interaction
- Dododo-locked recursion limits its value outside that archetype
- Level change only applies when summoned via its own effect
- Single body, easy to remove
Counters / choke points
- Standard monster removal
- Negation of the hand-summon or Tribute Summon effect
Best use
Dododo recursion body and Level 4 material in Onomat/Gagaga-style decks. Decks: Onomat, Gagaga, Utopia, Crystrons. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon is conditional on the opponent controlling a monster; Level becomes 4 when Special Summoned by this effect; Tribute Summon effect revives one Dododo monster from the GY in Defense Position; No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect
- Observed: Main deck in 30 of 30 sampled decks; Average 1.3 copies per deck, max 3; Nine distinct archetypes across the sample; Top partners include Onomatopaira at 90 percent co-occurrence
- Inferred: Recursion is the primary role because the GY revive is its main value; Level 4 hand-summon makes it a usable material body; Single-step follow-up from the Tribute Summon effect
- Data gaps: 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 inferred from the deck sample only