EARTH
6Dododo Warrior
Archetype:
Dododo
ATK:
2300
DEF:
900
View:
3766
You can Normal Summon this card without Tributing, but its original ATK becomes 1800. If this card attacks, negate all card effects that activate in the opponent's Graveyard, until the end of the Damage Step.
Dododo Warrior — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Dododo Warrior converts a free Normal Summon into a 1800-ATK attacker that negates opponent Graveyard effects while it attacks, and it is reliably played as a 3-copy staple across 14 archetypes in the sample. Its score comes from accessibility and deck cost, not from its ATK: the attack-only, Graveyard-only, until-Damage-Step negation is narrow interaction, and with no combo or guide evidence there is no measured conversion into a board. High base stats earn no points, and the card is not a real starter or payoff in the supplied data.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Summonable without Tribute from hand per card text, and in 64 recent decks at 2.7 copies on average (observed; the no-Tribute route is verified, the hand-reliability read is inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No recorded boards, so conversion is text-only: a single body that attacks and negates Graveyard effects, with no stated follow-up (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | No card advantage, search, or Graveyard refuel in the text; it is a body, not a recursion engine (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Negates opponent Graveyard effects only, only when it attacks, and only until the end of the Damage Step; situational and narrow (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A plain Level 6 Warrior with no Tuner tag; generic material fit, but it has no effect-independent material value beyond its level and race (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Its interaction depends on surviving to attack; a removal or negation before the Battle Phase ends it, and its ATK drops to 1800 without Tribute (verified from text, inferred for interaction). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | No garnet or lock; 3 copies are typical in 53 of 64 decks, and it spans 14 archetypes (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body (default Utility profile blended with Material body). Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Summonable without Tributing (verified from card text)
- Attack-triggered negation of opponent Graveyard effects (verified from card text)
- Appears in 64 recent decks across 14 archetypes, typically at 3 copies (observed)
- Co-occurs with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and Called by the Grave in most of its decks (observed)
Weaknesses
- Negation works only while it attacks, and only for Graveyard effects (verified from card text)
- Its ATK drops to 1800 when Normal Summoned without Tribute (verified from card text)
- No recorded combo boards, so its conversion is unproven (data gap)
- Interaction ends at the end of the Damage Step (verified from card text)
Counters / choke points
- Removing or negating it before it reaches the Battle Phase (inferred)
- Effects that punish or stop the attack itself (inferred)
Best use
Utility attacker with Graveyard-effect interaction during battle. Decks: Onomat, Ryzeal, Utopia, Dododo. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summonable without Tributing, with ATK becoming 1800 (card text); Attack-triggered negation of opponent Graveyard effects until the end of the Damage Step (card text)
- Observed: In 64 recent decks at 2.7 copies on average; 3 copies in 53 decks; Spans 14 archetypes; Onomat is the largest home at 40.6%; Frequent partners: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Called by the Grave, Onomatopaira
- Inferred: Reliable access from hand through the no-Tribute Normal Summon; Interaction value is limited by its attack-only, Graveyard-only scope
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only No guides supplied No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) available No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No official rulings supplied for the attack-timing negation