LIGHT
11Dogmatika Nexus
Archetype:
Dogmatika
ATK:
3200
DEF:
3200
View:
5482
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by its own effect. You can target 4 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and/or Link Monsters in the GYs; Special Summon this card from your hand, and if you do, banish them. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles a Special Summoned monster: Destroy all your opponent's Attack Position monsters, then inflict 800 damage to your opponent for each Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Monster destroyed by this effect.
Dogmatika Nexus — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Dogmatika Nexus is not a Normal Summonable card, so it only comes out through its own hand Special Summon, which banishes four Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link monsters from the GY. That cost makes it conditional on Extra Deck pressure, and the evidence has no combo or starter data to confirm how often that condition is met. When it does connect, the card converts a single battle into a mass Attack Position wipe plus 800 damage per destroyed Extra Deck monster, which is what earns the boss-level effect and combo scores. Its strong deck presence (392 decks, 86.5% of them with Dogmatika Ecclesia) confirms it is a real Dogmatika staple, but that inclusion is not used to raise the score. The 3200 ATK and DEF earn no points on their own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Needs its own hand Special Summon plus four Extra Deck monsters in the GY; no searcher or starter data is supplied, so it is only conditionally live (verified text, observed inclusion, inferred access). |
| Combo & Conversion | 65 | Text shows one battle clearing all Attack Position monsters and dealing 800 per destroyed Extra Deck monster, but combo data has zero boards (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Banishes four GY Extra Deck monsters as a cost and gives no refuel or card advantage back (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | Mass destruction of Attack Position monsters on a battle with a Special Summoned monster is strong but narrow and tied to combat timing (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 11 Light Spellcaster that cannot be Normal Summoned; it is not a clean generic material body (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Its hand Special Summon can be shut down by a single negation before the cost is paid, and the battle effect needs the battle to happen (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Single copy in 371 of 392 decks, no garnet, but it is only playable in Extra-Deck-heavy shells (observed copies, inferred restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Boss/End-board profile only, single primary role; no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking summon restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Mass Attack Position destruction on a single battle, verified from text
- Damage scales with the number of Extra Deck monsters destroyed, verified from text
- Present in 392 recent decks and about 86% of decks with its top partner, observed
- Single-copy inclusion with no garnet requirement, observed
Weaknesses
- Requires four Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link monsters in the GY to summon, verified from text
- Hand Special Summon depends on a live Extra Deck GY, which is conditional in practice, inferred
- Effect needs a battle involving a Special Summoned monster, verified from text
- No combo or starter evidence to confirm practical conversion, verified from data gaps
Counters / choke points
- Negating the hand Special Summon effect before the GY banish cost is paid (inferred from text)
- Stopping the battle so the Damage Step effect never triggers (inferred from text)
Best use
Boss/End-board finisher that clears the field after a battle. Decks: Dogmatika (archetype 735), Dogmatika (archetype 179), Branded. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set; Special Summoned only by its own effect; Hand Special Summon requires targeting and banishing four Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Link monsters in the GY; Damage Step battle effect destroys all opponent Attack Position monsters and deals 800 per destroyed Extra Deck monster; 392 of 392 recent decks run it, 371 of them with one copy
- Observed: Dogmatika archetype (173 decks) and Branded (36 decks) are the main homes; Top partners appear in roughly 57% to 87% of decks
- Inferred: Practical access depends on Extra Deck monsters being in the GY; Single-negate vulnerability to the hand Special Summon
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only