EARTH
4Dogu
ATK:
1900
DEF:
0
View:
2859
During the End Phase, if this card is in the Graveyard because it was sent there by an opponent's card effect this turn while in your possession: You can add, from your Deck to your hand, 1 monster with a different Level from the monsters you control and the monsters in your Graveyard. You can only use this effect of "Dogu" once per turn.
Dogu — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 12 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 42 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Dogu is a conditional, reactive searcher: its End Phase search only works if an opponent's card effect sends it to the Graveyard while you control it, so it is rarely live in a planned line. When the condition is met it converts a dead body into a different-Level monster from the Deck, which earns the resource and searcher credit. Its 1900 ATK and vanilla-like Level 4 EARTH body earn nothing on their own; the low score comes from the trigger condition, the once-per-turn limit, and the absence of any deck or combo evidence.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 30 | Only live after an opponent's card effect sends it to the GY on your side of the turn, so it is not reliably in hand or on board (verified from card text; no deck or combo stats). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The search adds one monster from the Deck, a one-for-one conversion with no stated board build or combo steps (inferred from text; no combo evidence). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | When the trigger is met it turns the card into a monster search, a plus-one card gain, but it is conditional and once per turn (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The effect punishes an opponent's effect-based removal but does not negate, destroy, or stop anything, so there is no direct interaction (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 4 EARTH Rock body with 1900 ATK is a usable generic material, and its search still matters if the effect is negated only in terms of the trigger (verified from stats; inferred for the negation case). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Battle destruction, or any removal that is not an opponent card effect, does not enable the trigger, and the effect is limited to once per turn (verified from card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | No garnet, lock, or self-restriction in the text; the banlist token is missing, so the card is assumed to be legal at three copies (inferred; data gap). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 42, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Intrinsic
Strengths
- Converts a dead Graveyard body into a Deck-to-hand monster search when the trigger is met
- Generic Level 4 EARTH Rock body with clean material fit
- Cheap to run: no garnet or lock text, so it can be played as a single copy in most lists
Weaknesses
- Needs an opponent's card effect to send it to your Graveyard during the turn, so it is often inactive
- Once per turn and End Phase timing only
- Battle destruction and non-effect removal do not trigger it
- No deck, combo, or guide evidence to show it is played or effective in practice
Counters / choke points
- Opponent's battle destruction or non-effect removal (does not satisfy the trigger; inferred from text)
- Opponent's effects that are played in a way that avoids sending it to the Graveyard (inferred from text)
Best use
Reactive searcher that rewards opponent's effect-based removal (inferred, no deck evidence). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect Monster, Level 4, EARTH Rock, 1900 ATK / 0 DEF from card text; Search condition: End Phase, in GY because sent by an opponent's card effect this turn while in your possession; Search target: 1 monster with a different Level from your monsters and Graveyard monsters, from Deck to hand; Once per turn limit; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks
- Inferred: Searcher/Tutor is the primary role; the trigger makes the card reactive, not a standard searcher; Battle destruction and non-effect removal do not satisfy the condition; Three copies assumed legal in all formats (no banlist token)
- Data gaps: no decks supplied, so deck/synergy signals are unavailable 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 unknown no archetype, so generic utility is set by the 0-archetype proxy no ruling or FAQ data for the 'in your possession' and 'sent by an opponent's card effect' wording