DARK
4Dragard
ATK:
1300
DEF:
1900
View:
3060
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Normal Monster with 1000 or less ATK in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in face-up Defense Position. Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 Dragon-Type monster, then target 1 face-up monster you control; until the End Phase, its Level becomes 8, and if it does, it gains 800 ATK.
Dragard — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50.3 · Deck: 50.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Dragard is a 4-level DARK Dragon whose text gives a Normal Summon trigger (revive one Normal monster of 1000 ATK or less from the Graveyard in Defense Position) and a once-per-turn Dragon-Tribute Level-8 change. It converts into a second body and a Level 8 option, but both effects are conditional and there is no combo or card-advantage evidence in the pack. Its 1300 ATK and 1900 DEF earn nothing; the score reflects the body's routes and its light deck cost, not its stats.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Normal Summon trigger with a Level 4 body that is live in hand, and it appears in 4 of 4 sampled decks at 1–2 copies, but no starter role or searched-for role data exists (inferred from text and deck sample). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The text yields one extra body plus an optional Level 8 change that costs a Dragon Tribute; with no combo data the conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Graveyard revive of a Normal monster is a body recovery rather than card advantage, and the Tribute is a real cost; no netCardAdvantage data (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or opponent-facing effect; the Level change targets only a monster the controller owns (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Dragon-type Level 4 body with an optional Level 8 change gives Level flexibility for Level-based summons; no material role stats are supplied (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Both effects are once per turn or summon-triggered with no redundancy evidence, and the body is easy to answer with a single negate (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | No garnet or lock text and no restriction beyond a Dragon-type Tribute, and it runs at 1–2 copies in observed decks (observed/verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body / Normal. Intrinsic ≈ 50.3, Deck ≈ 50.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live Normal Summon trigger on a Level 4 body
- Appears in all 4 sampled decks, all in Dragon-heavy shells, which confirms a real and practical role
- Cheap to run at 1–2 copies with no garnet or lock text
Weaknesses
- The Level 8 effect needs a Dragon Tribute, which costs a body
- The Normal Monster revive target is limited to 1000 ATK or less
- No interaction, so it does nothing against the opponent's board
- No combo or card-advantage evidence in the pack
Counters / choke points
- Single-target negation or removal once it is on the field
- Board breakers that hit the summoned body
Best use
Combo enabler: a second body on Normal Summon and a Level 8 option for Level-based summons. Decks: Hieratic (Dragon shell), Horus, Bystial/Byssted.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon trigger: target 1 Normal Monster with 1000 or less ATK in your Graveyard and Special Summon it in face-up Defense Position (card text); Once per turn: Tribute 1 Dragon-Type monster, then target 1 face-up monster you control; its Level becomes 8 until End Phase, and it gains 800 ATK if so (card text); Appears in 4 of 4 sampled decks at 1–2 copies (avg 1.5) (deck sample)
- Observed: Co-occurs with Hieratic Dragon cluster partners in all 4 sampled decks (deck sample)
- Inferred: Level 8 option can serve Level-based summons (text-only inference, no combo data); Generic Dragon body with low deck cost (inference from text and deck sample)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion and role frequency are text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion inferred from a 4-deck sample only Card archetype is null, so the Hieratic association is deck co-occurrence and not archetype membership