EARTH
Dragon Gate
ATK:
1100
DEF:
2800
View:
1562
2 Level 6 monsters Once per turn, you can also Xyz Summon "Dragon Gate" by using 1 Rank 3 or lower Xyz Monster you control (transfer its materials). Cannot be used as material for an Xyz Summon the turn it was Xyz Summoned. Once per turn: You can activate this effect; for the rest of this turn, this card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each, also detach any number of materials from this card, and if you do, it gains 1000 ATK for each card type (Monster, Spell, or Trap) detached, and if it does, any monsters your opponent currently controls lose that much ATK.
Dragon Gate — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Dragon Gate is a Rank 6 Xyz whose main value is its text: it can be Xyz Summoned by detaching a Rank 3 or lower Xyz's materials, which converts an existing Xyz board into a Rank 6 without a full extra-deck rebuild, and its once-per-turn effect lets it attack all opposing monsters and gain ATK from detached materials. It is run in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 69 archetypes, so it is a real, practical card, but that frequency only confirms accessibility. The 1100 ATK and 2800 DEF earn nothing, and the lack of combo evidence keeps combo conversion at a text-based inference. Its ATK reduction and attack-all effects are soft interaction, not negation, which keeps the interaction score low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs a Rank 3 or lower Xyz already on the field to use the transfer route, but it is in all 400 sampled decks, so it is usually reachable (observed deck inclusion, route inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text shows a Rank 3 to Rank 6 conversion and a one-card attack-all finisher, but no recorded boards exist to confirm the payoff (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Material transfer keeps the board intact and detaching materials for ATK is a real use of the Xyz, but nothing draws or refuels cards (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | The effect only reduces opposing monsters' ATK when materials are detached; it does not negate or destroy anything (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | Only a Level 6 Xyz body, it cannot be used on the turn it was Xyz Summoned, and no material-use evidence was supplied (verified from text, partly inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Its value depends on keeping materials on the field; a single negation shuts the effect off, but the transfer route gives it multiple entry points (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One Extra Deck slot, mostly single copies (average 1.18), and no garnet or lock restriction (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Transfers Xyz materials from a Rank 3 or lower Xyz to Summon a Rank 6, keeping the board going
- Appears in all 400 sampled decks across 69 archetypes, so it is practical and portable
- Once-per-turn attack-all plus ATK boost gives a finisher without needing negation
- Single Extra Deck slot with low copy count and no garnet restriction
Weaknesses
- Needs a Rank 3 or lower Xyz already on the field for its main route
- Cannot be used as material on the turn it was Xyz Summoned
- Its disruption is ATK reduction only, with no negation or removal
- Its main effect is inert once its materials are gone or the effect is negated
- No recorded combo boards, so its real conversion is unconfirmed
Counters / choke points
- Negation of its effect (the body is left as a 1100 ATK Rank 6 with no effect)
- Opponent Xyz or monster removal before it can attack
Best use
Extra Deck Xyz that converts a lower-rank Xyz into a Rank 6 and ends the game by attacking all opposing monsters. Decks: Temple of the Kings, Apophis, Dominus, Primite, Mimighoul. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Rank 6 Xyz, EARTH Zombie, 1100 ATK / 2800 DEF, legal in TCG and OCG; Transfer-material Xyz Summon from a Rank 3 or lower Xyz is in the card text; Once-per-turn attack-all, detach-for-ATK, and opponent ATK reduction are in the card text; Run in 400 of 400 sampled decks at average 1.18 copies
- Observed: Ran in 69 distinct archetypes; 91.8% of decks use gameplay type 7; Strong co-occurrence with S:P Little Knight (67.8%) and Infinite Impermanence (66.8%), which shows deck fit but not power; StatisticsCard inclusion of 100% in four archetypes, which shows consistent inclusion, not strength
- Inferred: Transfer route is a practical extender route in Xyz-heavy decks; Attack-all plus detach-for-ATK can be a finisher when it is live; Reduced practicality when the card is negated or stripped of materials
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) guide mention is about a different deck (Call of the Haunted), so it gives little role evidence no starter count supplied, so DeckResilience relies on archetype spread alone