FIRE
7Dragonic Knight
ATK:
2800
DEF:
2300
View:
3185
When the effect of an opponent's monster is activated that targets and destroys a card(s) you control, you can send the targeted card(s) to the Graveyard to Special Summon this card from your hand.
Dragonic Knight — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Hand trap
Why it scores here
Dragonic Knight's 2800 ATK and Level 7 body earn little on their own. The score comes from a narrow hand trap that only answers an opponent monster effect that targets and destroys, and it returns a body from hand. The 8 sample decks confirm a real Vaylantz home, but deck presence confirms accessibility rather than power. There is no combo evidence, so the mid-40s rest on rubric inference, not observed board conversion.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Live from hand on the opponent's turn with 8 sample decks at 1.12 average copies, but no combo starter or searched data confirms practical routes (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text only: one hand Special Summon of a 2800-ATK body, with no recorded board conversion in any combo (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | It sends only the card(s) the opponent was already destroying and returns a body, so it is roughly even to slightly positive (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | It stops targeted destruction by monster effects only; non-monster and untargeted removal do not trigger it (verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 7 FIRE Dragon is a usable generic material, but it is an Effect Monster with no recorded material use (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | It is live only when the opponent makes a targeted monster-effect destruction, so most turns it is dead, and negating the trigger blanks it (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | One copy in a hand-trap slot with no garnet or lock cost, but the narrow trigger makes it a specific slot rather than a free-roll (inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Hand trap, no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Summons a 2800-ATK Level 7 FIRE Dragon body from hand at no real card cost
- Turns the opponent's targeted monster-effect destruction into a body on your side
- Appears in 8 sample decks across 5 archetypes, so the card has more than one home
- Single-copy usage keeps the slot cost low
Weaknesses
- Trigger is narrow: only an opponent monster effect that both targets and destroys
- No combo evidence, so board conversion is text-only
- Dead on turns when the opponent makes no such targeted destruction
- Negating the triggering effect stops the Special Summon
Counters / choke points
- Negating the triggering monster effect stops the Special Summon (inferred)
- Spell or trap destruction and untargeted destruction do not trigger it (verified)
Best use
Hand trap against targeted monster-effect destruction. Decks: Vaylantz. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Trigger requires an opponent monster effect that targets and destroys cards you control; Special Summon is from hand by sending the targeted card(s) to the Graveyard; Average 1.12 copies per sample deck, 8 of 8 decks running it in main
- Observed: Appears in 8 sample decks across 5 archetypes, 4 of them Vaylantz; Top partners are Vaylantz cards in 4 of 8 decks; No combos, guides or usage statistics recorded
- Inferred: Primary role is Hand trap based on the trigger text; Interaction is narrow, so effect_interaction sits in the 40s; Body value is a generic Level 7 FIRE material, but no recorded material use exists
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion is inferred from the 8-deck sample only gameplay type 7 is not mapped to a named format chain timing for the trigger is unverified against rulings no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed