Spell
FieldDragonic Pendulum
Archetype:
Pendulum
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All "Dracoslayer" monsters on the field gain 300 ATK/DEF. You can only use each of the following effects of "Dragonic Pendulum" once per turn. If a Dragon "Dracoslayer" monster you control activates its effect (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it. If this card on the field is destroyed: You can either add to your hand or Special Summon 1 "Dracoslayer" or "Dracoverlord" monster from your Deck.
Dragonic Pendulum — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Dragonic Pendulum is a Field Spell whose main value is a once-per-turn destruction of any card on the field, gated on a Dracoslayer monster you control activating its effect. Its destruction trigger adds a second value: it recovers one Dracoslayer or Dracoverlord from the Deck, so it converts Dracoslayer activations into removal and then into recovery. The +300 ATK/DEF buff, the 137-deck count and the partner co-occurrence add no points on their own, because they show the card is played, not that it is strong here.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | No searcher or route into the Field Spell is listed in the evidence, and no starter or searched stats exist, but 137 recent decks run it, mostly at one copy (verified deck stat; combo access inferred, no combo data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | The destroy effect and the destruction recovery are text-stated; no combo board or power index data shows the conversion (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | Destroying an opposing card is a one-for-zero exchange, and the destruction trigger returns one Dracoslayer or Dracoverlord, which is the card's strongest recovery (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | The destroy effect hits any card on the field once per turn, but it requires a Dracoslayer activation and cannot target in the Damage Step, so it is conditional rather than free interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Field Spell cannot be Extra Deck material, and no material data exists (verified from frame type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Field-zone presence dies to removal, but the destruction trigger still returns value; the ATK buff and destroy effect are lost off-field (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One slot, one copy in 114 of 137 decks, but the effect is archetype-bound to Dracoslayer, so it is a restriction on the deck (observed deck stat; restriction inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn destroy of any field card, which is flexible removal
- Destruction trigger recovers a Dracoslayer or Dracoverlord from the Deck, so the card still gives value after it leaves the field
- One slot, usually one copy, low deckbuilding cost in the Dracoslayer shell
Weaknesses
- Destroy effect needs a Dracoslayer monster activation, so it is not free interaction
- Field Spell exposed to opposing field removal; no searcher listed in the evidence
- Value is tied to Dracoslayer, with weak off-theme function
Counters / choke points
- Negating the Dracoslayer activation that gates the destroy effect (inferred from text)
- Opposing removal of the Field Spell is answered by its destruction trigger, so it is mitigated rather than stopped (inferred)
Best use
Board breaker with a recovery trigger inside a Dracoslayer shell. Decks: Dracoslayer, Majespecter. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Destroy any card on the field, once per turn, when a Dracoslayer monster you control activates its effect (not in the Damage Step); If this card is destroyed on the field, add or Special Summon one Dracoslayer or Dracoverlord from the Deck; All Dracoslayer monsters on the field gain 300 ATK/DEF; Used in 137 recent decks, 114 at one copy (average 1.26)
- Observed: Co-occurs with Dracoslayer partners in 90% or more of decks; Appears in 97.8% of decks with Ignister Prominence
- Inferred: Destroy effect is conditional removal, not free interaction; Destruction trigger makes the card resilient in value terms; Field access route exists through Dracoslayer decks, but no searcher is in the evidence
- Data gaps: 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 from the deck sample only no searcher or route into the Field Spell in the evidence, so accessibility is inferred