WIND
8Dragonroid
Archetype:
roid
ATK:
2900
DEF:
1000
View:
3199
Once per turn, if this card is in your GY: You can make this card become a Dragon monster while in the GY, until the end of this turn. You can discard this card, then activate 1 of these effects; ● Add 1 non-WIND "roid" monster from your Deck to your hand. ● This turn, the activation of your cards and effects that include an effect that Fusion Summons a Fusion Monster cannot be negated, also your opponent cannot activate cards or effects when a monster is Fusion Summoned this way. You can only use this effect of "Dragonroid" once per turn.
Dragonroid — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 10 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Dragonroid's value is a graveyard-activated search for a non-WIND 'roid' monster, plus a minor Fusion Summon protection clause. It converts into a single roid body per activation, which is a real but narrow engine piece. Its 2900 ATK earns no points; the score rests on the search being live in 57 recent decks (3 copies in 54 of them, mostly Speedroid and Kaiju homes) and on the 1-for-1 graveyard conversion. The lack of any recorded combos and the unresolved discard-cost wording cap confidence.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Three copies run in 54 of 57 decks, but the search only fires once it reaches the graveyard, and the access route is inferred because no combo starters were recorded (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text converts one activation into one roid monster added to hand, with no recorded board, combo examples or power_index to show a larger payoff (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Discarding a dead graveyard card to search one monster is a card-for-card conversion that nets a card, consistent with the text and not with any measured netCardAdvantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | The only interaction is making Fusion Summons of the chosen monster uncounterable and blocking responses, which is narrow and situational (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Machine, Level 8, WIND, 2900 ATK; no as_material data exists, and the body is not a clean generic material as it is attribute-restricted to roid (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | A graveyard-only effect is naturally out of reach of most hand traps, but there is no tested redundancy or multi-zone evidence (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Average 2.91 copies per deck, no garnet or lock text, and partners such as Meteor Rush - Monochroid appear in 63% of decks; the card is cheap to run within its archetypes (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Graveyard-activated search for a non-WIND roid monster, which gives a 1-for-1 conversion from a dead card
- Live in 57 recent decks across 7 archetypes, with 3 copies in most of them
- Cheap to run: no garnet or lock text and a 3-copy average
Weaknesses
- Search only fires once the card is in the graveyard, so the access route depends on other cards
- Narrow archetype lock: the target must be a non-WIND roid monster
- Its Fusion Summon protection is minor and situational
- No recorded combos, so the conversion into a larger board is unproven
Counters / choke points
- Graveyard-zone disruption, which the search depends on
- Searching the deck is not the limit; the card needs to be in the graveyard first
Best use
Graveyard search for a roid monster in roid-based decks. Decks: Speedroid, Kaiju, Assault Mode, Cyberdark, Cyber Dragon. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Search and Fusion protection effects are as written in the card text; Copies per deck average 2.91 across 57 decks, with 3 copies in 54 decks; Partner frequencies from top_partners
- Observed: Live in 57 recent decks across 7 archetypes; Meteor Rush - Monochroid appears in 63.2% of decks
- Inferred: The access route to the graveyard is through other cards; Material value of a Level 8 WIND Machine is awkward; Deckbuilding cost is low
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for inclusion % across archetypes the first effect says 'if this card is in your GY' but the second says 'discard this card' as a cost, which is a rules/timing question with no rulings supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed