WATER
2Dupe Frog
Archetype:
Frog
ATK:
100
DEF:
2000
View:
4362
This card's name becomes "Des Frog" while it is on the field. Monsters your opponent controls cannot target monsters for attacks, except this one. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can add 1 "Frog" monster from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand, except "Dupe Frog".
Dupe Frog — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Dupe Frog's value is its graveyard trigger: when it is sent from the field to the Graveyard it adds a Frog monster from Deck or GY to hand, so it converts a field presence into a replacement body (verified from card text). The observed deck data confirms it is a near-universal staple in this sample (in 400 of 400 decks, 1.92 copies on average, Frog archetype 36.2%), which supports accessibility and deckbuilding cost but does not by itself raise the score (guardrail 3). Its field effect, which stops opponent monsters from attacking it, is narrow interaction and earns little. High ATK and DEF earn nothing here; the 100 ATK body is worth only as a Level 2 material and search trigger.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at 1.92 copies average, with Frog at 36.2% and Spright, Monarch and Nimble also running it; the card is a Level 2 body that is live in hand, but no combo data confirms the route (inferred from deck data; observed in decks). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No combo boards were supplied, so conversion is text-only: a graveyard send fetches a Frog monster, which converts to a further body (inferred from card text; no combo examples available). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The graveyard trigger replaces the card with a Frog monster from Deck or GY, a net gain of one card in hand only once it reaches the graveyard (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The only field effect prevents opponent monsters from attacking monsters other than this one, a narrow protection rather than negation or removal (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | Level 2 WATER Aqua with 100 ATK is a clean generic Level 2 material body, which converts even when its effect is negated, but the body is weak (verified from card stats; inferred conversion). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Its trigger is graveyard-based, so it works from field, discard or material sends across zones, yet the field effect is fragile and has no recovery (inferred from card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Running 1 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock requirement, and a Frog search that is flexible across 27 archetypes, makes it cheap to play (observed from deck data; banlist token missing, assumed 3 copies). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Graveyard-trigger search fetches a Frog monster from Deck or GY, converting a single send into a further body
- Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 27 archetypes, so it fits almost any build
- Level 2 WATER Aqua body is a flexible generic material
- Cheap to run, with no garnet or lock restriction
Weaknesses
- Field effect is narrow attack protection and is not negation or removal
- 100 ATK body contributes little on its own
- No combo boards supplied, so conversion rests on text and deck data alone
- Search depends on Frog archetype monsters being present in Deck or GY
Counters / choke points
- Opponent interaction that stops the card leaving the field or its graveyard trigger from resolving
- Opponent removal or negation of the card on the field before it is sent to the graveyard
Best use
Graveyard-triggered Frog searcher and Level 2 material body. Decks: Frog, Spright, Monarch, Nimble, Heroic.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Graveyard trigger adds a Frog monster from Deck or GY to hand, except Dupe Frog (card text); Field effect prevents opponent monsters attacking monsters other than this one (card text); Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, avg 1.92 copies (deck data)
- Observed: Frog 36.2%, Spright 17.2%, Monarch 14.2% of sampled decks (deck data); Swap Frog co-occurs in 99.8% of decks (deck data); Usage statistics show 50% inclusion in Frog gameplay type 7, typical 3 copies (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Frog search converts the graveyard send into a further body; conversion is not confirmed by combo boards; Narrow attack protection earns little interaction value
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) average starter count when present unavailable, so deck resilience is inferred from archetype spread