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NormalEmblem of Dragon Destroyer
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Add 1 "Buster Blader" from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand.
Emblem of Dragon Destroyer — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
The card is a one-for-one Spell that reliably puts Buster Blader into hand from either the Deck or the Graveyard, so its value is access to a single engine card rather than any board or interaction of its own. Accessibility scores well because the search works from two zones and the card appears in 88 sampled decks, but the score is capped by its dependence on Buster Blader being present. High ATK on the target earns nothing by itself; the score comes from how often the search converts into a live Buster Blader line. No combo data was supplied, so the conversion score rests on text and deck partner stats.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 78 | Searches Deck or GY for one named card, and 88 sampled decks run it at an average of 1.76 copies (verified, observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Converts into Buster Blader, which the top partner list supports, but there are zero recorded combo boards to confirm the line (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Card-for-card search with no draw or banish refuel beyond the single target, so resource gain is roughly even (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 10 | Spell card, cannot be used as material and does not convert when blanked (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Dual-zone search from Deck or GY helps recovery, but a Spell is exposed to Spell negation and dies to a single interruption (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Normal Spell with no garnet or lock, runs 1-3 copies cleanly, and is tied to the archetype core (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Searcher/Tutor profile; Recovery/Recursion secondary not blended (its GY-search function is already counted in accessibility). Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches from Deck or Graveyard, so it stays live in more spots
- Clean, cheap Spell with no garnet or lock cost
- Present in 88 decks across 25 archetype tags, with Buster Blader as the common partner
Weaknesses
- Zero recorded combo boards, so conversion is text-only
- Only fetches Buster Blader, so it is worth little outside that engine
- No interaction, material value, or card advantage of its own
Counters / choke points
- Spell negation on the activation
- Going second, when the opponent can strip the Buster Blader targets from the Deck and GY
Best use
Searcher for the Buster Blader engine. Decks: Buster Blader, Dark Magician, Destruction Sword. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: adds 1 Buster Blader from Deck or GY to hand; Present in 88 decks at 1.76 average copies, with Buster Blader as the top partner (77.3%)
- Observed: Dual-zone search is used in practice across multiple archetype homes
- Inferred: Accessibility is capped by the presence of Buster Blader itself; Resource economy is roughly even because the search is card-for-card
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only