DARK
7Exploderokket Dragon
Archetype:
Rokket
ATK:
2000
DEF:
2000
View:
4867
When a Link Monster's effect is activated that targets this face-up card on the field (Quick Effect): You can destroy this card, then each player takes 2000 damage. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was destroyed on the field by battle or card effect and sent there this turn: You can Special Summon 1 "Rokket" monster from your Deck, except "Exploderokket Dragon". You can only use each effect of "Exploderokket Dragon" once per turn.
Exploderokket Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
The card's reliable conversion is recursion: when it is destroyed on the field by battle or card effect, the End Phase trigger Special Summons a non-self Rokket from the Deck, so one body becomes another body. Its Quick Effect (destroy itself and inflict 2000 to each player when a Link effect targets it) is a symmetric punisher, not negation. High ATK and Level 7 earn no points; the 100% deck presence in the sample confirms accessibility and partner fit, not intrinsic power, and the single recorded board (power index 38, no starter/payoff role) is too thin to raise conversion much.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Run in all 400 sampled decks at 1.67 copies average, with 96.5% co-occurrence with Rokket Tracer and 95.8% with Quick Launch, but it is not a searcher and has no searched-for role evidence (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | One recorded board where it appears with a power index of 38 and no starter, payoff, or material role; conversion relies on a destruction-triggered Rokket revival that the combo sample barely tests (observed, thin). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The End Phase effect returns a 1-for-1 body from Deck after the card is lost, which is roughly even rather than card advantage; no netCardAdvantage data isolates this card (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The Quick Effect punishes a Link effect targeting it by destroying itself and dealing 2000 to both players; it is symmetric and does not negate or remove (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 7 DARK Dragon body that can serve as material for Dragon-type plays, but no material role evidence exists and effect-negated value is unmeasured (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Its value depends on being destroyed, and the multi-copy distribution (122 decks run 3) gives redundancy, but the single-board sample says nothing about surviving interaction (observed/inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Non-garnet Level 7 body with no restriction text and broad archetype spread across 25 archetypes, so it is cheap to run (verified from text and deck stats; the DuelLinks limit is noted in modifiers). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Limited-to-1 format cap (DuelLinks) (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts destruction into a Rokket revival from the Deck during the End Phase, giving a 1-for-1 recursion line
- Broad deck spread (25 archetypes) and near-universal presence in the sample with strong partners (Rokket Tracer, Quick Launch)
- Cheap to run: no garnet, no restriction text beyond the once-per-turn clauses
Weaknesses
- Its Quick Effect is a symmetric 2000-damage self-destruct, so it is not reliable interaction
- Value depends on the card being destroyed on the field; the revival does not trigger if it is not destroyed that turn
- Combo evidence is one board, so conversion power is not established
Counters / choke points
- Link effects that target it can be answered by its own response, but a non-targeting removal or a Link-monster sweep bypasses the revival entirely (inferred from text)
Best use
Recursion body that refills a Rokket after it leaves the field. Decks: Borrel Link, Rokket, Dragon Link. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: End Phase GY trigger Special Summons a non-self Rokket from the Deck when destroyed on the field this turn; Quick Effect destroys itself and inflicts 2000 damage to each player when a Link effect targets it; Level 7 DARK Dragon, 2000 ATK / 2000 DEF, no archetype-specific costs listed
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.67 copies average (distribution 1:255, 2:23, 3:122); Top partners Rokket Tracer 96.5% and Quick Launch 95.8%; One combo appearance at power index 38 with no starter, payoff, or material role
- Inferred: Recursion is its primary function, based on text and the absence of a searcher route; Material value is modest because it has no tuner or special effect when used as material
- Data gaps: Combo evidence is a single board; starter role, material role, and payoff role are all zero, so combo conversion is weakly grounded legal copies lists duellink:1, but deck copy distribution shows up to 3 copies, which is a format inconsistency No rulings or metagame sample; meta power left null No top-card ranking, so popularity is not used