FIRE
4Flamvell Firedog
Archetype:
Flamvell
ATK:
1900
DEF:
200
View:
3771
When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 FIRE monster with 200 or less DEF from your Deck, except "Flamvell Firedog".
Flamvell Firedog — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Flamvell Firedog converts a battle win into one free deck-to-field Special Summon of a FIRE monster with 200 or less DEF, which is a modest but real engine. Its 1900 ATK and Level 4 body earn almost nothing on their own, and the battle-destruction trigger limits how often the effect is live. The 70-deck sample confirms it is a consistently run three-copy staple across 11 archetypes, but that frequency supports accessibility and deckbuilding cost, not raw power (guardrail 3). With no combo, guide or usage-statistics evidence, the score rests on text plus deck signals and carries a wide band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Three-copy average across 70 decks shows it is routinely drawn, but its effect needs a battle first, so it is not live from the opening hand (observed deck counts plus verified text; the trigger limit is verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text gives one extra FIRE body from the Deck after a battle kill, with no recorded boards to confirm a larger conversion (verified text; no combo observation, so inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The Deck-to-field summon is a free body when the trigger fires, but there is no GY refuel or repeated advantage (verified text; inferred as roughly +1 per trigger). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | The effect is only triggered by a battle destruction and gives no opponent interaction of its own (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A clean Level 4 FIRE Beast body that stays Level 4 when its effect is negated, but no Tuner or specific material fit is evidenced (verified stats; inferred use as material). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The trigger depends on the battle happening and on the destroyed monster going to the GY, which is fragile across turns and zones (verified text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Runs at 2.87 average copies across 70 decks with no garnet or lock restriction, so it is cheap to include (observed deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Deck-to-field Special Summon of a FIRE monster after a battle kill, which adds a body without a card spent
- Level 4 Beast body that still works as material when its effect is negated
- Cheap to run: three-copy staple across 11 archetypes with no garnet or lock cost
Weaknesses
- Trigger requires an opponent monster destroyed by battle and sent to the GY, so it is not reliably live
- The 1900 ATK body and its summon effect give little interaction on their own
- Summons only FIRE monsters with 200 or less DEF, which limits the targets
Counters / choke points
- inferred: any effect that stops the battle or removes the monster before it is destroyed prevents the trigger (generic, no counter list in evidence)
Best use
Battle-triggered FIRE body that adds a Deck summon after a won battle. Decks: Flamvell, Laval, Fire King, Fire Fist, Nephthys. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: on battle destruction sent to GY, Special Summon 1 FIRE monster with 200 or less DEF from Deck, excluding itself; Level 4 FIRE Beast, 1900 ATK, 200 DEF, Effect Monster, Flamvell archetype; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks formats
- Observed: Appears in 70 of the recent decks, 94.3% in gameplay type 7, average 2.87 copies; Spans 11 archetypes, led by Flamvell at 30%; Co-occurs with Torrential Tribute and Mirror Force in 71.4% of decks
- Inferred: Trigger yields roughly one free FIRE body per won battle when the condition is met; Generic Level 4 body gives limited material value
- Data gaps: No combos recorded, so combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No StatisticsCard usage data; archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only Gameplay type 7 is not mapped to a format name No legal copies table; assumed 3 copies