DARK
1Flower Cardian Pine
Archetype:
Flower Cardian
ATK:
100
DEF:
100
View:
3341
If this card is Normal Summoned: Draw 1 card, show it, then send it to the Graveyard unless it is a "Flower Cardian" monster. You can only use this effect of "Flower Cardian Pine" once per turn. If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, or if this card in your possession is destroyed by an opponent's card effect and sent to your Graveyard: You can draw 1 card.
Flower Cardian Pine — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54.3 · Deck: 60.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility / no clear role (default) · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Flower Cardian Pine is a Level 1 Normal Summon body whose draw-then-discard filter is card-neutral on non-Flower Cardian draws and +1 on a Flower Cardian hit, plus a draw when it is destroyed by battle or by an opponent's effect. It is a fixture of the archetype (124 of 124 sampled decks, 3 copies each, 100% inclusion in both Flower Cardian homes), which confirms it is live and cheap to run, not that it is powerful. The 100 ATK body and the frequency of its appearance earn no points on their own; the score rests on accessibility, the steady filter-and-draw economy, and clean deckbuilding cost. Without combo evidence, the combo conversion score stays low and the confidence stays medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Normal Summonable Level 1 body run at 3 copies in 124 of 124 decks, with Flower Cardian searchers among its top partners (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No recorded boards and no combo examples, so any conversion beyond its own draw is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Draw on Normal Summon nets +1 on a Flower Cardian hit and 0 on a non-Flower Cardian hit, and a further draw on battle or effect destruction (verified text, inferred net). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect in its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 1 DARK Warrior body with no tuner status; material value is awkward and unmeasured in evidence (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Draws when destroyed by battle or by an opponent's effect, so it still yields value after interaction (verified text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | 3 copies, no garnet or lock, and the discard-if-not-Flower-Cardian clause is card-neutral, so it is cheap to run (observed deck counts plus verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 54.3, Deck ≈ 60.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 1 Normal Summon body that is live in the opening hand of the archetype
- Card-neutral filter on non-Flower Cardian draws, +1 on a Flower Cardian hit
- Draws again when destroyed by battle or by an opponent's effect
- Run at 3 copies in 124 of 124 sampled decks with no garnet cost
Weaknesses
- No effect interaction of its own
- Score ceiling is low: the draw clauses are one card each and the body is a 100 ATK Level 1
- Dependent on the Flower Cardian engine around it; outside that archetype it has little standalone value
- Combo evidence is absent, so conversion is text-only inference
Counters / choke points
- Opponent negates or removes the Normal Summon effect before it resolves (inferred from text)
- Opponent's destruction-based interaction is answered by the second draw, not prevented (inferred)
Best use
Normal Summon filter and draw body in the Flower Cardian engine. Decks: Flower Cardian (archetype 655, Gameplay 7), Flower Cardian (archetype 323, Gameplay 4). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon draw-then-send clause and once-per-turn wording (card text); Destruction draw clause, battle or opponent effect (card text); 124 of 124 decks run it at 3 copies, 100% inclusion in both archetype homes (deck data, usage statistics)
- Observed: Partners with Flower Cardian searchers and Recardination at 95 to 100% (deck data); Single guide places it in the main-deck Flower Cardian section (guide data)
- Inferred: Net card advantage is +1 on a Flower Cardian hit and 0 otherwise (text reading); Level 1 DARK Warrior material value is awkward, not strong (text reading)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no counter or interaction evidence beyond card text