Spell
NormalFossil Dig
View:
7130
Add 1 Level 6 or lower Dinosaur monster from your Deck to your hand.
Fossil Dig — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Fossil Dig is a plain Dinosaur searcher: it adds one Level 6 or lower Dinosaur from the Deck to hand and does nothing else, so its value is whatever that Dinosaur converts into. It is a near-universal 3-copy staple in the 400 sampled decks across 61 archetypes, which confirms it is reliably accessible and cheap to run, but that popularity does not raise the score. Its combo role is not tagged at all (searched-for role and starter role are both 0), so the search role rests on card text and is inferred, and the score is held down by the absence of any interaction, board, or material value of its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 82 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at an average of 2.82 copies and typically 3 copies, and the Dinosaur search target is wide enough to reach across many Dino lines (inferred from text and deck data; deck counts are observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 58 | The 6 recorded boards average a power index of 80.7, but the card has no role tags in them, so its conversion is only the value of the Dinosaur it fetches (observed for the boards, inferred for the conversion). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | A spell that spends itself to add one card is card-neutral with no refuel or repeated advantage (verified from the card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | The card text has no negation, removal, or disruption, so it gives no opponent interaction (verified from the card text). |
| Material Utility | 0 | A Spell Card cannot be used as material and has no body (verified from the card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single-use spell that a single negate can stop, with redundancy only from 3 copies in the deck (inferred from the text; copy counts are observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | No cost and no garnet, with a Dinosaur-only target that means it is dead outside Dinosaur decks; the 3-copy slot is cheap but not splashable (verified from the text; usage is observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Searcher/Tutor primary only, no secondary blend (no secondary role supported by combo tags). Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches any Level 6 or lower Dinosaur from the Deck, a wide target within the Dinosaur type
- Present as a 3-copy staple in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 61 archetypes and 4 gameplay types
- Cheap, unrestricted, and splashable within Dinosaur lines with no garnet cost
Weaknesses
- Single-use spell with no board presence, interaction, or material value of its own
- Only useful when the deck has Dinosaur targets, so it is dead outside Dinosaur builds
- Combo data records zero searched or starter roles for it, so its conversion value cannot be confirmed from boards
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps that negate search effects (inferred from card type; the specific negates are not in the evidence)
Best use
Dinosaur searcher for the Level 6 or lower Dinosaur slot. Decks: GMX, Jurrac, Dinomorphia, Transcendosaurus, Evolsaur, Dinos. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: adds 1 Level 6 or lower Dinosaur monster from Deck to hand; Card type is Spell Card, so it cannot be material and has no body; Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks at avg 2.82 copies, 3 copies in 348 decks
- Observed: Appears in 6 of 6 recorded boards with avg power index 80.7; Top partners include Miscellaneousaurus (84.5%) and Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (81.5%); Inclusion 100% in 7 StatisticsCard archetype rows; 50% to 100% across the rest; Recorded boards tag zero starter, searched, material, or payoff roles for the card
- Inferred: Search role comes from card text, since combo tagging does not confirm it; Dinosaur-only target limits value outside Dinosaur decks; Vulnerable to hand traps that negate search effects
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo tagging records zero searched or starter roles despite the search text, so the role is inferred from text no top-card ranking context (top-card status false) no guide text describing the card's specific role beyond general Dino context