DARK
8Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World
Archetype:
Dark World
ATK:
2700
DEF:
1800
View:
6221
You can Special Summon this card (from your Graveyard) by returning 1 "Dark World" monster you control to the hand, except "Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World". If this card is discarded to the Graveyard by a card effect: Target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy that target, then, if this card was discarded from your hand to your Graveyard by an opponent's card effect, look at 1 random card in your opponent's hand, then, if it was a monster, you can Special Summon it to your side of the field.
Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Removal/Negation, Material body
Why it scores here
Grapha is a Level 8 DARK Fiend whose value is recursion: it returns from the Graveyard by bouncing a Dark World monster you control, which keeps it card-neutral and repeatable. When discarded by a card effect it destroys one opponent card, and if an opponent's effect discarded it from hand it can also steal a monster from the opponent's hand. Its 2700 ATK earns nothing on its own. The 400-deck sample (97% partner overlap with Grapha, Dragon Overlord) confirms it is a core Dark World piece, but the score is held down by the Dark World-only Graveyard condition, the lack of recorded combo data, and the guide's note that the deck is brick-heavy and expensive.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Graveyard special summon needs a Dark World monster on your field to bounce; deck reach is high (400/400 decks, 2.28 copies avg) but there is no combo starter data (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The destroy and opponent-hand steal are text-verified, but no recorded boards exist to measure how far a real start converts (verified text, inferred conversion). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The bounce is card-neutral and the Graveyard recursion repeats value, while the destroy is a one-for-one exchange; the random hand look is conditional (verified text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | One opponent card is destroyed when discarded by a card effect, a situational and trigger-dependent interaction (verified text, inferred). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Level 8 DARK Fiend is usable as material, but the text does not name a Level 8 or Fiend synchro or xyz route, so the score stays modest (verified text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It works from the Graveyard, but its summon depends on a Dark World monster surviving on the field, and the guide cites ApolloUSA negate reach as the main interaction answer (verified guide snippet, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 40 | The guide calls the deck brick-heavy and expensive, and the card is Dark World-locked, so it cannot be splashed (observed guide text, verified deck counts). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: garnet/brick restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Graveyard recursion that stays card-neutral and repeatable while a Dark World monster is on the field
- Destroy effect triggers on a card-effect discard, giving a removal option from the Graveyard
- Present in all 400 sampled decks with 97% partner overlap, so the role is confirmed in practice
Weaknesses
- Graveyard summon requires a Dark World monster on the field to return
- Destroy and opponent-hand steal are conditional on a discard by a card effect
- Brick-heavy deck with a costly build; low generic utility outside Dark World
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the Graveyard summon or the discard trigger
- Hand traps that stop the Dark World monster being returned
- Floodgates or removal on the Dark World engine
Best use
Graveyard recursion body and situational destroy. Decks: Dark World. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: Graveyard special summon by returning a Dark World monster, and the discard-triggered destroy; Deck counts: 400 decks, 2.28 copies avg, 97% partner overlap with Grapha Overlord
- Observed: Usage statistics: 100% inclusion in two small Dark World pools, 60% in the main Dark World pool
- Inferred: Accessibility is conditional on a Dark World monster on the field; Resilience is limited by the Dark World-only summon condition and negate exposure; Deck fit is high but is not evidence of intrinsic strength
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no evidence for Level 8 or Fiend synchro or xyz material routes no rulings supplied for the discard-and-look interaction