WIND
4Guardragon Andrake
Archetype:
Guardragon
ATK:
2000
DEF:
600
View:
3716
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned by a card effect. If this card is Special Summoned from the hand or Deck: You can double this card's original ATK/DEF, until the end of the next turn. If this card is Special Summoned from the GY, or if this banished card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy it. You can only use each effect of "Guardragon Andrake" once per turn.
Guardragon Andrake — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57.8 · Deck: 51.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Guardragon Andrake converts a Special Summon into one of two effects: a repeatable destroy on one opposing monster when it is Special Summoned from the GY or from banishment, and a doubled ATK/DEF body (4000/1200) when it is Special Summoned from the hand or Deck. Its ATK and the ATK doubling are not what earns points; the score comes from the destroy effect being recursive and unconditional, offset by the fact that it cannot be Normal Summoned or Set and needs a Special Summon enabler. The attached evidence has only 3 decks and no combo, guide, or usage data, so access, combo conversion and resource claims are text-based inference and the band is wide.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set, so it needs a Special Summon route in each deck; three decks run it across World Legacy, Guardragon and Hieratics, but no combo starter or searched data shows how it is reached (inferred from text plus deck data, medium confidence). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Text gives one destroy and one ATK doubling per Special Summon; with no combo examples there is no measured board conversion, so the score stays near the middle (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The GY/banish destroy lets it trade for an opposing monster and then come back for a later use, a repeatable 1-for-1 rather than card advantage (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Unconditional destroy of one opposing monster on each Special Summon from the GY or banishment, once per turn per effect, is a solid removal reach (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 4 WIND Dragon body that can serve as material, but the decks show no material-route evidence and the score is held down by its Special Summon-only restriction (inferred from text and deck data). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Recursion from GY or banishment gives repeated use across turns, but there is no protection against a negate or a removal before its effect resolves (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Cannot be Normal Summoned, so it needs a Special Summon enabler in every deck, which costs slots and makes it less than free to run; the three observed decks show 1 to 3 copies (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 57.8, Deck ≈ 51.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Unconditional destroy of one opposing monster on each Special Summon from the GY or from banishment.
- Repeatable removal: returns to the GY or banished zone and can be Special Summoned again.
- Doubled ATK/DEF body when Special Summoned from the hand or Deck, lasting until the end of the next turn.
- Three distinct archetype homes (World Legacy, Guardragon, Hieratics) show it fits more than one deck.
Weaknesses
- Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set, so it depends on a Special Summon route.
- Each of its two effects is once per turn, which caps how often it removes.
- Its ATK doubling is temporary and does not carry past the next turn.
- No combo, guide, or usage data in the evidence, so conversion claims rest on text alone.
Counters / choke points
- Negating or stopping the Special Summon removes both effects, since neither activates without it (inferred from text).
- Responding to the destroy effect before it resolves; the evidence has no data on which interaction is most common.
Best use
Removal body that can be recycled from the GY or banishment, with ATK doubling as a bonus when Special Summoned from hand or Deck. Decks: Guardragon, World Legacy, Hieratics.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set; must be Special Summoned by a card effect (card text).; On Special Summon from hand or Deck: may double original ATK/DEF until the end of the next turn (card text).; On Special Summon from GY, or when banished and Special Summoned: may destroy 1 opponent monster (card text).; Each effect can be used once per turn (card text).; Appears in 3 of the attached decks, across 3 archetypes (deck data).
- Observed: Copies per deck average 1.67 with a max of 3 (deck data).; Most frequently co-listed partners are Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, World Legacy Guardragon Mardark and Guardragon Garmides, each in 2 of 3 decks (deck data).
- Inferred: Removal is the primary role because the GY/banish destroy is the reliable repeatable effect, and the ATK doubling is secondary (text reading).; Its reach is Special Summon-dependent, which is what holds accessibility and deckbuilding below the mid-range (text reading).
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion % is not available no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no Special Summon enabler list supplied, so accessibility is not measured