EARTH
3Little D
ATK:
1100
DEF:
700
View:
2943
Yo, this tyrannosaurus tot's got a terrible temper.
Little D — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 26 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 29 · Deck: 24 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Little D is a Level 3 Dinosaur Normal Monster with no effect text, serving purely as a body for Synchro, Fusion, Xyz, or Link plays. It appears in 9 decks across 6 archetypes (Egyptian God, Exodia, Snake-Eye, etc.), all running exactly 1 copy, alongside generic staples like Ash Blossom and Raigeki. The presence across diverse non-Dinosaur homes and complete absence from any recorded combo lines suggests it is generic deck filler, not a core synergy piece. Its high ATK does not earn points—a Level 3 brick that requires a second card to justify its deck slot scores low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 25 | Dead in opening hand without a summon route; accessible as a draw but only useful when you can immediately convert it into material (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No effect and zero recorded combo appearances; can only be used as Level 3 material, not as a combo starter or extender (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 5 | Purely −1: uses a deck slot and consumes a summon or material outlet with no return or refuel (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | Normal Monster with no text; provides zero disruption, negation, or removal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 3 Dinosaur can be used for Synchros/Fusions/Xyz when routes exist, but appears in non-Dinosaur archetypes suggesting low specialized demand (observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 5 | No resilience or adaptability; a Normal Monster in hand is dead weight until material is needed (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 15 | A garnet that occupies a main deck slot; found in only 1 copy per deck and across 6 archetypes suggests minimal payoff for the deck cost (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal role. Intrinsic ≈ 29, Deck ≈ 24, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40·Intrinsic + 0.60·Deck
Strengths
- Level 3 Dinosaur body for situational Synchro/Fusion/Xyz routes
- Appears across multiple archetypes (6 homes), indicating some versatility as filler
Weaknesses
- Normal Monster with zero effect text
- Pure dead draw in opening hand; requires setup to justify
- No combo value; zero recorded appearances in any combo line
- Generic filler card; top deck partners are unrelated staples (Ash Blossom, board breakers, etc.)
- 1100 ATK / 700 DEF does not offset poor card quality
Best use
Material body (only when a specific Synchro/Fusion/Xyz route requires a Level 3 Dinosaur). Decks: Dinosaur decks that need Level 3 material, Generic goodstuff decks with Synchro/Fusion/Xyz outlets. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 3 Dinosaur Normal Monster with no effect text; Found in 9 decks, 1 copy each across 6 archetypes; Zero recorded combo appearances; Card has no special abilities beyond being a body
- Observed: Appears in Egyptian God, Exodia, and Snake-Eye at 22.2% each, plus 3 other archetypes; Top deck partners are generic staples unrelated to Little D (Ash Blossom, Raigeki, Polymerization, etc.); Found across both going-first (67%) and going-second (22%) gameplays
- Inferred: Presence across non-Dinosaur archetypes suggests it is used as generic deck filler, not a synergy piece; Material utility is limited to specific Synchro/Fusion/Xyz/Link routes requiring Level 3 Dinosaurs; Lack of combo evidence indicates no established combo line uses this card as a step or outcome
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference (card is a Normal, so conversion is trivially zero) No guides supplied — no human context on intended roles No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion rates inferred from small 9-deck sample only No banlist token — assumed 3 copies unlimited Normal Monster with no effect text, so no on-text rulings or interaction depth to explore