DARK
4Mystic Potato
Archetype:
Attribute Summoner
ATK:
1400
DEF:
1100
View:
2590
If this card on the field is destroyed by card effect and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck in Attack Position, except "Mystic Potato".
Mystic Potato — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Mystic Potato converts one destroyed body into a second DARK monster of 1500 ATK or less from the Deck, so its value comes from a conditional deck-to-field body rather than from its 1400 ATK. The score is held back by the trigger condition (it must be destroyed by a card effect and sent to the GY) and by the absence of any combo data, which leaves combo conversion as text-only inference. Its strong deck footprint (45 sampled decks across 22 archetypes, with close links to Yubel partners) supports the Deck component, but frequency alone was not used to raise the score. High ATK earned nothing here.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Sits in the Deck and is played in 45 sampled decks at about 1.9 copies, but has no observed starter or searched routes in combos (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Text converts one destroyed body into one new DARK body from Deck, a one-for-one board with no observed combo examples (inferred, observed). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Its trigger can return a second card-worth of board after destruction, but only when destroyed by a card effect, so the value is conditional (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap reach; the effect is a summon trigger only (verified). |
| Material Utility | 65 | A Level 4 DARK Plant body with 1400 ATK is a generic material for DARK Level 4 monsters, and the trigger still works from the GY (inferred, verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The trigger only fires after a destruction by card effect, which is a narrow window, though it works from the GY and across several archetypes (inferred, observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Generic 1–3 copy inclusion with no garnet or lock restriction, though its value depends on DARK monsters in the Deck (observed, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Deck-to-field body that can refill the board after a destruction by card effect
- Level 4 DARK Plant body is a clean material for DARK Level 4 monsters
- Broad use across 22 archetypes in the sample, with 88.9% of decks in one gameplay type
Weaknesses
- The trigger requires destruction by a card effect, so it is not a reliable starter
- No negation or interaction of its own
- Summon target is limited to DARK monsters with 1500 or less ATK
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the triggered effect (inferred)
- Non-destruction removal such as banish, send-to-hand or control change, which skips the GY trigger (inferred)
Best use
Extender. Decks: Yubel, Unchained, Predaplant. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: on field, destroyed by card effect and sent to GY, Special Summon 1 DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK from Deck in Attack Position, excluding itself; Level 4, DARK, Plant, 1400 ATK; no interaction clause in text; 45 sampled decks run it, 88.9% in gameplay type 7, 22 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Top partners include Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (64.4%) and Spirit of Yubel / Yubel (57.8%); Average 1.93 copies per deck, distribution 1:21, 2:6, 3:18
- Inferred: Primary role Extender, with a Material body secondary, from text alone because no combos are recorded; Trigger is a narrow window that banish or non-destruction removal would skip; Usable as a generic DARK Level 4 material even when its effect is negated
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for this card: archetype inclusion inferred from deck sample only no ruling evidence for trigger timing under destruction by card effect no banlist token supplied: assumed 3 copies (unlimited)