DARK
Number 92: Heart-eartH Dragon
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3 Level 9 monsters This card cannot be destroyed by battle, also your opponent takes any battle damage you would have taken from battles involving this card. During your opponent's End Phase: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; banish all cards your opponent currently controls that were Normal or Special Summoned, or were Set, this turn. If this card is destroyed while it has Xyz Material: You can Special Summon this card from the Graveyard. When you do: It gains 1000 ATK for every card currently banished.
Number 92: Heart-eartH Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Removal, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Number 92 is a solid going-second utility piece that converts three Level 9 bodies into a board wipe through its banish effect and recursion mechanism. Its strength lies in disruption and longevity—it cannot be destroyed by battle, redirects damage, and refunds itself from the graveyard with ATK scaling per banished card. However, its impact is gated by the steep Rank 9 requirement and dependence on opponent board state, making it a reliable tech rather than an engine driver.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Requires 3 Level 9 monsters to summon and appears in only 9.5–5.8% of its best archetype homes, indicating setup-dependent access rather than universal inclusion (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | Text indicates one Rank 9 summon converts into full board clear plus recursion threat; lack of supplied combos limits verification to text-only inference (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Banish effect costs 1 Xyz Material with recursion refunding the body to field, yielding neutral economy; ATK scaling per banished card provides secondary value (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 68 | Banishes all opponent summoned/set cards per opponent End Phase, provides battle immunity, and redirects damage—strong multi-angle disruption (verified) |
| Material Utility | 50 | 0 ATK/DEF stat limits offensive synergy; functions as generic Level 9 Xyz material when on field but carries underwhelming combat stats (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 70 | Battle destruction immunity and GY recursion ensure persistent presence; recursion refund guarantees multi-turn availability when material exists (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 48 | Rank 9 requirement restricts inclusion to Level 9-centric archetypes; runs as 1–2 utility copies rather than consistency driver (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cannot be destroyed by battle; redirects all opponent battle damage to opponent
- Banish effect wipes opponent's entire board of cards summoned or set this turn
- Recursion from GY ensures repeated availability when destroyed with Xyz Material
- ATK scaling on recursion (1000 per banished card) provides secondary damage win condition
- Accessible across 93 distinct archetypes via multiple Level 9 construction routes
Weaknesses
- Requires 3 Level 9 monsters—prohibitive summoning cost outside Level 9-centric strategies
- 0 ATK/DEF stat severely limits offensive utility and board pressure contribution
- Banish effect's value entirely dependent on opponent board state; ineffective against empty fields
- Xyz Material cost limits repeated activations unless deck generates multiple Level 9 bodies
- Appears as utility include (1–2 copies), not consistency engine—secondary rather than primary piece
Counters / choke points
- Hand disruption or negation before Rank 9 summon (blocks entire line)
- Deck strategies controlling graveyard access (negates recursion threat)
- Removal of Xyz Material before opponent End Phase (denies banish effect)
Best use
Going-second board wiper and recursion threat in Level 9 strategies. Decks: Utopia, Onomat, Tachyon, Horus, Galaxy Photon. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Rank 9 XYZ monster requiring 3 Level 9 summoned monsters; Cannot be destroyed by battle; opponent takes redirected battle damage; Banish effect: detach 1 Xyz Material to banish all opponent's summoned/set cards this turn; Recursion: Special Summon from GY if destroyed while having Xyz Material; gains 1000 ATK per banished card; Appears in 400 recent decks across 93 distinct archetypes (2024-12 to 2026-09); Runs predominantly 1 copy per deck (avg 1.02, max 2)
- Observed: Top homes: Utopia (9.5%, 38 decks), Onomat (6.8%, 27 decks), Tachyon (5.8%, 23 decks), Horus (5%, 20 decks); Co-appears frequently with Number 38 (68.2%), Number 97 (61.8%), generic staples (Ash Blossom 61%, Called by 67%); Mentioned in 5 guides; consistently positioned in Extra Deck sections of Level 9 archetypes; Primary gameplay type: Type 7 (74% of decks)
- Inferred: Rank 9 requirement gates inclusion to Level 9-centric strategies (Utopia, Onomat, Tachyon, Galaxy Photon, Horus); Board wipe converts one Rank 9 summon into full opponent board clear plus recursion threat; Multiple archetype homes (93 total) provide redundant routes to Rank 9 construction; Recursion mechanism with 1000 ATK scaling per banished card provides alternate win condition; Presence alongside other Rank 9 options (38, 97, 100) suggests utility complementarity rather than replacement
- Data gaps: No combos supplied—combo conversion inferred from text only, not empirically validated via board records Usage statistics show only 1 archetype (Cipher, 100% inclusion)—insufficient to confirm consistency across sample No banlist data—assumed unlimited (3 copies playable) No top-card or tournament ranking data—meta relevance unconfirmed No format-specific performance breakdowns (TCG vs. OCG vs. MasterDuel)