Spell
QuickOgdoadic Daybreak
Archetype:
Ogdoadic
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Tribute 1 Reptile monster; for every 2 Levels that Tributed monster had on the field, Special Summon up to 1 "Ogdoadic Token" (Reptile/DARK/Level 2/ATK 0/DEF 0). During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 of your banished Reptile monsters; shuffle it into the Deck, then you can send 1 Reptile monster from your Deck to the GY. You can only use each effect of "Ogdoadic Daybreak" once per turn.
Ogdoadic Daybreak — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Ogdoadic Daybreak converts a Reptile tribute into a line of Level 2 DARK tokens, and its Main Phase effect banishes itself to recycle a banished Reptile and send a Reptile from the Deck to the GY. Its score comes from being a reliable extender present in all 14 recorded boards (average power index 97.7) and running in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.4 copies, with a clean, cheap build. It does not score for its high-impact board outcomes alone: it has no opponent interaction, its effects are limited to Reptiles and once per turn, and the combo sample is thin, so the observed correlation is not treated as proof of intrinsic strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at about 1.42 copies on average, but combo data records no starter or searched role, so the access route is inferred from deck inclusion (observed for inclusion, inferred for route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 75 | The card appears in 14 of 14 recorded combos, with examples reaching 3 to 5 end monsters and power index 100 (observed); the link to the card's own text is inferred from the token-summon wording. |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The GY-banish effect shuffles a banished Reptile back and sends another Reptile from the Deck to the GY, a modest refuel rather than repeated card advantage (verified from text, with the net-advantage figures in the examples observed). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect, so it brings no opponent interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | The tokens are Level 2 DARK Reptiles usable as material, but the card itself is a Spell and cannot be material; the value is in the tokens, not the card body (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Two separate once-per-turn effects in different zones give some redundancy, but the GY effect is shut off by banish-based interaction noted in guides (verified from text, with the guide claim observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Typically one copy in a Spell slot with no garnet or lock restriction; the guide describes the deck as cheap to run (observed and inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion (blended). Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Appears in every recorded combo (14 of 14) with a high average power index (97.7, observed)
- Runs in all 400 sampled decks, with partners such as Nauya at 96% co-occurrence (observed)
- Cheap and clean to run with no garnet or lock restriction (observed)
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction at all (verified from text)
- Its effects are restricted to Reptile monsters and once per turn (verified from text)
- Vulnerable to banish-based interaction on the GY effect (guide, observed)
Counters / choke points
- Banish-based or GY-disruption cards, as noted in the guide (observed)
- Droll-style interaction that stops the search route (observed in guide)
Best use
Extender that turns a Reptile tribute into tokens and recycles Reptiles from the banish zone. Decks: Mitsurugi, Ogdoadic/Abhyss, Ogdoadic, Alien. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: The card text describes a Tribute of 1 Reptile that Special Summons Level 2 DARK Reptile tokens, and a once-per-turn Main Phase banish-and-shuffle effect.; Formats are TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks, with no banlist token (assumed unlimited).
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at an average of 1.42 copies.; Appears in 14 of 14 recorded combos, with average power index 97.7.; Guide describes the deck as cheap and strong on turn 1, and weak to Droll and banish.
- Inferred: The card works mainly as an extender and recursion piece, since the combo role tags are empty.; The GY effect's banish sensitivity is taken from the guide and applied to resilience.
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo data role tags (starter role, searched-for role, material role, payoff role) are all zero, so the role is inferred from text only 14 recorded combos, which is a thin sample top-card data is empty; no ranking or metagame sample supplied archetype labels are inconsistent (several Mitsurugi and Ogdoadic entries), which may inflate distinct archetypes