WATER
1Returned Dino Daneen
ATK:
400
DEF:
1200
View:
1406
If this card is Special Summoned by a monster effect: You can add 1 "GMX" monster from your Deck to your hand. During your Main Phase: You can Fusion Summon 1 Dinosaur Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field. If this card is sent to the GY: You can make all Dinosaur monsters you currently control gain 400 ATK. You can only use each effect of "Returned Dino Daneen" once per turn.
Returned Dino Daneen — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Returned Dino Daneen converts its Special Summon into a GMX monster search and a Main Phase Fusion Summon of a Dinosaur Fusion Monster, which is the main source of its value. Its ATK, DEF and Level 1 body earn nothing directly, and it has no opponent interaction, so its score rests on the Starter and Searcher roles. Strong deck-level presence (314 decks, near-universal partner overlap with GMX cards) supports real accessibility, but no combo boards were recorded, so the conversion score is inference from text.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | 314 decks run it (1.63 copies avg), but its search and Fusion effects need a monster-effect Special Summon first, so access depends on the GMX shell (observed deck inclusion, inferred route) (observed/inferred) |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | The Main Phase Fusion Summon into a Dinosaur Fusion Monster from hand or field is the main conversion, but no combo boards were supplied to measure it (inferred from text) |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The Special Summon trigger adds one GMX monster from Deck to hand, a conditional +1; the GY ATK boost is not card advantage (verified from text) |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect in its text (verified from text) |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 1 Water Dinosaur body usable as Fusion material, and the body still converts when its effects are negated (inferred from text) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Its effects need a Special Summon and it is a single-spot monster with one-turn-per-effect limits, so a single interruption can end the line; GY effect and multiple copies add some recovery (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Cheap Level 1 body with 1–2 copies typical, no garnet or lock clauses in the text, and it shows no restriction in the decks evidence (verified from text, observed deck copies) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searcher effect adds a GMX monster from Deck to hand on a monster-effect Special Summon
- Main Phase Fusion Summon of a Dinosaur Fusion Monster from hand or field
- GY effect gives Dinosaur monsters +400 ATK
- Runs in 314 recent decks and is near-universal in GMX lists
Weaknesses
- Needs a monster-effect Special Summon before any of its effects work
- No opponent interaction
- Its value depends on the GMX and Dinosaur shell
- No combo boards recorded, so conversion is text-only
Counters / choke points
- Generic hand traps or monster-effect negation that stop its Special Summon (inferred from text; no counters are listed in the evidence)
Best use
Starter / Combo enabler (Searcher and Fusion enabler). Decks: GMX, Jurrac, Dinowrestler, Evol. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: Special Summon search, Main Phase Fusion Summon, GY +400 ATK, once-per-turn per effect; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel; 314 decks, 1.63 avg copies
- Observed: GMX inclusion 40.8%; partners in 96–99% of decks; usage statistics: GMX 2374 typical 2 copies, Dinowrestler 100% inclusion
- Inferred: Accessibility via GMX search routes; Fusion conversion value (no combo boards); Resilience and counters from text alone
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no combo ground-truth for Fusion or searched GMX routes no rulings supplied