WATER
2Ronintoadin
Archetype:
Frog
ATK:
100
DEF:
2000
View:
5794
Cannot be used as a Synchro Material. This card's name becomes "Des Frog" while it is on the field. If this card is in your Graveyard: You can banish 1 "Frog" monster from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card.
Ronintoadin — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Ronintoadin is a core Level 2 material engine card in Spright, Frog, and Nimble decks, providing clean Rank 2 Xyz bodies and reliable GY recursion via its banish-cost self-summon effect. Its strength lies entirely in material value and portability across 44 distinct archetypes (54.5% inclusion in Spright, 100% in pure Frog) rather than in combo generation or standalone disruption—it has 100 ATK and no opponent interaction effects. The card's exceptional deckbuilding efficiency (runs 1 copy cleanly, near-zero garnet risk) and consistent deck synergy offset its minimal resource advantage and lack of effect interaction.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 75 | Appears in 100% of the 400 sampled decks with 1.04 avg copies; easily accessed as a Level 2 body or searched by Swap Frog (99% co-deck rate) and Nimble engines. (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No standalone board generation; purely a Level 2 material body that requires Xyz summons to convert into disruption, and its GY effect merely recycles the card itself. (inferred from text; no combos supplied) |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Recycles itself from the GY by banishing another Frog, a net-zero exchange that maintains position without generating card advantage. (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Has no negation, removal, or disruption—only a name transformation to 'Des Frog' that provides no opponent interaction. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 70 | Clean Level 2 Aqua Frog for Rank 2 Xyz summons with solid 2000 DEF; remains usable as material even if effect-negated; forbidden only from Synchro use. (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Can recover from the GY via self-resurrection, but once banished (by its own effect or by opponent) it cannot return; moderate staying power. (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Runs at 1 copy across all homes with no garnet/brick risk; Level 2 bodies are always live in Spright/Frog/Nimble; splashable across 44 distinct archetypes. (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7×Material body + 0.3×Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Exceptional splashability (2); Deckbuilding cleanliness (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Rank 2 Xyz material body with solid 2000 DEF
- Highly accessible across 44 archetypes; appears in 100% of sampled decks
- Reliable GY recursion allows recovery after milling/discard by Swap Frog or others
- Near-perfect deckbuilding efficiency; runs 1 copy with minimal risk
Weaknesses
- Generates zero card advantage; purely positional
- No disruption or opponent interaction; relies entirely on being material for Xyz summons
- Cannot be used as Synchro material, limiting some cross-deck synergies
- Combo conversion is minimal—does not build boards independently
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (blocks GY effects; however card appears in 94.2% of same decks, so rarely faced)
- Effect negation (Skill Drain, Mushroom Man) blanks the GY recursion but card remains usable as Xyz material
- Graveyard banishment effects (e.g., D.D. Crow, Dimension Shifter) prevent recursion once banished
Best use
Level 2 Xyz material body with secondary GY recursion. Decks: Spright (46.4% of sample), Frog (19.8% of sample), Nimble (13.2% of sample). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Appears in 100% of 400 sampled decks (deck data); Level 2 Aqua/Frog with 100 ATK / 2000 DEF (card properties); Cannot be used as Synchro material; becomes 'Des Frog' on field (card text); GY effect: banish 1 Frog from GY to Special Summon itself (card text); Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks (formats array)
- Observed: Appears in 44 distinct archetypes across 400 decks (deck data); 54.5% inclusion in Spright, 100% in pure Frog per usage statistics; Top partners are Swap Frog (99%), Spright monsters (90%+), and Nimble Angler/Beaver (88.8%); Mentioned in 5 guides as tech/staple card (guide data); Runs 1.04 avg copies per deck, max 3, mostly 1-copy builds (copies per deck)
- Inferred: Primary role is Material body for Rank 2 Xyz summons due to Level 2 and Aqua type; secondary role Recovery/Recursion (from text + archetype composition); Generic utility capped at ~65 due to Frog-specific text despite 44 archetype portability; Combo conversion ~35 due to zero standalone board generation (from card text); Resource economy ~30 due to net-zero advantage on GY recursion (from card text)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — cannot verify actual combo conversion, board generation, or power in real games Not ranked in top-card data — meta dominance/position unknown Role inferred entirely from text and deck co-occurrence, not from worked combo examples