LIGHT
5S-Force Dog Tag
Archetype:
S-Force
ATK:
1600
DEF:
2100
View:
3333
During your Main Phase, your opponent cannot activate the effects of monsters in the same column as one of your "S-Force" monsters. If your opponent Normal or Special Summons a monster(s) while you control an "S-Force" monster (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. You can only use this effect of "S-Force Dog Tag" once per turn.
S-Force Dog Tag — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 63 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Negation/Interaction, Material body
Why it scores here
S-Force Dog Tag is a contextual extender that summons itself reactively when your opponent summons while you control an S-Force monster, converting to board material and column-based negation. It delivers solid utility as a Level 5 body for Synchro/Xyz/Link plays and situational disruption, but lacks combo generation of its own and requires an existing S-Force presence to function. High deck inclusion (59.8% in pure S-Force, 17 distinct archetypes) confirms reliable accessibility within its homes, though the reactive trigger and one-per-turn clause limit both breadth and repetition.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Automatically triggers when opponent summons while you control S-Force, but requires existing board setup; 92 decks show consistent inclusion in S-Force and splash homes (Verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 52 | Summons itself from hand as one extra body for material, but generates no multi-body combos on its own; zero recorded combos prevent direct measurement (Observed). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Summons itself without card cost (−0 net) and column negation prevents plays rather than generating advantage; no search or GY refuel (Inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 58 | Column-based hard negation during your Main Phase only, covering one column and active only on your turn; situational but not universal coverage (Verified). |
| Material Utility | 72 | Clean Level 5 generic material usable for Synchro/Xyz/Link plays; LIGHT/Machine type has no restrictive locks and remains useful even effect-negated (Inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 62 | Summons from hand (safe from destruction) and activates reactively across multiple turns, but OPT clause and column limitation reduce multi-turn redundancy (Verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 68 | Archetype-locked to S-Force but no garnet risk; played 1.23 copies average; splashable into 17 archetypes but majority (59.8%) in core S-Force (Observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.9 Extender + 0.1 Negation/Interaction. Intrinsic ≈ 63, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable reactive summon when opponent summons, enabling mid-combo extension
- Clean generic Level 5 material for Synchro/Xyz/Link plays
- Column-based negation provides situational hard disruption during Main Phase
- No garnet risk; useful even when searched or summoned into dead hand
- Strong deck synergy in S-Force (59.8% inclusion) with 100% co-appearance of core monsters
Weaknesses
- Requires existing S-Force board presence to trigger; not viable as opening play
- Column negation is limited to one column and active only during your Main Phase
- Once-per-turn clause limits repetition within a single turn cycle
- No search capability, card advantage generation, or GY refuel
- Archetype-locked; less splashable than generic staples despite 17-archetype deck presence
Counters / choke points
- Decks that ignore columns (spread boards across multiple zones)
- Negate the reactive summon via Veiler, Imperm, or similar hand traps
- Opponent summons during Damage Step to avoid column negation window
Best use
Mid-combo extender and board consolidation into Synchro/Xyz/Link plays. Decks: S-Force, S-Force hybrid.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Column negation effect active during controller's Main Phase (card text); Reactive Special Summon from hand when opponent summons (card text); Once-per-turn OPT clause on summon effect (card text); S-Force archetype (card text + deck data); Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks (formats list); 92 total decks across 4 formats (deck evidence); 59.8% inclusion in pure S-Force archetype (deck data); 100% co-appearance with core S-Force monsters (Gravitino, Pla-Tina, Rappa Chiyomaru, Bridgehead) (deck data)
- Observed: 1.23 average copies per deck, modal 1 copy (deck distribution); Appears in 17 distinct archetypes (deck data); 72.8% in gameplay type 7 decks (deck data); Consistent inclusion across 4+ years of deck submissions (recency 2022–2026)
- Inferred: Material conversion into Synchro/Xyz/Link plays via Level 5 generic body; Column negation effectiveness against column-reliant decks; Archetype-locked utility role requiring S-Force monster presence; OPT clause limits per-turn repetition (standard ruling)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion and end-board role are text-only inference; zero recorded appearances prevent measurement of actual usage as starter/material/payoff No guides supplied — human context on optimal deck role and positioning unavailable No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from 92-deck sample only; no historical trending across larger sample No banlist token — assumed 3 copies legal (standard); if Limited/Forbidden, score would shift −2 to −10 No trio/multi-archetype meta sample — deck data shows splashability into 17 archetypes, but no weighting for meta prevalence of those homes