DARK
3Saggi the Dark Clown
ATK:
600
DEF:
1500
View:
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This clown appears from nowhere and executes very strange moves to avoid enemy attacks.
Saggi the Dark Clown — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 28 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 30 · Deck: 27 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Saggi the Dark Clown is a Level 3 Normal Spellcaster with no actual game effect — only flavor text describing its evasive moves. It functions purely as a material body for Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link summons in casual and old-format decks. While appearing in 21 decks across diverse archetypes (mostly Blue-Eyes, Exodia, Dark Magician), this reflects its role as filler rather than mechanical strength. The card provides no combo conversion, resource advantage, or opponent interaction, and its weak 600 ATK combined with lack of special properties (Tuner, archetype synergy) make it an unremarkable and inefficient material choice even by casual standards.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | As a Normal Monster with no search routes or inherent summoning engine, the card requires external support and shows minimal modern inclusion, appearing in only 21 decks mostly in casual formats (verified: deck count and gameplay types suggest old-format play). |
| Combo & Conversion | 8 | No game effect text exists beyond flavor description, and zero combos recorded in the evidence database, leaving no foundation for meaningful combo building (verified: combo data.total combos = 0). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | The card provides no card advantage, draw, or recursion; summoning it costs exactly one card with no return, resulting in pure resource deficit (inferred: Normal Monster with no effect mechanics). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | The card has no negation, removal, disruption, or opponent interaction capability; its entire text is cosmetic flavor (verified: description contains no game mechanics; effect_interaction axis = 0). |
| Material Utility | 45 | As a Level 3 Spellcaster, it qualifies as generic Xyz and Synchro material, but weak 600 ATK, non-Tuner status, and lack of archetype synergy make it an unremarkable body (inferred: Level 3 frame with no special properties). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 10 | A Normal Monster with zero effect text has no recursion, protection, multi-zone play, or multi-turn presence; once used as material it is permanently gone (inferred: no effect-based recovery or zone flexibility). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 25 | The card appears as casual filler across 14 archetypes; its broad presence reflects the lack of deck-building restrictions in old formats rather than slot efficiency (observed: deck data shows 1.19 copies per deck, partners are classic old-format staples like Blue-Eyes White Dragon). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body (primary role only). Intrinsic ≈ 30, Deck ≈ 27, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generically usable as a Level 3 body for Rank 3 Xyz, Synchro, and Fusion summons
- Splashable across multiple archetypes with no deck-building lock or restriction
Weaknesses
- No actual game effect — card text is purely flavor
- Extremely weak 600 ATK and 1500 DEF stats
- Provides zero card advantage, combo conversion, or opponent interaction
- Requires external summoning or tribute setup to access
- No recursion, protection, or resilience once used as material
Best use
Filler material body. Decks: Blue-Eyes, Exodia, Dark Magician, casual/old-format. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 3 Normal Spellcaster, DARK attribute, 600 ATK / 1500 DEF (from card frame); Appears in 21 decks across 14 distinct archetypes (deck data); Zero combos in database (combo data.total combos = 0); Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks formats
- Observed: Primarily run in casual/old-format decks; Blue-Eyes appears in 66.7% of co-decks, Exodia 14.3%, Dark Magician 9.5%; Average 1.19 copies per deck (17 decks with 1 copy, 4 with 2 copies); Gameplay types 7 and 4 dominate (47.6% and 33.3%), indicating old-format/casual play patterns
- Inferred: Card has no actual game effect — only cosmetic flavor text — and functions as a pure material body; Accessibility is limited by lack of built-in search, summoning engine, or consistent tutoring routes; Inclusion across many archetypes reflects casual deckbuilding freedom rather than mechanical power
- Data gaps: Card text is flavor-only; no actual game mechanic or effect provided in evidence Zero combos supplied — combo conversion is entirely text-based inference with no recorded usage Zero guides supplied — no strategic context or role clarification from human analysis No StatisticsCard data available (usage statistics.available = false) Archetype inclusion percentages inferred from small deck sample (21 decks) only; no large-scale archetype statistics