DARK
7Serpent Night Dragon
ATK:
2350
DEF:
2400
View:
2837
A dragon created from the soul of a wicked knight.
Serpent Night Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 43 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 42 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Serpent Night Dragon is a purely vanilla Level 7 DARK Dragon with no effect; its points come only from being an archetype-free Normal-Monster body and name, not from its 2350 ATK or 2400 DEF, which the rubric ignores. Observed evidence shows it in 21 sampled decks (avg 1.57 copies, spread across 19 archetypes, essentially always a single Normal-Monster target) but in 0 recorded combo boards, so it converts into nothing on its own. It needs a tribute or an external summon effect to reach the field, and any negation or removal simply blanks a body that provides no interaction. Its score is capped by the absence of search routes, combos, and effect interaction, leaving it as a low-ceiling portable filler.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | No in-archetype search and no self-summon; it needs a tribute or a generic Normal-Monster searcher to be live, and it is only a ~5% inclusion in the sampled decks (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 16 | 0 combo appearances in the evidence — it does nothing on its own and only contributes a body when paired with a summon enabler (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | No search, no card advantage, no GY refuel — it is a neutral-to-negative slot that returns only a body (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Its text is flavor only ('A dragon created from the soul of a wicked knight'), giving no disruption, negation, or removal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A clean Level 7 DARK Dragon Normal Monster usable as material/name for Dragon or Rank 7 lines, though Level 7 demands a tribute or two Level-7 bodies to convert (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 28 | A plain 2350/2400 body with no protection dies to the first negate or removal, though as a Normal DARK Dragon it can be revived from the GY (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 48 | No lock, no archetype restriction, no garnet, and extra copies are fine, but it occupies slots that still require tribute/summon support to matter (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal primary; 1.0 primary (no meaningful secondary weights). Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 42, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Completely generic: no archetype lock, no cost, and usable in any list that wants a Normal Monster or a DARK Dragon body.
- 2350/2400 stats make it a serviceable vanilla body for its Level 7 slot.
- Wide archetype spread (19 distinct homes in the sample) shows it is a portable Normal-Monster filler/name.
Weaknesses
- No effect, so it provides no interaction, no card advantage, and no combo potential.
- Level 7 requires a tribute to Normal Summon and it has no inherent Special Summon.
- 0 recorded combo boards and 0 guide mentions — no demonstrated practical payoff.
- A dead draw if you lack the tribute/summon enabler to use it.
Counters / choke points
- Any negation or removal (e.g. Infinite Impermanence, S:P Little Knight) blanks a vanilla body with no effect to protect it.
- Hand traps such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring stop the summon/search enablers it depends on.
- Grave hate (Called by the Grave, D.D. Crow) prevents reviving it from the GY.
Best use
Generic Normal Monster material / beatstick body. Decks: Primite, Blue-Eyes, Red-Eyes. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card is a Level 7 DARK Dragon Normal Monster with 2350 ATK / 2400 DEF and flavor text only (no effect).; No archetype (archetype: null); legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel, and Duel Links.; Combos evidence records 0 appearances and guides evidence records 0 mentions.
- Observed: Appears in 21 of the sampled decks (100% main deck, 0 side), avg 1.57 copies (max 3).; Spread across 19 distinct archetypes, with Primite and Blue-Eyes the most common at 2 decks each.
- Inferred: Functions purely as a generic Normal-Monster body/name (e.g. Normal-Monster support like Primite, or Dragon material).; Requires a tribute (Level 7) or an external Special Summon effect to reach the field, with no inherent summon.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no declared archetype — practical role inferred from the deck spread