Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke

Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 56 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body, Recovery/Recursion

Why it scores here

Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke is a Level 3 WIND Machine Tuner whose payoff is a Graveyard effect: banish itself to Special Summon a different Speedroid Tuner from hand or Graveyard, once per turn. That makes it a reliable mid-combo extender and a clean Tuner body for Speedroid Synchro ladders, and deck evidence shows it living almost exclusively inside Speedroid builds (55.6% historical inclusion, 1.3 average copies, 94.5% co-deck rate with Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter). It earns nothing for its 1000/1000 stats or its 4302 page views; its score comes from being an easy-to-run, archetype-native body that converts a spent Graveyard card into additional Synchro material. It provides no interaction of its own, and no combo records were supplied, so combo ceiling is inferred from text rather than measured.

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Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Level 3 WIND Machine Tuner — ideal Synchro material for Speedroid and other WIND/Machine lines
• Graveyard-activated effect means it is live after being used as Synchro material, discarded, or milled
• Archetype-native and cheap to run: 1.3 average copies, no lock, no garnet requirement
• Revives a Speedroid Tuner from hand or Graveyard, extending Synchro ladders into Clear Wing and Crystal Clear Wing lines

Weaknesses

• Provides no interaction, negation, or removal on its own
• Effect is restricted to 'Speedroid' Tuners, so it is nearly dead outside Speedroid builds
• Hard once-per-turn and a one-shot Graveyard resource
• Requires setup (a copy already in the Graveyard plus a target Tuner in hand/GY) before it does anything
• 1000 ATK/DEF offers no combat value

Counters / choke points

• Graveyard hate such as D.D. Crow or Called by the Grave stops the banish-based summon
• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring or other negation on the Graveyard effect
• Effects that prevent Special Summoning or lock the Graveyard
• Removing the intended Tuner target from hand/Graveyard before resolution

Best use

Graveyard extender and Tuner material for Synchro ladders. Decks: Speedroid, Speedroid (Synchro/Crystal Wing builds). Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: banish from Graveyard to Special Summon 1 'Speedroid' Tuner from hand or Graveyard, except 'Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke', once per turn; Card identity: Level 3 WIND Machine Tuner, 1000 ATK / 1000 DEF, archetype 'Roid'; Card has no negation, removal, or disruption text
• Observed: 400/400 sampled decks run it in the main deck at 1.3 average copies (287 at 1, 105 at 2, 8 at 3); 94.5% co-deck rate with Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter, 91.8% with Speedroid Taketomborg, 90.2% with Speedroid Terrortop; 24 distinct archetypes appear in the deck sample, led by Speedroid at 41.5%; Historical StatisticsCard inclusion of 55.6% in Speedroid with 1 typical copy; Two guides feature it inside Speedroid core main deck sections
• Inferred: Its Graveyard effect extends Synchro ladders by supplying an additional Speedroid Tuner body; Non-Speedroid archetype appearances reflect Speedroid-engine splashes rather than generic use, since the effect requires a 'Speedroid' Tuner; Resource exchange is roughly neutral in card count but positive in tempo
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no starter role/searched-for role/material role combo percentages available no average power index for boards containing the card top-card data shows no cross-format ranking, so no external accessibility confirmation