EARTH
6Tiger Dragon
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1800
View:
4002
When this card is Tribute Summoned by Tributing a Dragon monster: You can target up to 2 Set cards in your opponent's Spell & Trap Zone; destroy those targets.
Tiger Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 51.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Tiger Dragon is a Level 6 Dragon body whose value comes from a conditional on-Tribute-Summon effect: it destroys up to 2 face-down Set Spell/Trap cards on the opponent's side, but only when it is Tribute Summoned by tributing a Dragon. The 2400 ATK earns no points on its own. The score reflects that the effect is gated by a Dragon tribute and by the Set-only target restriction, which keeps it a situational board breaker rather than a reliable one. Its 17-deck, 14-archetype spread confirms that Dragon decks run it, but no combo evidence is present to confirm how often the effect actually fires.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Needs a Dragon already on the field to tribute, and no searcher or combo route is supplied; it is live only in Dragon-heavy boards (text, decks; inference). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Converts one Dragon tribute into a 2400-ATK body plus up to two Set S/T destructions; no combo boards are recorded to confirm the conversion rate (text; inference). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Costs one Dragon tribute and can return up to two card destructions, which is a plausible two-for-one when Set S/T targets exist (text; inference). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Destroys up to two Set Spell/Trap cards only, so face-up backrow and non-Set continuous effects are untouched; a situational board breaker (text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A clean Level 6 Dragon body that serves as a generic Level 6 material; no effect-negated material behaviour is documented (text; inference). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The effect is a single on-summon trigger with no recursion or multi-zone reach, and the body is negatable (text; inference). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Single-copy slot (1.35 average copies) with no garnet or lock, but it needs Dragon monsters in the deck to function (decks, text; observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Board breaker / Going-second profile (single primary role, no secondary blend applied to weights). Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 51.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Dragon-tribute restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Conditional two-card destruction of Set Spell/Trap cards on a Tribute Summon
- Clean Level 6 Dragon body usable as generic material
- Single-copy, no-garnet slot that fits Dragon decks across 14 archetypes
Weaknesses
- Requires a Dragon to tribute, so it is dead in non-Dragon boards
- Targets only Set Spell/Trap cards, not face-up backrow
- No searcher or recursion route in the evidence
Counters / choke points
- Opponent's face-up Spell/Trap cards and continuous effects are unaffected
- Non-Dragon hands with no Dragon to tribute cannot use the effect
- Negation of the summoned body removes the Tribute Summon trigger value
Best use
Board breaker on Dragon Tribute Summon, with a 2400 body for material or pressure. Decks: Red-Eyes, Greed, Blue-Eyes, Dragon Link, Tenpai Dragon. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: on Tribute Summon by tributing a Dragon, destroy up to 2 opponent Set Spell/Trap cards; Level 6, 2400 ATK, Effect Monster, formats TCG/OCG/MasterDuel/DuelLinks; Present in 17 of the sampled decks across 14 archetypes, all main deck
- Observed: Average 1.35 copies per deck; 6 of 17 decks run 2 copies; Call of the Haunted co-occurs in 88.2% of decks running this card; Gameplay mix: 52.9% gameplay type 7, 41.2% type 4
- Inferred: Accessibility is conditional on Dragon monsters being on the field to tribute; Set-only targeting limits interaction value against face-up backrow; Level 6 Dragon body is usable as generic material
- 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