DARK
5Tindangle Base Gardna
Archetype:
Tindangle
ATK:
0
DEF:
2300
View:
3207
If you control a face-down Defense Position monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in Defense Position. You can only Special Summon "Tindangle Base Gardna" once per turn this way. If a monster is Normal or Special Summoned, and is now pointed to by an opponent's Link Monster (except during the Damage Step): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Tindangle" monster from your hand or Deck in Attack Position or face-down Defense Position.
Tindangle Base Gardna — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Starter, Material body
Why it scores here
Tindangle Base Gardna is a live Tindangle body: it can be Special Summoned from hand under a face-down DEF condition, and its Tribute effect turns it into a Tindangle from Deck, so it converts its own card into board presence. It also works as a clean Level 5 Fiend material, which the combo evidence shows it mostly serves (67% as material). Its 2300 DEF and the card's text did not earn points; the score comes from its conditional access, its archetype-locked value, and the Tindangle deck context. Its weakness is that it has no negation or removal and only works while the Tindangle core is present.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Hand Special Summon needs a face-down DEF monster, and it appears as starter in 33% of 3 recorded boards and in end hand in 33% (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 65 | Recorded boards containing it reach power index 100 and 91 with 3 to 5 end monsters, but it is mostly a material piece (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Tributing itself to Special Summon a Tindangle from Deck is roughly card-neutral, with recorded boards showing net card advantage of 4 to 7 (verified, observed). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | The Tribute effect is reactive board-building, not negation or removal, so interaction is minimal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A Level 5 DARK Fiend that is material in 67% of recorded appearances, and the body stays useful as material when its effect is negated (observed, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Usable from hand and from the field, but both effects are once-per-turn and the Tribute effect requires an opposing Link monster pointing at a monster (verified, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Runs 1 to 3 copies per deck (average 1.93) with no garnet, but it needs Tindangle support cards to be live (observed, verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype lock (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand Special Summon with a conditional face-down DEF requirement that gives a second route to the board
- Tribute effect turns the card into a Tindangle from Deck, an extender that is close to card-neutral
- Clean Level 5 DARK Fiend material that stays useful even when its effect is negated
- Runs in 98% of the Tindangle decks in the sample, usually at 2 copies
Weaknesses
- No negation, removal, or hand-trap reach
- Both effects are once-per-turn and the Tribute effect depends on an opposing Link monster pointing at a monster
- Archetype-locked: low value outside the Tindangle shell
- Only 3 recorded combos, so the combo read is thin
Counters / choke points
- Opponent Link monster pointing that prevents or times the Tribute effect
- Negation of the Tribute effect
- Board wipes or interruption before the Tindangle Deck line can be set up
Best use
Extender / material body in Tindangle. Decks: Tindangle (archetype 2096, gameplay 3), Tindangle (archetype 889, gameplay 7). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: hand Special Summon requires a face-down DEF monster; Tribute effect triggers on a Normal/Special Summon pointed to by an opponent's Link monster; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks; Deck inclusion across 109 decks with an average of 1.93 copies
- Observed: Combo appearances: 3 of 3, with 67% as material and 33% as starter/in end hand; Average power index 97 across recorded boards; Usage statistics: 100% inclusion in Tindangle gameplay 7 at 2 copies
- Inferred: The Tribute effect is roughly card-neutral because it converts this card into a Deck Tindangle; Archetype lock is a real limit on value outside Tindangle
- Data gaps: No banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Only 3 recorded combos, so combo conversion is weakly sampled Single guide mention; no rulings for Damage Step timing edge cases No meta-sample, so meta power is null