DARK
3Tour Guide From the Underworld
ATK:
1000
DEF:
600
View:
6296
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 3 Fiend monster from your hand or Deck, but negate its effects, also it cannot be used as Synchro Material.
Tour Guide From the Underworld — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 67 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 63 · Deck: 69 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Tour Guide's power is the reliable conversion of a Normal Summon into a second Level 3 Fiend pulled from hand or Deck, a cheap body that comes with a negated, Synchro-locked follow-up. The 1000 ATK and 600 DEF earn nothing, and the 400/400 deck inclusion lifts only accessibility and deck efficiency, not the conversion score, since the combo evidence is three boards from one archetype family and none tag it as a starter or material. Its real ceiling is limited: the summoned monster is negated, so the card is a body-provider rather than a finisher.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 85 | Normal Summonable from hand, 3 copies in 400 of 400 decks across 83 archetypes, so it is live in most opening hands (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Appears in 3 of 3 recorded 1-card Unchained boards with average power index 100, but combo role is empty and it is never tagged as starter, so the conversion credit is capped (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Normal Summon plus a free Level 3 Fiend from Deck is about +1 card with no card spent beyond itself, a modest refuel-free gain (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect, so this scores near zero on interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Its own body is a Level 3 Fiend that could feed Xyz or Link, but material role is 0% and no material usage is tabled, so the credit is inferred only (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The Normal Summon trigger is a single-spot play that dies to any negate on the summon, with Ash Blossom appearing as a top partner rather than as a recorded interaction (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | A 3-copy generic staple with no garnet, lock, or restriction, so it is near free to run and tolerates full playsets (verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 63, Deck ≈ 69, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Normal Summon body that is live in opening hands
- Free Level 3 Fiend from Deck with no card cost beyond itself
- Cheap to run at 3 copies with no garnet or lock
- Found across 83 archetypes, so it is portable
Weaknesses
- Summoned monster is negated and cannot be used as Synchro material
- No interaction or removal
- Single-spot Normal Summon play, easy to shut off on the summon
- Combo evidence is thin and all from one archetype family
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (appears as a top partner, not a recorded interaction)
- Negation of the Normal Summon trigger
Best use
Level 3 Fiend body provider from hand or Deck after a Normal Summon. Decks: Unchained, Fiendsmith, Phantom Knights, Dark World. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon trigger: Special Summon one Level 3 Fiend from hand or Deck, which is negated and cannot be used as Synchro material (card text); Included in 400 of 400 recent decks at an average of 2.7 copies, 83 distinct archetypes (deck stat); Appears in 3 of 3 recorded combos (combo stat)
- Observed: Combo examples are all Unchained 1-card boards with power index 100 and zero starter count (combo stat); Top partners are Ash Blossom, D/D/D Wave High King Caesar, and S:P Little Knight (deck stat); Included at 100% in Burning Abyss and Unchained StatisticsCard rows (usage stat)
- Inferred: Level 3 Fiend body can feed Xyz or Link material, though not tabled in the evidence (inference from card type and level); Normal Summon trigger is single-spot and vulnerable to negation on the summon (inference from text)
- Data gaps: No banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) All combo evidence comes from one Unchained family and none tag the card as starter or material No material-usage table for the card as a Xyz/Link body No rulings available for the negated-body and Synchro-lock interactions usage statistics covers only 4 archetypes