WATER
1Tradetoad
Archetype:
Frog
ATK:
100
DEF:
2000
View:
3399
Once per turn, you can Tribute 1 Aqua-Type monster to select 1 "Frog" monster in your Graveyard, except "Frog the Jam". Special Summon that monster from your Graveyard.
Tradetoad — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44.6 · Deck: 40.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Tradetoad converts one other Aqua-type monster it Tributes into one Frog revived from the Graveyard, a one-for-one body swap with no card advantage and no opponent interaction. Its score comes from that recursion role, a cheap Level 1 body, and a small Frog-deck footprint (2 decks, with Frog partners all co-occurring in both). Its 100 ATK and 2000 DEF earn nothing; the body and the revival are what matter.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Needs a second Aqua-type monster on the field to Tribute, and the sample shows only 2 decks with no starter or searched appearances (observed, plus inference from the text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The effect trades 1 Aqua for 1 Frog from the GY, which adds no net board presence; no combo boards were recorded (inferred from text, combo data is empty). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Tribute 1 monster to revive 1 monster is card-neutral with a GY dependency, so it is roughly even rather than advantageous (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The text grants no negation, removal, or disruption (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Level 1 Aqua body is a usable material, but the text gives no Tuner or other special material property and no material role evidence exists (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A once-per-turn effect that depends on a second Aqua and a Frog in the GY, with no recorded redundancy or multi-zone routes (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A Level 1 single-copy-friendly body with no garnet or lock; it costs one slot in a Frog build (verified from text and deck data copy distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 44.6, Deck ≈ 40.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap Level 1 body that can be run in Frog builds with low slot cost
- Recurs a Frog from the Graveyard, which fits the Frog recursion theme
- Frog-focused partners (Des Frog, Beelze Frog, Poison Draw Frog) co-occur with it in both recorded decks
Weaknesses
- Requires a second Aqua-type monster on the field to Tribute
- One-for-one revival adds no net board presence
- No negation, removal, or disruption
- No combo or starter evidence in the sample
Counters / choke points
- Graveyard hate or effect negation on the revival (inferred from the once-per-turn GY-revival text)
- Removal of the Aqua tribute body before activation (inferred)
Best use
Recovery / Recursion. Decks: Frog builds, Paleozoic (Frog-adjacent) builds.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: once per turn, Tribute 1 Aqua-Type monster to Special Summon 1 Frog from the Graveyard, excluding Frog the Jam; Level 1 WATER Aqua Effect Monster, ATK 100 / DEF 2000, archetype Frog; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks
- Observed: Present in 2 recorded decks (Paleozoic and an unlabelled archetype), both in main deck, with 1 and 2 copies; Frog partners (Des Frog, Beelze Frog, Poison Draw Frog, and others) co-occur in 100% of the 2 sampled decks
- Inferred: The revival is a one-for-one body swap with no net board gain; A Level 1 Aqua body is a usable generic material, though no Tuner status is stated; The effect is awkward to use without a second Aqua-type monster on the field
- 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 the 2-deck sample only no rulings or Tuner status supplied for the material assessment deck data sample is very small (2 decks)