Tyrant Dragon

Tyrant Dragon — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 48 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 47.93 · Deck: 47.51 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Material body, Recovery/Recursion

Why it scores here

Tyrant Dragon converts into a 2900 ATK Level 8 FIRE Dragon body with a double attack in the Battle Phase and immunity to Trap effects that target it on the field, and it is that body — not the effect — that earns most of its points, since the same stat line doubles as a clean generic Rank 8 Xyz material. Its weakness is conversion: it is a two-Tribute Level 8 with no searcher in its text, no card advantage, no opponent-turn disruption, and it recorded 0 appearances in the supplied combo/board data, so it builds nothing on its own and never appears as a starter, searched piece, or payoff in the recorded boards. The 32 decks running it across 19 distinct archetypes prove it is legal, splashable and reachable in practice, but per the rubric that breadth confirms accessibility only and does not inflate power. The 2900 ATK and Level 8 stat line contributed nothing by themselves; the score is driven by role weight, access cost, and the absence of any combo evidence.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 47.93, Deck ≈ 47.51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• 2900 ATK Level 8 FIRE Dragon is simultaneously a beater and a clean generic Rank 8 Xyz material, so the body holds value even when its effect is negated
• Negates any Trap effect that targets it on the field and destroys that Trap, giving it real insulation against trap-based removal
• Can attack twice in the Battle Phase if the opponent still controls a monster after its first attack, letting it close games from a modest board
• Fully generic — no archetype lock or restriction — and observed in 32 decks spanning 19 distinct archetypes

Weaknesses

• Level 8 requiring two Tributes with no searchable route in its own text, so access is slow and depends on the rest of the deck
• Produces no card advantage: it is a minus on field resources and never replaces itself
• Cannot be Special Summoned from the GY unless you Tribute 1 Dragon monster, making its recursion conditional and costly
• Provides no disruption on the opponent's turn — its entire text is Battle Phase offense and self-protection
• Recorded in 0 of the supplied combos and 0 guides, so no practical line of play is demonstrated in the evidence

Counters / choke points

• Non-targeting Spell and Trap removal (e.g. mass destruction that does not target) bypasses its Trap-negation clause
• Monster-effect removal and non-targeting banish effects
• Kaiju-style Tribute-away removal that does not target or destroy
• Cards that prevent the two Tributes needed for its Normal Summon, or that punish leaving it in hand
• Effects that remove it before the Battle Phase, where its second attack and self-protection window sit

Best use

Level 8 FIRE Dragon beatstick that doubles as a Rank 8 Xyz material; played as a 1-2 of secondary boss. Decks: Blue-Eyes, Horus, Branded, Bystial, Black Luster Soldier. Suggested copies: 2.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Level 8 FIRE Dragon, 2900 ATK / 2500 DEF, Effect Monster, no archetype, legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links; Text: during your Battle Phase, if the opponent controls a monster after the first attack, it can make a second attack; Text: negates any Trap effects that target it on the field and destroys that Trap; Text: cannot be Special Summoned from the GY unless you Tribute 1 Dragon monster
• Observed: 32 sampled decks run it, all in the main deck, at 1.59 copies on average (max 3); It appears across 19 distinct archetypes, with Horus (4), Blue-Eyes (3) and Black Luster Soldier (3) most frequent; 0 appearances and 0% starter/material/payoff share in the supplied combo data; 0 guides mention it and no StatisticsCard usage rows exist
• Inferred: Primary role is Boss/End-board with Material body secondary, because the text offers offense and self-protection rather than setup; Its Level 8 / FIRE / Dragon typing makes it a usable generic Rank 8 Xyz material even when its effect is negated; Accessibility is capped by the two-Tribute Level 8 cost, since no search route appears in its own text; GenericUtility is high (~80) because the text is fully archetype-agnostic and 19 distinct archetypes run it
• 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 32-deck sample only legal copies is empty for all listed formats, so per-format legality was taken from the formats list alone