DARK
5Vice Dragon
ATK:
2000
DEF:
2400
View:
3709
If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand), but its original ATK and DEF become halved.
Vice Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49.6 · Deck: 48.1 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Vice Dragon's text makes it a conditional body: it can only be Special Summoned from hand when the opponent controls a monster and you control none, and its original ATK and DEF are then halved. The card reliably converts into a Level 5 DARK Dragon body and little else, since the evidence shows no draw, search, negation, or recorded combo boards. Its 288-deck presence and strong partner co-occurrence confirm it is a practical Dragon-line piece, but that frequency is not counted as power. High printed stats earned no points here.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | The summon requires an opponent monster and an empty own field, and combo data records 0 appearances, so access rests on deck count alone (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The text yields a single body with halved stats when summoned, and no combo boards record it converting into a larger board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | The text shows no draw, search, recursion, or cost return, so it is a single-card body with no card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The text contains no negation, removal, or disruption clause (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | It is a Level 5 DARK Dragon, a clean body for Dragon-line decks that run it in 288 decks with strong partner co-occurrence, though its material use is not recorded in combos (observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | A single monster with halved stats and a restrictive summon condition gives little resilience, though its use across 34 archetype homes adds some redundancy (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It is run at 1 to 3 copies (average 2.39) with no garnet or lock recorded, and 81 of 288 decks run a single copy (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Utility (blend). Intrinsic ≈ 49.6, Deck ≈ 48.1, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: conditional summon restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 5 DARK Dragon body that fits Dragon-line decks
- Run in 288 recent decks across 34 archetype homes
- Flexible copy count (1 to 3) with no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- Summon requires an opponent monster and an empty own field
- Original ATK and DEF are halved
- No recorded combo boards, so conversion is text-only inference
- No interaction or card advantage in the text
Best use
Material body / conditional Dragon body. Decks: Archfiend, Resonator, Red Dragon Archfiend-linked Dragon lists. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 5 DARK Dragon Effect Monster, 2000/2400; Summon condition and halved ATK/DEF from card text; No negation, removal, or card advantage in text
- Observed: 288 recent decks, 1 to 3 copies (average 2.39); Partner co-occurrence with Red Dragon Archfiend (91.7%) and Crimson Gaia (82.3%); Present in 34 archetype homes, led by Archfiend (33.3%) and Resonator (26%)
- Inferred: Practical access is limited by the summon condition; Combo conversion is text-only because no boards are recorded; Dragon-line material fit is inferred from race, level and attribute
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion inferred from the deck sample only no material role or starter role combo data for material utility no once-per-turn or ruling information in evidence