LIGHT
1White Duston
Archetype:
Duston
ATK:
0
DEF:
1000
View:
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The proudust of them all.
White Duston — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58.39 · Deck: 57.03 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
White Duston earns its score purely as a body, never as a threat: it is a Level-1 LIGHT Fiend Normal Monster that decks convert into Link material (Fiendsmith's Requiem and Fiendsmith's Sequence are co-played in 96.2% of its 400 recorded decks) or into Normal-Monster engine fuel (Primite Lordly Lode and Primite Roar at roughly 87%). Its 0 ATK, 1000 DEF and single line of flavor text earn it nothing at all — there is no effect, no card advantage and no interaction. The value is that the body is clean, unconditional and unrestricted, so it converts reliably into whatever engine wants a Level-1 Fiend or a Normal Monster name, at a very low slot cost (92% of decks run exactly one copy, spread across 59 distinct archetypes). The score is capped by how little it does on its own and by the complete absence of combo-level confirmation (0 recorded combo appearances).
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 58 | A Normal Monster legal at up to 3 in TCG/OCG/Master Duel/Duel Links with no summon condition, but 369 of 400 decks run only a single copy, so it is live once drawn yet rarely drawn (observed — deck data copies per deck). |
| Combo & Conversion | 48 | With 0 recorded combos it contributes only one unrestricted body toward a Link-2 or a Normal-Monster requirement, and its text gives nothing beyond that (inferred — card text plus empty combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Flavor text only: the card trades itself away for a material and never generates card advantage or refuel (verified — card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No effect whatsoever, so it provides zero disruption, negation or removal (verified — card text "The proudust of them all."). |
| Material Utility | 72 | A Level-1 LIGHT Fiend Normal Monster with no lock or restriction is a clean, generic material that still functions when its (nonexistent) effect is blanked, corroborated by 96.2% co-decking with Fiendsmith pieces (inferred — card text + observed co-deck rates). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 34 | A 0-ATK vanilla with no protection, no recursion and no late-game use; it is a one-shot body that is stranded in hand if the summon or engine line is interrupted (inferred — card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Very low slot cost: 92% of decks run exactly one copy (369/25/6 distribution), no locks, no costs and no need for redundant copies (observed — deck data copies per deck). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 58.39, Deck ≈ 57.03, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Unrestricted Level-1 LIGHT Fiend Normal Monster — a clean material for generic Links/plays and for Fiend-typed requirements.
- Counts as a Normal Monster, matching Normal-Monster engine cards (Primite Roar / Primite Lordly Lode co-deck at 87% / 86.8%).
- Extremely cheap to run: 369 of 400 decks use exactly 1 copy, with no locks, costs or summon conditions.
- Highly splashable: present in 59 distinct archetypes across TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links.
Weaknesses
- No effect at all — zero card advantage, zero disruption, zero recursion.
- 0 ATK / 1000 DEF makes it a non-threat as a monster; it is only ever a body or a name.
- Dead draw in the late game and worthless outside an engine that wants a Level-1 Fiend or a Normal Monster.
- No recorded combo appearances, so its practical ceiling in real lines is unconfirmed.
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps that stop the engine that consumes it (e.g. Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring on an engine search, Infinite Impermanence on the enabling effect).
- Board wipes or removal that clear the bodies before the Link/Xyz summon converts them.
- Decks that punish a blank 0-ATK Normal Monster drawn without its engine.
Best use
Level-1 LIGHT Fiend Normal Monster body / engine fuel for Fiend-typed Links and Normal-Monster requirements. Decks: Fiendsmith, Primite, Duston. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is flavor only: "The proudust of them all." — no effect, 0 ATK / 1000 DEF, Level 1, LIGHT, Fiend, Normal Monster, Duston archetype.; Listed as legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links (card.formats).
- Observed: 400 recorded decks run it in the main deck, average 1.09 copies; 369 run exactly 1 copy.; 96.2% co-deck rate with Fiendsmith Engraver, Fiendsmith's Requiem and Fiendsmith's Sequence; ~87% with Primite Roar and Primite Lordly Lode.; It appears across 59 distinct archetypes, and usage statistics shows 100% inclusion at a typical 1 copy in the Duston archetype.; 0 combo appearances and 0 appearances in recorded end boards.
- Inferred: It functions as an unconditional Level-1 LIGHT Fiend Normal body that satisfies Fiend-typed Link material and Normal-Monster engine requirements.; Its typical 1-copy count implies it is used as a minimal-count enabler rather than a core combo piece.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) guide section featuring the card has an empty snippet, so its described role is not documented no data on searcher routes that fetch it within Fiendsmith/Primite builds