DARK
4White Rose Dragon
Archetype:
Rose Dragon
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1000
View:
3949
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 "Rose Dragon" monster from your hand or GY, except "White Rose Dragon". You can only use each of these effects of "White Rose Dragon" once per turn: ● If you control a Dragon Tuner or Plant Tuner: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. ● If this card is sent to the GY as Synchro Material: You can send 1 Level 4 or higher Plant monster from your Deck to the GY.
White Rose Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
White Rose Dragon converts into a second Rose Dragon body: its Normal Summon effect Special Summons one Rose Dragon from hand or GY, and its GY effect refuels by sending a Level 4+ Plant from Deck to GY when it is used as Synchro Material. Both conversions are modest, with no opponent interaction and no combo data to show how far they go. The 1200 ATK and 1000 DEF earned no points, and the presence in all 400 sampled decks confirms the role is live, not that the card is strong on its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at an average of 1.76 copies, but the Normal Summon trigger and the guide-reported Synchro-only restriction limit how reliably it is used (verified card text; observed deck stats; guide conflict noted as inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text gives a one-card body add plus a refuel, but there are zero recorded combo boards, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 52 | Recovers a Rose Dragon from hand or GY, which is a body gain rather than card advantage, and the Plant-to-GY send is a deck-to-GY cost, not a net gain (verified card text; inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no opponent-facing negation, removal, or disruption effect (verified card text). |
| Material Utility | 62 | A Level 4 DARK Dragon with a GY effect when sent as Synchro Material, so the body still provides material value even though its tuner status is not in the evidence (verified card text; tuner status inferred as a gap). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Its effects work from hand, GY, and Synchro-material zones, but each is once per turn and the hand summon needs a Dragon or Plant Tuner (verified card text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 58 | Average 1.76 copies per deck with a 3-copy cap, but it is locked to the Rose Dragon archetype for its Special Summon target (observed deck stats; verified card text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Normal Summon trigger recovers a Rose Dragon body from hand or GY
- GY effect refuels from Deck to GY when used as Synchro Material
- Present in all 400 sampled decks at an average of 1.76 copies
- Level 4 body still provides material value when its effect is negated
Weaknesses
- Special Summon target is locked to the Rose Dragon archetype
- Hand Special Summon requires a Dragon or Plant Tuner
- Guide reports a Synchro-only restriction that conflicts with the Normal Summon trigger
- No opponent interaction
- No recorded combo boards to confirm conversion
Counters / choke points
- Hand- and GY-targeting negation in general (inferred; no counter data supplied)
Best use
Engine: Normal Summon Special Summon of a Rose Dragon plus a Plant-to-GY refuel as Synchro Material. Decks: Rose Dragon (archetype 831), Rose Dragon (archetype 1033). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon effect: Special Summon 1 Rose Dragon from hand or GY, excluding itself; Hand Special Summon requires controlling a Dragon Tuner or Plant Tuner; GY effect when sent to GY as Synchro Material: send 1 Level 4+ Plant from Deck to GY; Each effect is once per turn; Archetype is Rose Dragon; legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks
- Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks at an average of 1.76 copies (1: 190, 2: 117, 3: 93); Roxrose Dragon co-occurs in 100% of decks; Black Rose Dragon in 93.2%; Spans 35 distinct archetypes; 84% of decks use gameplay type 7; Usage statistics show a max inclusion of 66.7% with typical copies of 1 to 3
- Inferred: Synchro-only restriction from the guide would block the Normal Summon trigger, so the trigger's reliability is uncertain; No combo data, so conversion is text-based only; Level 4 non-Tuner status is implied by the Synchro Material clause but is not stated in the evidence
- Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Tuner status of White Rose Dragon itself is not in the evidence No rulings supplied Guide 289 Synchro-only claim conflicts with the Normal Summon trigger and is unresolved Guide evidence is opinion snippets, not structured data