DARK
3Wizard Buster Destruction Sword
Archetype:
Destruction Sword
ATK:
1200
DEF:
900
View:
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You can target 1 "Buster Blader" you control; equip this monster from your hand or your side of the field to that target. While this card is equipped to a monster, monsters in your opponent's Graveyard cannot activate their effects. You can send this Equip Card to the Graveyard, then target 1 "Destruction Sword" monster in your Graveyard, except "Wizard Buster Destruction Sword"; add it to your hand.
Wizard Buster Destruction Sword — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51.5 · Deck: 56.7 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
The card's value is its recovery loop: it equips from hand to a Buster Blader for a passive opponent-GY effect lock, then sends itself to the Graveyard to add a Destruction Sword monster back to hand, which is close to a card-neutral recursion. Its ATK 1200 and Level 3 body earn nothing on their own. The strong deck presence (in 333 sampled decks, 99.4% alongside Buster Blader) confirms a real, practical role, but no combo boards were supplied, so the combo and conversion scores rest on card text alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Live from hand when a Buster Blader is on the field, and it appears in 333 sampled decks, but it depends on that target (verified text, observed deck stats). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The equip-then-GY-recover sequence turns one card into a second monster in hand, but no combo boards were supplied to confirm the conversion (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Sending itself to recover a Destruction Sword monster is roughly card-neutral, a modest refuel rather than a card-advantage engine (verified text, inferred balance). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The negation only covers opponent Graveyard monster effects while equipped, which is narrow and soft against most interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | A generic Level 3 DARK Spellcaster body with no Tuner or special material text; it stays a valid body even when its effect is negated (verified stats, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Usable from hand or the side of the field and recoverable from the Graveyard, but dependent on a Buster Blader target and easily stopped by removal of that target (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Mostly run at one copy (305 of 333 decks, average 1.14) with no garnet or lock restriction (observed deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Removal/Negation (secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 51.5, Deck ≈ 56.7, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Recovers a Destruction Sword monster from the Graveyard to hand, close to card-neutral
- Passive lock on opponent Graveyard monster effects while equipped
- Single-copy, low-cost deck slot with no garnet restriction
- Near-universal inclusion alongside Buster Blader in the sampled decks
Weaknesses
- Needs a Buster Blader target to use its equip effect
- Negation only covers opponent Graveyard effects, not their live field or hand
- No combo boards supplied, so conversion and power are text-inferred
- Dependent on a single archetype home despite 44 archetypes appearing in the sample
Counters / choke points
- Removal or destruction of the Buster Blader target before the equip resolves (inferred from text)
- Hand or field disruption that stops the Graveyard send-and-add sequence (inferred from text)
Best use
Recovery/Recursion support that refuels a Destruction Sword monster from the Graveyard for Buster Blader lists. Decks: Buster Blader, Destruction Sword. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Equip from hand or side of field to a Buster Blader, with the opponent Graveyard monster-effect lock while equipped; Send-to-GY then add a Destruction Sword monster from the Graveyard to hand; Level 3 DARK Spellcaster, ATK 1200 / DEF 900
- Observed: In 333 sampled decks, 99.4% alongside Buster Blader, 83.2% in gameplay type 7; Average 1.14 copies per deck, 305 decks running one copy
- Inferred: Primary role is recovery/recursion rather than a starter, with negation as a secondary role; Net card balance of the recovery is roughly neutral
- 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 deck sample only