it's one of the most potent anabolics there is for verified lbm. Think about it, 30ed is a powerful mass building cycle, easy with diet and training to put on 5lbs after water, etc, in weeks. 30edx7days/week=210mg/week. Imagine taking less than an amp of sustanon (any test ester same idea) a week, you would see virtually no significant gains in a few weeks. Dbol is phenomenally potent. People don't think about scale, dose, response and effect when they mouth off; dbol since the early 50s is one of the most potent anabolics there is, and through a non-AR mechanism to boot ?!? That being said, it is toxic, many sides including bloat, strong shutdown at effective doses, need for many pills/day, etc. So even for me its not ubiquitous, but it's potency and effectiveness is without the possibility of scientific question. dbol is about 100$/gm whereas test is $30/gm or less, same with eq, etc. In practice, dbol and all orals are much more expensive than say eq+test, more toxic and more trouble to deal with every day. So most people pass it up except to try it a few times. Also a lot of competitors I know (national level) use 20-30 all the time in off season cycles, to throw it in. But us average "cycling joes" tend to stick to test/tren/eq as it's cheaper and less problematic.