EARTH
5Amazoness War Chief
Archetype:
Amazoness
ATK:
1900
DEF:
0
View:
4052
If you control no monsters, or only "Amazoness" monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Set 1 "Amazoness" Spell/Trap or 1 "Polymerization" directly from your Deck, also you can only attack with "Amazoness" monsters for the rest of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Amazoness War Chief" once per turn.
Amazoness War Chief — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54.9 · Deck: 56.2 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
The card's 1900 ATK earns nothing on its own. Its score comes from a conditional hand Special Summon (no monsters, or only Amazoness monsters) plus an on-summon set of an Amazoness Spell/Trap or Polymerization from the Deck, which gives it a reliable route into the archetype's fusion and support package. Its presence in all 400 sampled decks, with Polymerization as the top partner at 76.8%, confirms that it is accessible and played, not that it is strong; no combo boards were supplied, so the conversion estimate rests on text and deck stats alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Hand Special Summon under a conditional board requirement, live in 400/400 sampled decks and 45.5% of the Amazoness archetype (verified text, observed deck stats). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Set-from-Deck of Polymerization or an Amazoness S/T turns one summon into fusion or support access, co-occurring with Polymerization in 76.8% of decks (inferred from text, observed from decks; no combo boards supplied). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | One Deck-to-field search and no graveyard refuel or recurring card advantage in the text (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect; the attack restriction limits its own team (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 5 Earth Warrior with 1900 ATK is a usable material body, but the text gives no material-specific advantage and no combo data shows material use (verified text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Two once-per-turn effects with a hand route give some redundancy, but the summon condition is easy to break and the card has no recursion (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Runs 2–3 copies (avg 2.39) and fits Amazoness-only lists cheaply, but the Amazoness-only summon condition commits the deck to one archetype (observed deck stats, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher / Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 54.9, Deck ≈ 56.2, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand Special Summon when the board is empty or Amazoness-only, so it is live early
- Set-from-Deck of Polymerization or an Amazoness S/T gives a search-to-field route
- Included in every sampled deck, 2–3 copies each, with 100% inclusion across four archetypes in the usage statistics
Weaknesses
- The summon condition restricts it to empty or Amazoness-only boards
- Both effects are once per turn, so repeat use is capped
- No combo data supplied, so the conversion score is unconfirmed
- Low opponent interaction; the attack restriction limits its own team
Counters / choke points
- Opponent interruption of the summon or trigger, which would blank the card's board value (inferred from text; no interaction data supplied)
Best use
Starter / searcher: hand Special Summon that sets Polymerization or an Amazoness Spell/Trap from the Deck. Decks: Amazoness (815), Amazoness (1388). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon condition: controls no monsters, or only Amazoness monsters; On Normal or Special Summon: set 1 Amazoness Spell/Trap or Polymerization from the Deck; Each effect is once per turn; Level 5 Earth Warrior, 1900 ATK, formats TCG and OCG
- Observed: Present in 400/400 sampled decks, avg 2.39 copies, distribution 1:42 / 2:161 / 3:197; Polymerization co-occurs in 76.8% of decks; Reinforcement of the Army 67%; Called by the Grave 59.2%; Usage stats: 100% inclusion in Genex, Elemental Hero, Amazoness (815, 1388), Bamboo Sword and War Rock, typical copies 1–3; Guide notes the Warrior deck bricks easily and is weak to handtraps
- Inferred: Hand summon plus set-from-Deck gives a multi-step fusion or support route from one card; The conditional summon is fragile under opponent interruption
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no ruling or interaction data supplied top-card data has no ranking entries for this card