Spell
NormalAngel of Blue Tears
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Target 1 face-up monster on the field; its controller's opponent takes damage equal to the number of cards in their hand x 200, then negate that target's effects until the end of this turn. If effect damage is inflicted (except during the Damage Step): You can banish this card from your GY; Set 1 Normal Trap directly from your hand or Deck. If Set from the hand, it can be activated this turn. You can only use 1 "Angel of Blue Tears" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
Angel of Blue Tears — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Angel of Blue Tears is a single-target spell that negates one face-up monster's effects and deals damage scaled by the opponent's hand size, plus a once-per-turn GY banish that sets a Normal Trap from hand or Deck. Its score rests on that negation and the modest deck-to-field trap value, not on its presence in 400 recent decks or its 66.7% Trickstar inclusion, which only confirm it is a consistently played staple. The card has no combo evidence and no material value, and its targeted, once-per-turn, hand-dependent effect keeps the score in the middle band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at 1.38 average copies, with Trickstar at 30% and 66.7% inclusion in its archetype stats, but no searcher or combo-start evidence exists to show how reliably it is drawn (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text shows a negate plus a GY-to-field trap set, but there are zero recorded boards, so no conversion into a full board is observed (inferred from text only). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | No draw or search; the GY banish turns a GY card into a Normal Trap from Deck, a modest deck-to-field gain that is a net card-count wash (verified from text, inferred for value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Negates a targeted face-up monster's effects and deals hand-scaled damage, but it cannot hit set or face-down cards and is only once per turn for its GY effect (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | It is a Spell Card with no material role (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | It is a targeted spell that a single hand trap or negate can answer, and its GY effect is once per turn and needs effect damage to be inflicted (verified from text, inferred for interaction). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Its copy distribution is mostly 1 copy (294 of 400 decks), with no garnet or lock restriction in the evidence, making it an inexpensive slot (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary Removal/Negation (0.7) blended with secondary Utility (0.3). Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Targeted negation that also deals damage scaled by the opponent's hand size
- Low-cost single-copy staple with broad use across 67 archetypes
- The GY effect converts a dead GY card into a Normal Trap from Deck
Weaknesses
- Targets only face-up monsters, so set or face-down threats are unaffected
- Damage scales with the opponent's hand, so late-game or empty-handed opponents make it weak
- Its GY effect is once per turn and requires effect damage to be inflicted
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps and negates that respond to the activation
- Board states where the opponent has an empty hand or only face-down monsters
Best use
Removal / Negation utility in a monster-heavy deck with a few Normal Trap payoffs. Decks: Trickstar, Sky Striker, Fiendsmith. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: targets a face-up monster, deals 200 damage per card in the opponent's hand, negates its effects until end of turn; Effect text: once-per-turn GY banish sets a Normal Trap from hand or Deck; Card type is Spell Card with no material capability
- Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.38 average copies, 294 decks at 1 copy; Trickstar inclusion 66.7% and 91.5% of decks in gameplay type 7; No recorded combo boards or guides mention the card
- Inferred: Value of the GY banish as a deck-to-field gain; Accessibility rated mid-range despite no searcher evidence
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no searcher or starter data to confirm reliability of drawing the card