FIRE
4Blazewing Butterfly
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1500
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This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is a Normal Monster on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it become an Effect Monster with this effect. ● You can Tribute this card, then target 1 Gemini monster in your Graveyard, except "Blazewing Butterfly"; Special Summon that target, and if you do, it becomes an Effect Monster, and gains its effect.
Blazewing Butterfly — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Blazewing Butterfly converts itself into one Gemini monster from the Graveyard by Tributing itself, so it is a one-for-one recursion body rather than card advantage. It is reliably accessible as a Level 4 Normal Summon and is in all 113 sampled decks, but that frequency mainly reflects the Gemini archetype (62.8% of decks) and does not raise its power. The score is held down by the absence of combo data, the fragile Normal-to-effect state, and no interaction. High frequency in the sample does not earn points on its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Normal-summonable Level 4 body, and the card is in 113 of 113 sampled decks, with the Gemini archetype accounting for 71 of them (verified text; observed deck counts). No combo start data exists to confirm how often it is the starter (observed: 0 combos). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The effect yields one Gemini Special Summon from the GY at the cost of the card itself, so it converts into a single body, not a full board (verified text). No recorded combos show it converting further (observed: combo data total 0). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Tributing itself to revive a Graveyard Gemini is a 1-for-1 exchange of bodies with no net card gain, though the GY recursion is real value (verified text; inferred as roughly even). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in its text (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 4 FIRE Insect Normal body that can be Tributed or used as material, and the effect stays usable only after it becomes an Effect Monster (verified text; the material role combo stat is absent, so this is inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The effect is available only after a Normal Summon to the field, so it is exposed to removal and to any interaction that hits it before it becomes an Effect Monster (inferred from text; no interaction data). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Generic Level 4 body with no garnet or lock and up to 3 copies, though the Gemini restriction on its target keeps it in the Gemini shell (verified text; observed copy distribution 86 at 1, 10 at 2, 17 at 3). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 body that is easy to Normal Summon and is in every sampled deck
- Returns a Gemini monster from the Graveyard at the cost of itself, giving a usable one-for-one recursion
- Costs no garnet or lock, so it fits the Gemini shell at 1 to 3 copies
Weaknesses
- Gives no net card advantage beyond the one-for-one swap
- Effect requires a Normal Summon to become an Effect Monster, which exposes it while it is still a Normal Monster
- No interaction, and the revival target is restricted to Gemini monsters in the Graveyard
Counters / choke points
- Removal or effects that hit it while it is still a Normal Monster on the field, before its effect becomes active (inferred)
Best use
Extender: Tribute itself to revive a Gemini from the Graveyard. Decks: Geminis. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: treated as a Normal Monster on the field and in the GY; becomes an Effect Monster after a Normal Summon; Text: Tribute itself to Special Summon 1 Gemini monster from the GY (not itself); Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks; legal copies assumed 3
- Observed: Present in 113 decks, 113 of them main-deck; Geminis archetype in 71 (62.8%); Copies per deck average 1.39; 1 copy in 86 decks, 2 in 10, 3 in 17; Frequent partners: Gemini Ablation 75.2%, Immortal Phoenix Gearfried 70.8%, Evocator Eveque 69.0%; Guide (Hướng dẫn chơi Geminis) says Golknight enables Gemini Spell/Trap search and stabilises Charles, without naming the Butterfly as the engine
- Inferred: The card is best read as a one-for-one GY revival that stays in the deck for body and Tribute fodder; Effect is unavailable while it is still a Normal Monster, so early-board exposure is a real risk; Deck presence reflects Gemini archetype needs more than its own power
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): archetype inclusion % inferred from the deck sample only no meta sample: meta power left null