WATER
8Blizzard Princess
ATK:
2800
DEF:
2100
View:
3326
You can Tribute Summon this card in face-up Attack Position by Tributing 1 Spellcaster-Type monster. After this card was Normal Summoned, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards for the rest of that turn.
Blizzard Princess — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker / Going-second · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Blizzard Princess is a Level 8 Water Spellcaster whose 2800 ATK is not what earns the score. Its real value is a Tribute Summon that costs one Spellcaster and a one-turn lock on Spell/Trap activation after its Normal Summon, which is a soft interaction rather than a negate. The card does not refuel, search or generate advantage, and the tribute is a -1 unless the tributed monster was already dead, so resource economy stays low. The 34-deck sample (19 archetypes, average 1.62 copies) confirms it is a portable, consistently played body, but that frequency only supports the Deck term, not a higher intrinsic score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Needs a Spellcaster on the field to Tribute, and no searcher or combo-starter evidence exists to show reliable access (inferred, text plus deck stats). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | The 2800-ATK body and Spell/Trap lock are stated in text, but there are zero recorded combos to show what it converts into (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Tributing one monster is a -1 with no refuel, recursion or search in the text (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The post-Normal-Summon lock blocks Spell/Trap activation for one turn, which is soft and situational rather than a negation (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 8 Water Spellcaster is a generic material fit in principle, but no material role evidence exists and the effect does not survive negation (inferred from level and attribute). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single body with no recursion or multi-zone effect, so one removal or a monster-based answer ends it (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Low copy count (average 1.62) and a Spellcaster-only tribute requirement, with no garnet or lock on the deck (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker/Going-second + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Playable across 19 archetypes and 4 gameplay types, showing portability (observed)
- Level 8 Water Spellcaster body gives a 2800-ATK beater that a Spellcaster-based deck can tribute into (verified from card text)
- Post-summon Spell/Trap lock can stop a single-turn setup on the opponent's side (verified from card text)
Weaknesses
- Tribute requirement is a card-disadvantage cost with no refuel (verified from card text)
- The Spell/Trap lock is one turn and does not stop monster effects or negate anything (verified from card text)
- No combo or guide evidence, so conversion value is text-only (observed gap)
Counters / choke points
- Monster-based removal or a targeted answer after the summon, since the body has no recursion (inferred)
- Spell/Trap-based removal played on the opponent's turn is only blocked for a turn, not stopped (inferred)
Best use
Level 8 Tribute beater with a one-turn Spell/Trap lock in a Spellcaster-supported deck. Decks: Endymion, Clown Crew, Gaia, Dark Magician.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tribute Summon in Attack Position by tributing 1 Spellcaster-Type monster (card text); Spell/Trap activation lock for the rest of the turn after the Normal Summon (card text); Level 8, 2800 ATK, 2100 DEF Water Spellcaster Effect Monster (card data)
- Observed: Appears in 34 of 34 sampled decks across 19 archetypes (deck data); Average 1.62 copies per deck, with 22 of 34 decks running a single copy (deck data); Top partners include Knightmare Phoenix and Selene, both at 29-32% co-occurrence (deck data)
- Inferred: The Tribute cost makes its effect a net -1 unless the tributed monster was already dead (text-based inference); Level 8 Water Spellcaster fits Level 8 material and Spellcaster support requirements (level and attribute inference)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the 34-deck sample only no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited)