LIGHT
4Bujin Yamato
Archetype:
Bujin
ATK:
1800
DEF:
200
View:
3844
Once per turn, during your End Phase: You can add 1 "Bujin" monster from your Deck to your hand, then send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard. You can only control 1 "Bujin Yamato".
Bujin Yamato — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Bujin Yamato is a searcher, not a power card: once per turn in your End Phase it adds a Bujin monster from Deck to hand, paid by sending a card from hand to the Graveyard, which nets zero cards and does nothing to the opponent. Its 1800 ATK and Level 4 body earn no points; the score comes from a reliable Bujin search and a cheap, widely shared slot. Deck presence (52 of 52 sampled decks, 1.81 copies average) confirms it is a staple of the Bujin engine, not that it is strong on its own, and no combo evidence was supplied to raise conversion.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | It needs to be on the field at your End Phase, so there is no hand-live route, but it appears in 52 of 52 sampled decks (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | It turns a hand card into a searched Bujin monster, so the board grows only by the searched body; no combo data supports more (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The search and the hand-to-GY send cancel out for net zero card advantage, and the send is a cost, not a refuel (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | The text gives no negation, removal or hand-trap reach, so it has no opponent interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 4 LIGHT Beast-Warrior with 1800 ATK is a plausible generic Level 4 material, but no material evidence was supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | The search only happens if the card survives to End Phase and is the sole copy under your control, so one removal or negation ends it (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | It is a single-copy, non-garnet slot that averages 1.81 copies across 52 decks with no lock restriction (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Searcher/Tutor profile only (no secondary role). Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap Bujin search in the End Phase, paid by a single hand card
- Core staple of the Bujin engine: in all 52 sampled decks, average 1.81 copies
- Low deckbuilding cost: one-copy restriction only, no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- Net zero card advantage, since the search is paid by discarding a hand card
- Needs to survive to your End Phase on the field; removal or negation before then ends the search
- No opponent interaction at all
- Only one copy can be controlled, so extra copies cannot be on the field together
Counters / choke points
- Monster removal or destruction before your End Phase (inferred)
- Negation of its effect (inferred)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor: End Phase search for a Bujin monster. Decks: Bujin.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once per turn, during your End Phase: add 1 Bujin monster from Deck to hand, then send 1 card from hand to the Graveyard (card text); You can only control 1 Bujin Yamato (card text); Level 4 LIGHT Beast-Warrior, 1800 ATK / 200 DEF (card data); Appears in 52 of 52 sampled decks, 27 of them Bujin (decks evidence); Top partner Bujingi Crane co-appears in 52 of 52 decks (deck stat)
- Observed: Average 1.81 copies per deck, distribution 1:27, 2:8, 3:17 (deck stat); Gameplay type 7 in 51.9% of decks (deck stat)
- Inferred: The searched Bujin monsters are the engine this card feeds (text plus deck partners); Level 4 body is a plausible Xyz material (not in evidence)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed unlimited copies no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — inclusion inferred from deck sample only no rulings supplied no material support evidence for Xyz or Link archetype list mixes Bujin name variants (Bujin, Bujins, Bujin, Bujin) with one-off entries such as 'Không có'