LIGHT
4Bujingi Turtle
Archetype:
Bujin
ATK:
1700
DEF:
1200
View:
3791
During either player's turn, when a card or effect is activated that targets a "Bujin" monster you control (except during the Damage Step): You can banish this card from your Graveyard; negate that effect.
Bujingi Turtle — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
Bujingi Turtle is a graveyard-activated negation: it banishes itself from the GY to negate one targeting effect aimed at a Bujin monster you control, on either player's turn. The effect is clear and strong within its window, so interaction carries most of the score. Its 1700 ATK, its Level 4 body and its high inclusion in the sample earn little on their own. Its Bujin-only target restriction and GY-only activation cap accessibility and generic utility, and the absence of combo data keeps combo conversion low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | It can only act after it reaches the GY, and the text gives no searcher or discard route, so access is conditional (verified text, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | It creates no board and no extra bodies; its only output is a negate, and no combo boards were supplied (inferred from text, no combo evidence). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | It is a one-for-one trade that costs a GY card with no return, so the cost is low but there is no card advantage (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | It negates any targeting effect on a Bujin monster you control during either turn, except in the Damage Step, which is strong but restricted to Bujin targets (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Its Level 4 LIGHT Beast body is a generic material, but the evidence contains no material usage data and it is normally banished from the GY (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | It works from the GY on either turn and is not stopped by being negated, but it is a single-use effect with no recursion (verified text, observed deck count of 77 supports real use). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | It runs at an average of 1.4 copies in 77 decks, with 53 decks running a single copy, and is cheap to include inside the Bujin shell (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal / Negation profile only; no secondary role blend. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean, hard-to-play-around negate on any targeting effect against a Bujin monster you control, on either turn
- Works from the Graveyard, so it avoids the hand and is not spent on the field
- Consistently run in the sampled Bujin decks (77 of 77), with Bujintei Susanowo as a 100% co-occurring partner
Weaknesses
- Only protects Bujin monsters, so it has no value in non-Bujin decks
- Needs to be in the Graveyard before it does anything, and banishes itself on use
- Adds no board presence, card advantage or combo conversion
Counters / choke points
- Effects that do not target, such as board wipes or non-targeting effects, bypass it
- Opponents can avoid the negate window by using non-targeting or Damage Step timing (verified from text)
Best use
Graveyard negate protecting Bujin monsters from targeting effects. Decks: Bujin decks (Bujins / Bujin archetypes).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: GY banish cost, negates a targeting effect on a Bujin monster you control during either turn, not in the Damage Step; Level 4 LIGHT Beast, 1700 ATK / 1200 DEF, Bujin archetype
- Observed: Appears in 77 of 77 sampled decks; 53 run one copy, average 1.4 copies; Partners with Bujintei Susanowo in 100% of sampled decks
- Inferred: Graveyard-only activation means access depends on the deck's own GY-filling routes; Material value is generic but unmeasured
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion inferred from the 77-deck sample only decks sample is almost entirely Bujin, so generic utility cannot be measured