LIGHT
4Cipher Wing
Archetype:
Cipher
ATK:
1400
DEF:
1200
View:
3826
If you control a "Cipher" monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can Tribute this card; increase the Levels of all "Cipher" monsters you control by 4 until the end of this turn.
Cipher Wing — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Cipher Wing is a 1400-ATK Level 4 Light Machine whose value is its conditional hand Special Summon (needs a Cipher monster you control) and its tribute that raises all your Cipher monsters' Levels by 4 until end of turn, which is a Level-enabling utility rather than a board-maker. The card is a consistent, low-cost slot in 53 of 53 sampled decks at 2–3 copies, with Cipher Twin Raptor and Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon as near-universal partners, so its accessibility and deck fit are real. Its 1400 ATK and Level 4 body earned almost nothing on their own: the score rests on access and Level conversion, and the tribute itself is a net -1 with no return. No combo boards were recorded, so the conversion claims stay inferred from text.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Hand Special Summon gated only by controlling a Cipher monster, and live in 53/53 sampled decks at 2.68 average copies (verified text, observed deck stat). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text shows a Level-raise for Cipher monsters that can enable Level-dependent summons, but no combo boards or examples exist to confirm it (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Tributing itself is a -1 with no card return; the only benefit is the temporary Level increase (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 4 Light Machine body with a Cipher-restricted effect, usable as a generic Level 4 material even when its effect is negated (inferred from stats and text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Its effects depend on a Cipher monster being present and on it being unnegated, so one negate or an empty board shuts it off (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Runs as a 2–3 copy non-garnet with no locks; its Cipher condition makes it a dead card in non-Cipher hands (observed deck stat plus text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Summonable from hand while a Cipher monster is on the field, so it is a practical opener in its archetype
- Live in 53/53 sampled decks with consistent 2–3 copy counts
- Level-4 body that can still serve as material when its effect is negated
- Low-cost, garnet-free slot
Weaknesses
- Tribute is a net -1 with no card return
- No interaction, negation, or removal
- Dead outside Cipher decks because its summon requires a Cipher monster
- No recorded combo boards to confirm the Level-raise line
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the summon or the tribute effect ends its value
- Non-Cipher or empty boards leave it without a summon condition
Best use
Level-enabling hand summon and Level-4 material for Cipher monsters. Decks: Cipher, Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon lists, Galaxy Photon.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon requires controlling a Cipher monster (card text); Tribute raises all your Cipher monsters' Levels by 4 until end of turn (card text); Level 4, LIGHT, Machine, 1400 ATK / 1200 DEF (card stats); Appears in 53 of 53 sampled decks at avg 2.68 copies (deck stat)
- Observed: Top partners Cipher Twin Raptor and Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon appear in 98.1% of decks (deck stat); Spread across 12 archetypes but dominated by Cipher lists (deck stat)
- Inferred: Level-raise enables Level-dependent Cipher summons (text plus rules inference); Negation shuts down the summon and tribute lines (rules inference)
- 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) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only card text does not state the location or timing of the tribute effect, and no once-per-turn wording is given no rulings supplied