WIND
9Cloudcastle
ATK:
0
DEF:
3000
View:
4664
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can target 1 Level 9 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target. Level 8 or lower monsters cannot attack the turn they are Normal or Special Summoned.
Cloudcastle — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Cloudcastle's text gives two effects: on Synchro Summon it revives a Level 9 monster from the Graveyard, and it stops Level 8 or lower monsters from attacking the turn they are summoned. Its value is a recursion body that needs a Synchro Summon first, so it scores on accessibility and deck cost rather than on ATK or DEF. The 3000 DEF body and the Level 9 target are real but are not what earns the points. The high deck count (400 of 400 in the sample) confirms it is played, but the sample looks filtered to decks containing the card, so it is not used as a strength signal.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs a Tuner plus non-Tuner Synchro Summon and a Level 9 Graveyard target; no combo starter/searched data, so the route is inferred from text (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No recorded boards; the revive converts one Graveyard Level 9 body into a board, a fair result with help, not a one-card board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Revive is a free body with no card advantage and no refuel; it costs a Synchro Summon (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Level 8 or lower no-attack-on-summon clause is a soft, situational restriction on newly summoned monsters (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 9 Synchro body; the card can be a material but no material role combo stat is available (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The revive trigger depends on a successful Synchro Summon and is negatable; partner spread (Called by the Grave 72.8%, Ash Blossom 59.8%) suggests some protection (observed, with a sample caveat). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Extra Deck slot, one copy typical (1.03 avg copies), no garnet or lock restriction (verified from copies per deck). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Revives a Level 9 monster from the Graveyard on Synchro Summon (verified text)
- Deck-agnostic: 88 distinct archetypes in the sample (observed)
- Cheap to run: Extra Deck slot, typically one copy (verified)
Weaknesses
- Requires a Synchro Summon before any effect (verified text)
- Revival target must be exactly Level 9 (verified text)
- Low-level restriction is situational and affects newly summoned monsters only (verified text)
- No recorded combo boards, so real conversion is unmeasured (data gap)
Counters / choke points
- Opponent negation or disruption of the Synchro Summon, which stops the revive trigger (inferred)
Best use
Extra Deck Level 9 Synchro that revives a Level 9 monster after its Synchro Summon. Decks: Virtual World, Radiant Typhoon, Generaider, Blue-Eyes. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 9 Synchro, WIND Machine, DEF 3000, ATK 0 (card data); Synchro Summon revive of a Level 9 monster from the Graveyard (card text); Level 8 or lower monsters cannot attack the turn they are summoned (card text); Average 1.03 copies per deck (deck data)
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 88 archetypes (deck data); Gameplay type 7 in 85% of decks (deck data); Top partners: Called by the Grave 72.8%, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 59.8%, Infinite Impermanence 50.5% (deck data)
- Inferred: Revival is the main value and the body is a Level 9 material/recursion piece; Opposing negation of the Synchro Summon would stop the revive trigger
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion, starter/material shares and power index are text-only inference deck data shows 400 of 400 decks running the card, which suggests the sample was filtered to decks containing it; inclusion frequency cannot be read from it No banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics rows beyond three Gogogo/Dododo/Evolsaur entries; not used to score No top-card ranking data (top-card status false)