DARK
4Condemned Witch
ATK:
100
DEF:
2000
View:
5450
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can add 1 "Forbidden" Quick-Play Spell from your Deck to your hand. During your opponent's Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 Level 4 Fairy monster from your Deck, except "Condemned Witch". You can only use each effect of "Condemned Witch" once per turn.
Condemned Witch — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 65 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 65.3 · Deck: 65.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Extender
Why it scores here
The 100 ATK earns nothing. Points come from the Normal Summon search for a "Forbidden" Quick-Play Spell and the Quick-speed Tribute that Special Summons another Level 4 Fairy from the Deck, so one card becomes a search plus a body. The 100% combo appearance and 75.6 average power index are partly a sample-selection effect and are discounted, and the card's own effects give almost no opponent interaction.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Normal Summon is a Level 4 no-tribute route to its search, and top partners shows the "Forbidden" QP family in 25-74% of decks (verified card text and observed deck data; hand-live reliability is inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | It appears in all 5 recorded boards at an average power index of 75.6, but every role count is 0 and two of three examples have no starter (observed; the Tribute-to-Special-Summon conversion is verified text). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | The Normal Summon search adds one card and the Tribute Special Summon adds a Level 4 Fairy from the Deck, and examples show netCardAdvantage of 3 to 4 (verified text; observed board stats). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | Its only effect in the opponent's Main Phase is a Tribute Special Summon, with no negation or removal, so it adds almost no disruption (verified text; disruption sub-scores 1 to 8 observed). |
| Material Utility | 55 | As a 100 ATK Level 4 DARK Fairy it is a usable generic material body that stays a material when its effects are negated, but material role is 0 of 5 boards (verified stats; negated-body conversion is inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The Normal Summon search can be negated and the Tribute effect needs the card on the field, while the body remains a Level 4 Fairy if blanked, with no recursion (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 82 | It is a plain Level 4 monster with no garnet or lock and is run at 1 to 3 copies across 70 archetypes, so redundancy is cheap (verified card data; observed copy distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter + 0.3 Searcher. Intrinsic ≈ 65.3, Deck ≈ 65.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Normal Summon search for a "Forbidden" Quick-Play Spell
- Quick-speed Tribute that Special Summons a Level 4 Fairy from the Deck
- Fits in 70 distinct archetypes with cheap copy counts
Weaknesses
- Almost no direct interaction: no negation or removal
- Its search requires a Normal Summon first
- Combo role tags are all 0, so the starter/searcher role rests on card text
Counters / choke points
- Monster or Normal Summon effect negation on the search trigger
- Negation of the Quick Effect while the card is on the field
Best use
Opening Normal Summon that searches a Forbidden Quick-Play Spell, then a Tribute Special Summon of a Level 4 Fairy from the Deck. Decks: Fleur, Generaider, Darklord, Diabellstar.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 DARK Fairy Effect Monster, ATK 100 / DEF 2000 (card data); Normal Summon: add 1 "Forbidden" Quick-Play Spell from Deck to hand (card text); Opponent's Main Phase Quick Effect: Tribute this card to Special Summon 1 Level 4 Fairy from Deck, except this card (card text); Each effect is once per turn (card text)
- Observed: 400 sampled decks; average 2.19 copies; 192 decks run 3 copies (deck data); Top partners: Forbidden Droplet 73.8%, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 47.8%, Called by the Grave 47.2% (deck data); 5 recorded combos with average power index 75.6 and average starter count 0.6 (combo data); All role counts (starter, searched, material, payoff, end-board) are 0 (combo data)
- Inferred: The Normal Summon search route makes it a Starter and Searcher in opening hands; The Tribute Special Summon makes it a Level 4 Fairy extender; The body keeps material value when its effects are negated; Its interaction is limited to adding a body during the opponent's Main Phase
- Data gaps: No banlist token; 3 copies assumed No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion inferred from the deck sample only The 400-deck sample appears selected by this card, so 400/400 decks running it is not an inclusion rate Combo sample is 5 boards with all role counts at 0, so role confirmation is weak Guide mentions are mostly generic staple lists, not role analysis No rulings available