WIND
2Devotee of Nephthys
Archetype:
Nephthys
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1200
View:
3539
You can Ritual Summon this card with "Rebirth of Nephthys". You can only use each of the following effects of "Devotee of Nephthys" once per turn. ● If this card is Ritual Summoned: You can activate this effect; Special Summon 1 "Nephthys" monster from your Deck, also during the End Phase of this turn, destroy this card. ● If this card is in the GY: You can destroy 1 "Nephthys" card in your hand, and if you do, Special Summon this card.
Devotee of Nephthys — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51.5 · Deck: 56.2 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Material body
Why it scores here
The card is a Level 2 Ritual body whose main value is a Deck-to-field Special Summon of a Nephthys monster after it is Ritual Summoned, plus a once-per-turn GY revival that costs a Nephthys card from hand. It converts into a fair extra body and one extra Nephthys follow-up rather than a full board, and no combo boards were supplied to confirm a stronger line. Its high deck count (207 decks, 23 archetypes) and strong partner links confirm it is a real, played piece, but that popularity did not earn points on its own. Its dependence on Rebirth of Nephthys and a Ritual setup keeps accessibility and deckbuilding cost moderate.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Needs Rebirth of Nephthys (co-played in 74.9% of its decks) plus a Level 2 Ritual setup, though the GY revival is reachable from hand with any Nephthys card (decks + text, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 48 | The Ritual Summon branch gives one Deck-to-field Nephthys body, a fair extra body with help rather than a full board; no combo boards were supplied to confirm more (text, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 52 | The Deck-to-field summon is roughly +1 body, offset by self-destruction on the Ritual branch and a hand-card cost on the GY branch, so roughly even (text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card carries no opponent interaction, negation, or removal (text, verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 2 WIND Spellcaster body that stays usable as material even when its effects are negated, but it is a niche Ritual body (text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Two zones (field after Ritual Summon and GY revival), each once per turn, which gives some multi-zone recovery (text, verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 42 | Ritual Summon needs its Ritual Spell, a mild restriction, though it usually runs 1 to 2 copies (decks, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 51.5, Deck ≈ 56.2, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Deck-to-field Nephthys summon after Ritual Summon gives a body plus a follow-up
- GY revival from hand gives recursion in a second zone
- Level 2 WIND body stays usable as material when its effects are negated
- Broad deck presence: 207 decks across 23 archetypes (decks, observed)
Weaknesses
- Needs Rebirth of Nephthys and a Ritual setup, so it is not live in most opening hands
- Both effects are once per turn, which limits repeat use
- No combo data, so conversion strength is text-only inference
- Ritual dependence keeps deckbuilding cost moderate
Counters / choke points
- Generic hand traps or negates on Rebirth of Nephthys or the Ritual Summon cut the Ritual route
- Floodgates or GY-based interaction can stop the GY revival (inferred, not evidenced in the pack)
Best use
Ritual body that Deck-to-field summons a Nephthys monster and can revive from GY when a Nephthys card is in hand. Decks: Nephthys, Fire King, Drytron.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Ritual Effect Monster, Level 2, WIND Spellcaster, 1200 ATK/DEF; Ritual Summon via Rebirth of Nephthys; Once-per-turn Deck-to-field Nephthys summon with self-destruction in End Phase (Ritual branch); Once-per-turn GY revival by destroying a Nephthys card in hand
- Observed: Appears in 207 recent decks, 94 of them Nephthys archetype; Runs 1 to 3 copies per deck (avg 1.61); Top partners: Nephthys the Sacred Preserver 95.7%, Rebirth of Nephthys 74.9%
- Inferred: Ritual route is the main line; GY revival is a backup route; Level 2 body works as material even when its effects are negated; Deckbuilding cost is moderate because it needs a Ritual Spell
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies are assumed legal no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only legal copies empty for all formats