DARK
5Elemental HERO Necroshade
Archetype:
Elemental HERO
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1800
View:
4674
Once, while this card is in the Graveyard, 1 Level 5 or higher "Elemental HERO" monster you Normal Summon can be Summoned without Tributing.
Elemental HERO Necroshade — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Necroshade's only effect is a Graveyard-activated tribute skip: it lets one Level 5+ Elemental HERO Normal Summon without Tributing. It converts a live Graveyard into one higher-level HERO body and has no search, negation, or card advantage. Its 1600 ATK and 1800 DEF earn nothing, and the Level 5 DARK body earns credit only as a material fit. The 96-deck presence confirms a real, cheap, consistently run role across several HERO homes, but deck frequency is not treated as power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | The card is dead in hand and needs a Graveyard route the evidence does not table, so access is moderate (combo starter/searched data absent) (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The text converts one Graveyard activation into one higher-level HERO summon without Tributing, but no recorded board confirms the follow-up (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The effect saves a tribute and nets no card advantage or refuel, so the value is tempo rather than cards (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap reach, so opponent interaction is effectively absent (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 5 DARK Warrior body fits Level 5 material requirements, and the body stays useful when its effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The Graveyard effect is not stopped by hand traps, but it is single-zone and depends on the Graveyard route (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | One copy is the norm (81 of 96 decks), it has no garnet or lock, and it fits any HERO-adjacent list cheaply (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap single-copy enabler that a HERO deck can run without garnet cost
- Lets a Level 5+ Elemental HERO be Normal Summoned without Tributing
- Stays useful as a Level 5 DARK material body
Weaknesses
- No search, negation, or card advantage
- Needs a Graveyard route the evidence does not table
- Effect timing wording ('Once') is terse and carries no ruling in the pack
Counters / choke points
- Graveyard-hate effects (general category; not evidenced in this pack)
Best use
Graveyard tribute-skip enabler for a Level 5+ HERO Normal Summon. Decks: Heroic, Elemental HERO. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: one Graveyard-activated tribute skip for a Level 5+ Elemental HERO Normal Summon; Stats: Level 5 DARK Warrior, 1600 ATK / 1800 DEF; 96 of 96 sampled decks run it in the main deck; 81 run a single copy
- Observed: Deck co-occurrence with Miracle Fusion (78.1%) and Elemental HERO Neos (67.7%); Spread across 4 gameplay types, with Heroic as the largest home (30 decks)
- Inferred: A Graveyard route to the card is needed but not tabled in the evidence; Level 5 DARK body is a generic material fit; Single-zone, single-activation effect with modest resilience
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Graveyard-access routes are not tabled in the evidence Archetype names are split across duplicate labels ('Elemental Hero' / 'Elemental HERO' / 'Không có'), so distinct-home count is overstated