Spell
ContinuousElfnotes: Welcome Home
Archetype:
Elfnote
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The monster in your center Main Monster Zone cannot be destroyed by card effects. You can send 1 monster from your hand or field to the GY; Special Summon 1 "Elfnote" monster with a different original Attribute from your Deck in Defense Position, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Synchro Monsters. You can only use this effect of "Elfnotes: Welcome Home" once per turn.
Elfnotes: Welcome Home — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Elfnotes: Welcome Home is a repeatable, once-per-turn engine. It turns one card sent from hand or field into a deck Special Summon of a different-Attribute Elfnote in Defense Position, and it keeps the center Main Monster Zone monster safe from card effects. Its observed value is in the boards it helps build (average power index 71.1, appearing in all 19 recorded combos), not in its ATK or DEF, which is zero. Its score is held down by the fact that it never appears as a starter or searched card in the recorded combos, and its body is a spell with no material use. It also depends on the Elfnote archetype's support cards.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at 1.64 copies on average, but never tagged as a starter or searched card in the 19 combos, so hand access is inferred (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 72 | Appears in 19 of 19 recorded boards at an average power index of 71.1, with top examples reaching 100 and ending on multiple bosses (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The GY cost is one card and the deck summon returns one body, so the card is roughly even on its own; boards show net card advantage of 4 to 5 (observed/inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Protects the center MMZ monster from card effects, which is soft, positional interaction and not negation or removal (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 20 | A continuous spell with no material value of its own; the Elfnote it summons is the material (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | A face-up spell that can be destroyed by effects and works only once per turn, so its redundancy comes from the Elfnote lines around it (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Usually 1 to 2 copies in a deck, no garnet or lock, and spread across 38 archetypes, so it is cheap to run (observed/inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 38 archetypes, so it is a practical, portable engine piece
- Boards it appears in average a power index of 71.1, with examples reaching 100
- Net card advantage of 4 to 5 on the strongest boards
- Protects the center MMZ monster from card effects, which supports the Elfnote line
Weaknesses
- Never tagged as starter or searched in the recorded combos, so its hand access is unproven
- Its body is a continuous spell with no material value
- Once per turn, and its engine depends on the Elfnote monsters on board
- Cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of the turn, except Synchro monsters
Counters / choke points
- Card-effect removal or targeting on the spell itself, which is the opposing player's usual answer to engine spells (inferred)
- Interaction that targets the center MMZ monster once the protection is blocked (inferred)
Best use
Extender. Decks: Elfnote, Power Patron, Mulcharmy, Diabellstar. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Protects the center Main Monster Zone monster from card effects; GY 1 monster to Special Summon 1 different-Attribute Elfnote from Deck in Defense Position; Once per turn restriction and the Extra Deck Special Summon limit with the Synchro exception; Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.64 average copies
- Observed: Appears in 19 of 19 recorded combos at an average power index of 71.1; Top-Card rank 49 in TCG, with a 61.1% average percentage; Usage statistics show inclusion of 100% in Fortune Lady decks and 76% in Elfnote gameplay 4
- Inferred: Hand access is possible but not tabled, since it is never tagged as a starter or searched card; Protection clause gives soft positional interaction, not negation
- Data gaps: no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo role labels are all zero, so role evidence is weak no evidence of how the spell is accessed in hand