LIGHT
4Emperor Sem
ATK:
1300
DEF:
2200
View:
3587
Each time you Tribute Summon a monster, each player can select 1 card from their Graveyard and return it to the top of their Deck.
Emperor Sem — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 46 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Emperor Sem's score comes from a symmetric, optional recursion effect: each Tribute Summon lets each player return one Graveyard card to the top of the Deck, which gives modest value rather than repeated advantage. Its Level 4 Fiend body is a usable generic material. It appears in 17 recent decks across 7 archetypes and is usually run as a single copy, which supports practical playability. The 1300 ATK and 2200 DEF earn no points, and the high deck count reflects frequency rather than strength. No combo, guide, or usage-statistics data was supplied, so the conversion and interaction scores rest on the card text alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | No searcher or search route is evidenced, and the card is only live when already in hand or Deck, though it appears in 17 recent decks (observed plus inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | No combo boards were supplied, and the Tribute Summon trigger gives no standalone board development from the text (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | The effect returns one Graveyard card to the top of the Deck for each player per Tribute Summon, giving at most small, symmetric recovery (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The effect is not opponent interaction, negation, or removal, and it is symmetric in what it does (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 4 Fiend body with 1300 ATK is a generic material that remains usable even if its effect is negated (verified card stats, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | The effect is a non-interactive trigger that a negate on the summon can stop, and nothing in the evidence shows redundancy across zones or turns (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Mostly single-copy inclusion (13 of 17 decks), with no garnet or locking restriction in the evidence (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 46, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 4 Fiend body that can be used as material
- Symmetric recursion trigger gives small, repeatable recovery on Tribute Summon
- Broadly portable: appears across 7 archetypes and 2 gameplay types
- Typically run as a single copy with low deck-building cost
Weaknesses
- Effect is symmetric, so the opponent gains the same recovery
- No searcher or direct route to put it into hand
- Weak opponent interaction and no negation or removal
- High ATK or DEF earns nothing; value depends on Tribute Summons happening
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the Tribute Summon trigger
- Effect-negating cards that stop the Graveyard return
Best use
Recovery/Recursion piece and Level 4 Fiend material body in Tribute Summon decks. Decks: Archfiend (Fiend-based), Monarch, Sky Striker. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Tribute Summon trigger returning one Graveyard card to the top of the Deck for each player; Stats: Level 4 Fiend LIGHT, 1300 ATK, 2200 DEF
- Observed: Appears in 17 recent decks, 94% main deck, average 1.41 copies; Spread across 7 archetypes and 2 gameplay types; Top partners include Terraforming and several Archfiend and Sky Striker staples
- Inferred: Material utility holds even when the effect is negated, since the body is a generic Level 4 Fiend; Recovery value is small because the trigger is symmetric and needs a Tribute Summon; Single-copy inclusion implies a low deck-building cost
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only