FIRE
4Fire King Courtier Ulcanix
Archetype:
Fire King
ATK:
800
DEF:
2000
View:
7307
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can destroy 1 other FIRE monster in your hand or face-up field, and if you do, add 1 FIRE Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Fire King Courtier Ulcanix", then you can make this card's Level become that added monster's. If this card is destroyed and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 "Fire King High Avatar Garunix" from your Deck in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Fire King Courtier Ulcanix" once per turn.
Fire King Courtier Ulcanix — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 65 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Ulcanix converts Fire King access into a Level-4 body that searches a FIRE Beast-type monster from the Deck and, when destroyed, lets the player Special Summon Garunix in Defense. It appears in all 400 sample decks across 40 archetypes, which confirms it is reliably accessible, not that it is strong. Its 800 ATK and 2000 DEF earn no points. The resource economy is roughly net zero (one FIRE monster destroyed for one added), and it has no opponent interaction, so the score rests on accessibility, recursion and deck fit.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Runs in 400 of 400 sample decks across 40 archetypes, but the search needs a FIRE monster in hand or on the field to destroy (verified text, observed deck inclusion). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Search plus the conditional Garunix recursion gives a two-body follow-up, but no recorded board confirms it (inferred from text; no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 58 | Destroy-one-add-one is roughly net zero on hand, and the destroyed-to-GY trigger adds a free body, a modest refuel (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, no opponent removal and no hand-trap reach; its only interaction is its own search (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 4 FIRE Winged Beast whose Level can be set to the searched monster's Level, giving flexible material reach (verified text; usage inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 62 | The destruction trigger gives a second body, and three copies in each deck add redundancy across archetypes (verified deck stats, inferred resilience). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 62 | A standard 3-copy staple in Fire King-based builds; the FIRE requirement is an archetype constraint, not a garnet (observed deck stats, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 65, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches a FIRE Beast, Beast-Warrior or Winged Beast monster from the Deck (verified)
- Destruction trigger Special Summons Garunix in Defense, giving a second body from the GY (verified)
- Level can be set to the added monster's Level, adding flexibility (verified)
- Present in all 400 sample decks across 40 archetypes (observed)
Weaknesses
- Needs a FIRE monster in hand or on the field as the destruction cost (verified)
- No negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified)
- Destroy-one-add-one is roughly net zero on hand (inferred)
- Fire King-specific text limits use outside FIRE builds (verified)
Counters / choke points
- Common hand traps such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring could respond to the search effect (inferred from general rules; not in the evidence text)
- Interruption of the FIRE monster used as the cost leaves the effect with no legal target (inferred)
Best use
Searcher and Garunix recursion enabler in FIRE-based decks. Decks: Fire King, Jurrac, Snake-Eye, Tri-Brigade, Salamangreat. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Searches a FIRE Beast, Beast-Warrior or Winged Beast monster from the Deck when Normal or Special Summoned, by destroying a FIRE monster; Destruction trigger Special Summons Garunix from the Deck in Defense Position; Level change to the added monster's Level; Runs in 400 of 400 sample decks; average 2.78 copies; 40 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Top partners include the Fire King set at 98-100% co-occurrence; Inclusion of 100% in two Fire King archetype usage rows and 66-69% in others
- Inferred: Searcher role is real because the effect is a search with a cost, though no combo data confirms it; Two-body follow-up from search plus GY recursion; Roughly net-zero card advantage on hand
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) legal copies is empty for all formats Guide snippets are thin and do not describe the card's role in detail No rulings or metagame sample supplied