FIRE
4Flame Ruler
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1600
View:
2590
This card can be treated as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a FIRE monster.
Flame Ruler — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 46.5 · Deck: 46.7 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Flame Ruler's text lets it count as 2 Tributes for a FIRE Tribute Summon, so its value is as a cheap, Level 4 FIRE Pyro body that converts one card into a two-Tribute cost. The evidence shows it is run in 7 sampled decks across 3 archetypes (Fire King, Nephthys, Monarch), usually 1 to 2 copies, with Torrential Tribute as the most frequent partner, but no recorded combos or guides confirm it as a starter or payoff. The 1500 ATK and 1600 DEF earn nothing; the score rests on the tribute substitution and deck cost, and the lack of combo data keeps conversion and resilience low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Not searchable or drawable per its text and no searcher evidence in the pack; it is run in 7 sampled decks, so it is reachable only through the deck's own draw (inferred, observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text only enables a 2-Tribute Summon of a FIRE monster; no combo boards record it as a starter, searched, or payoff piece (inferred, no observed combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No card advantage, search, or recursion in the text, and it spends no resources of its own; its value is tempo-neutral at best (verified, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | Has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 4 FIRE Pyro body at 1500/1600 is a usable material for Fire King lines, and its body remains a material even if the tribute text is negated (inferred from stats and text; no as_material combo stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The tribute substitution is a continuous effect that a negate would remove, leaving a plain 1500/1600 body; it is not multi-zone or recursive (verified from text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Ordinary 3-copy card with no garnet, lock, or restriction, and 1.57 average copies per deck shows it is a low-cost slot filler (observed from deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 46.5, Deck ≈ 46.7, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Counts as 2 Tributes for a FIRE Tribute Summon, so it can enable a stronger FIRE monster from one card
- Level 4 FIRE Pyro body with no garnet or restriction, low slot cost
- Appears across 3 archetypes in the sample (Fire King, Nephthys, Monarch) and is most often run with Torrential Tribute
Weaknesses
- No interaction, negation, or removal
- Tribute substitution is a continuous effect that a negate removes, leaving a plain 1500/1600 body
- No search, recursion, or card advantage; no combo evidence shows it as a starter or payoff
- Its score rests on text plus a 7-deck sample, with no combo or usage statistics
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the card's continuous effect
- Monster removal or bounce that removes the body before its tribute substitution is used
Best use
Material body / Tribute substitute for FIRE Tribute Summons. Decks: Fire King, Nephthys, Monarch.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: counts as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a FIRE monster; Level 4, FIRE, Pyro, 1500 ATK / 1600 DEF, Effect Monster; Sampled in 7 decks across 3 archetypes; 1.57 average copies per deck
- Observed: Torrential Tribute co-occurs in 6 of 7 decks (85.7%); Fire King partners recur in 4 of 7 decks (57.1%); No combos or guides recorded for the card
- Inferred: Tribute substitution is the main reason it is run; Material value from Level 4 FIRE Pyro body fits Fire King lines
- 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