WATER
7Fog King
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
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You can Tribute 1 monster, or no monsters, to Normal Summon (but not Set) this card. The ATK of this card becomes the combined original ATK of the Tributed monsters. Neither player can Tribute cards.
Fog King — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 40 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 41 · Deck: 40 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss / End-board · Secondary: Material body, Floodgate/Control
Why it scores here
Fog King is a plain Level 7 Water body whose only real output is an ATK value copied from the monster it Tributes, so its power depends on what is already on the field and not on any search, recursion or card advantage. Its tribute-lock clause also blocks the controller's own Tribute Summons, which keeps the card from converting into board presence reliably. Its 128-deck presence and 45 archetypes show it is a generic, portable slot rather than a power driver, and the high ATK it can reach earns no points by itself.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | The card has no searcher or recursion text, and the pack has no starter or searched appearances, so it is only reachable through hand and deck construction (verified text; observed 128 decks with no combo confirmation). |
| Combo & Conversion | 28 | Text alone shows one body that becomes a stronger body only when a monster is Tributed, with no combo boards in the evidence to confirm any routes (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Tributing a monster to Normal Summon it is a cost with no return, and the card produces no draw, search or GY refuel (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | The tribute lock hits both players and offers no negation or removal, so it is situational interaction at best (verified text; inferred impact). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Level 7 Water Spellcaster is clean generic material even when its effect is negated, but the ATK-setting clause adds nothing as material (verified text; inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | It is a single face-up monster with no protection, so one removal or negate ends its board value, though the lock is not a cost to the controller's other cards (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | It is a single-copy generic body with no garnet, but the tribute lock is a self-restriction that can conflict with the controller's own Tribute Summons (verified text; observed copies avg 1.39). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 41, Deck ≈ 40, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 7 body is clean generic material
- Tribute lock hurts both players equally
- Appears across 45 archetypes, so it fits many homes
Weaknesses
- No searcher, recursion or refuel text
- ATK depends on a Tribute, which is a cost with no return
- Self-locks the controller's own Tribute Summons
Counters / choke points
- Monster removal or negation before the Normal Summon resolves
- Sending the body to the GY before its ATK matters
Best use
Level 7 generic body / material with a symmetric tribute lock. Decks: Kashtira shells that co-occur with Kashtira Unicorn, Birth and Shangri-Ira (co-occurrence, not confirmed as a route), Generic Level 7 material slots in Synchro or Xyz lines. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tribute 1 or 0 monsters to Normal Summon (not Set); ATK becomes combined original ATK of the Tributed monsters; Neither player can Tribute cards; Level 7 Water Spellcaster Effect Monster, 0/0, formats TCG/OCG/MasterDuel/DuelLinks; 128 decks in the pack, 45 distinct archetypes, avg 1.39 copies
- Observed: Top partners include Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (75.8%) and Infinite Impermanence (73.4%), both generic staples; Kashtira Unicorn, Birth and Shangri-Ira each co-occur in 34.4% of decks
- Inferred: The tribute lock is a symmetric effect that mainly punishes Tribute-based decks; Its main job is as a Level 7 body or material rather than a board-breaking threat; Frequency here reflects portability, not intrinsic strength (guardrail 3)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion % is inferred from the deck sample only decks_running_main equals total_decks (128), so the sample denominator is unclear and may be decks that already contain the card no rulings supplied for the combined original ATK clause when Tributing face-down or non-monster cards