LIGHT
5Guardian Tryce
Archetype:
Guardian
ATK:
1900
DEF:
1700
View:
4000
Cannot be Summoned unless you control a face-up "Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce". When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: Special Summon the monster from the Graveyard that was used for its Tribute Summon.
Guardian Tryce — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Guardian Tryce's power is its recursion: when it is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, it Special Summons the monster that was used to Tribute Summon it, so the material is returned rather than lost. Its summon is gated on controlling a face-up "Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce", which caps accessibility and deck-building cost. The card has no interaction and no recorded combo starts, so its ceiling is a modest value engine inside Guardian and Gate Guardian lists, not a high-stat boss. Its wide 10-deck presence and 100% Gate Guardian inclusion confirm it is played consistently, not that it is intrinsically strong.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | The summon condition requires a face-up Twin Swords card, and no searcher or combo route is recorded, so access is conditional (inferred, with decks_evidence confirming it is played in 10 of 10 sampled decks). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The text converts one Tribute Summon into a second body on destruction, but combos_evidence has 0 appearances, so the conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Destruction returns the tributed monster from the Graveyard, which recovers a body and gives a partial card advantage per trigger (verified from card text; no netCardAdvantage data). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | A Level 5 LIGHT Thunder Effect body with a restrictive summon condition is a modest material; its value depends on the Tribute Summon route (inferred from text, no as_material data). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The recursion only triggers on destruction, so banish, negation, or send-to-hand interaction does not reproduce it, though it is spread across 4 distinct archetypes (verified from decks_evidence, partly inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | One copy is typical (avg 1.2 per deck) and the Twin Swords condition restricts where it can go, a mild self-locking restriction (verified from text and copies distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Recovery / Recursion primary, no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Summon condition gate (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Returns its Tribute Summon material from the Graveyard when destroyed, recovering a body each time it is destroyed.
- Appears in 10 of 10 sampled decks, with 100% inclusion in the Gate Guardian usage statistics.
- Spread across 4 distinct archetypes, so it is not tied to a single home.
Weaknesses
- Summon condition requires a face-up Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce.
- No effect protects it from negation, banish, or send-to-hand; the recursion only follows destruction.
- Level 5 Effect body with no searcher or recorded combo starts, so its conversion is limited.
Counters / choke points
- Negation or banish of the Tribute Summoned body stops the recursion trigger (inferred from text).
- Destroying the Twin Swords condition card before the summon makes the card unsummonable (inferred from text).
Best use
Recursion body that refunds its Tribute Summon material when destroyed. Decks: Guardian (Guardian Baou / Eatos / Grarl / Ceal / Elma line), Gate Guardian, Regenesis. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summon condition requires a face-up Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Tryce (card text).; On destruction and sent to the Graveyard, it Special Summons the monster used for its Tribute Summon (card text).; Appears in 10 of 10 sampled decks, typically 1 copy (decks_evidence).
- Observed: Gate Guardian inclusion 100% and Regenesis inclusion 60% over the historical sample (usage_statistics).; Partners Guardian Baou and Guardian Eatos appear in 10 of 10 decks (decks_evidence).
- Inferred: The Tribute Summon route recovers a body and gives partial card advantage each trigger.; Negation or banish of the Tribute Summoned body prevents the recursion trigger.; Score-to-role mapping as Recovery/Recursion with a Material body secondary.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) assumed no as_material or netCardAdvantage data to measure the recursion's realised value