WIND
2Hand of Nephthys
Archetype:
Nephthys
ATK:
600
DEF:
600
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You can Tribute this card and 1 other monster; Special Summon 1 "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys" from your hand or Deck.
Hand of Nephthys — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 52 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Hand of Nephthys is a Level 2 Tribute-cost enabler whose only text is a Special Summon of Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys from hand or Deck, so its value is the payoff it reliably reaches. It is widely run (54 decks, 23 in the Nephthys archetype, 87% co-occurrence with Sacred Phoenix) and is cheap to play at about 1.6 copies per deck, but it costs two monsters for one Special Summon and gives no card advantage or interaction. No combo boards are recorded, so the combo-conversion credit is text-based inference only and the score carries a medium confidence band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Level 2 body that is live in hand with Phoenix reachable from hand or Deck, but it needs another monster on the field to Tribute (verified text; 23 Nephthys decks, observed; no combo starter data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Converts into Sacred Phoenix, the dominant partner at 87% co-occurrence, but no combo boards exist to confirm the line (inferred from text; observed partner rate). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Two monsters are given up for one Special Summon with no draw, search or refuel, so it is a net cost in card economy (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect, so it offers no opponent interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Generic Level 2 WIND Spellcaster body that is useful as Tribute fodder and Level-2 material, but its effect is only the Tribute cost, so the body adds little beyond Phoenix access (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Dies to any single removal before Tribute and is dead without another monster, though it is present in many zones of the Nephthys line (inferred; 16 archetypes observed across decks). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Low copy count (avg 1.59, max 3), no garnet or lock, and an 85.7% Nephthys inclusion rate at 1 copy typical, so it is cheap to run (observed usage statistics). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Starter / Combo enabler (single primary role, no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 52, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Mandatory Tribute of a second monster (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable access to Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys from hand or Deck (verified text)
- Consistently included in the Nephthys archetype at 85.7% with typical 1 copy (observed usage statistics)
- Low copy requirement and no garnet cost keeps deck-building cost low (observed deck data)
Weaknesses
- Costs two monsters for one Special Summon, with no card advantage (verified text)
- No interaction, so it cannot stop opposing plays (verified text)
- Needs another monster on the field before the effect works (verified text)
Counters / choke points
- Single-card removal or a monster-destruction response before the Tribute is paid (inferred)
- Board-clearing effects that remove the other Tribute monster (inferred)
Best use
Starter / Phoenix enabler in the Nephthys line. Decks: Nephthys, Black Luster Soldier, Yubel, Heraldic.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: Tribute this card and 1 other monster to Special Summon Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys from hand or Deck; Level 2, WIND, Spellcaster, 600 ATK / 600 DEF; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks
- Observed: Appears in 54 decks, 23 of them Nephthys (42.6%); Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys co-occurs in 87% of decks running this card; Nephthys inclusion 85.7% with typical 1 copy in usage statistics; Average 1.59 copies per deck
- Inferred: Primary role is a Phoenix enabler / Starter because the only effect is a Tribute-cost Special Summon; Board-breaking and resilience scores come from text and deck spread, not combo data
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter-count resilience are text-based inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed legal