Spell
QuickHere There Be Dragons
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2010
Special Summon 1 "Dragon Ruler" monster from your hand, GY, or banishment, then immediately after this effect resolves, you can Xyz Summon 1 "Dragon Ruler" Xyz Monster using only "Dragon Ruler" monsters you control. During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY, then target any number of your banished "Dragon Ruler" monsters with different Attributes; return them to the GY. You can only use 1 "Here There Be Dragons" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
Here There Be Dragons — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
The card's value is conversion: one Quick-Play Spell Special Summons a Dragon Ruler from hand, GY, or banishment and then Xyz Summons a Dragon Ruler Xyz from Dragon Ruler monsters, so it turns a single accessible Dragon Ruler into a board. Its GY/banish effect returns banished Dragon Rulers of different Attributes to the GY, which adds modest recursion. It has no negation, removal, or material body of its own, and the deck evidence shows it depends on a Dragon Ruler core (Dragon Ruler monsters co-occur in 94 to 99 percent of the sampled decks). The 400-deck sample and the 2.12 average copies are not treated as strength: the sample contains only decks that run the card, so it confirms a role but does not measure penetration. No combo, guide, or usage-statistics data is supplied, so the combo and synergy scores rest on card text and deck co-occurrence.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 85 | Needs a Dragon Ruler in hand, GY, or banishment, and the sampled decks carry Dragon Ruler monsters at 94 to 99 percent co-occurrence, so access is usually live (observed; route count inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 78 | Text shows one card Special Summoning a Dragon Ruler and then Xyz Summoning a Dragon Ruler Xyz, which converts into a board; no recorded boards exist to confirm the payoff (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | The GY-banish effect returns banished Dragon Rulers of different Attributes to the GY, a repeatable but once-per-turn and conditional refuel (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | The card has no negation, removal, or disruption effect (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell has no body and cannot be used as material, so this axis is near zero (verified from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | It works from hand, GY, and banishment across turns, but its Special Summon can be stopped by a hand trap and it has no protection of its own (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 40 | It is a single-copy-friendly Spell with no garnets, but it locks the deck into Dragon Ruler monsters, which limits splashing and portability (inferred from deck evidence). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts a single accessible Dragon Ruler into a Dragon Ruler Xyz board from hand, GY, or banishment
- Recurs banished Dragon Rulers of different Attributes to the GY
- Commonly included in Dragon Ruler decks (observed) and in 37 distinct archetypes (observed)
Weaknesses
- No negation, removal, or disruption
- Spell card with no material body
- Dependent on a Dragon Ruler core, which limits portability
- Once-per-turn and conditional GY effect limits recursion volume
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps that negate its Special Summon, such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (inferred; it co-occurs in 59 percent of sampled decks)
- Opponent interaction that removes or stops the Dragon Ruler monsters it needs (inferred)
Best use
Starter / Combo enabler. Decks: Dragon Ruler. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Spell card, Quick-Play, formats TCG and OCG; Special Summons a Dragon Ruler from hand, GY, or banishment, then optionally Xyz Summons a Dragon Ruler Xyz; GY banish effect returns banished Dragon Rulers of different Attributes to the GY, once per turn; Used in 400 of 400 sampled decks, average 2.12 copies, mode 3 copies
- Observed: Dragon Ruler monsters co-occur in 94 to 99 percent of sampled decks; Appears in 37 distinct archetypes; 96 percent of decks are gameplay type 7
- Inferred: Access is live in most hands because the Dragon Ruler core is in the deck; Combo payoff is strong because the card converts into a board, not just a body; Hand traps that negate the Special Summon are the main interaction risk
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for inclusion % across homes sampled decks all contain the card, so penetration is unmeasured no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings supplied for the Special Summon and Xyz Summon sequence top-card data has no rankings