EARTH
4Immortal Ruler
ATK:
1800
DEF:
200
View:
3324
Cannot be Special Summoned. You can Tribute this card, then target 1 "Zombie World" in your GY; add that target to your hand.
Immortal Ruler — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 45 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Immortal Ruler converts itself, through a Tribute cost, into one 'Zombie World' from the GY. That is a one-for-one exchange that leaves the search target in hand, and the card scores on that conversion and its reach into the Zombie World line. The 1800 ATK and 200 DEF earn nothing. The card cannot be Special Summoned, so it depends on Normal Summon access and has no interaction or board presence beyond the search, which keeps the score in the 40s.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Normal-Summon-only body (text: cannot be Special Summoned) in 16 of 16 sampled decks, but no starter or searched-role evidence exists in combos (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Tribute-then-search is a one-for-one conversion into Zombie World; no recorded boards exist, so the value is text-only inference. |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Tributes itself to add one GY target, so card count is roughly neutral with a GY-to-hand recovery of Zombie World (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The effect has no negation, removal or disruption; it only searches (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 4 non-Tuner Zombie with no effect-based material role; it is a plain body whose value is inferred from level and race, not from combo data (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single monster-effect negate or Tribute-cost response can end the search, and the card has no redundancy in its text (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Average 1.25 copies per deck with 14 of 16 decks running one copy, no garnet or lock noted in the text (observed/verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body/Normal. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 45, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self Special Summon restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, combos absent, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Tribute-to-search converts the body into Zombie World, a card the decks also run (verified text, observed partner stats).
- Appears in all 16 sampled decks across 7 archetypes, so the route is spread across several homes (observed).
Weaknesses
- Cannot be Special Summoned, so it needs a Normal Summon and cannot be recycled by Special Summon lines (verified text).
- No recorded combo boards, so the conversion value rests on text inference alone (data gap).
- Zero interaction, so it does nothing against the opponent's turn (verified text).
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the Tribute effect or of the Zombie World search after cost is paid (inferred from text).
Best use
Tribute-to-search for Zombie World from a Normal-Summoned Level 4 Zombie body. Decks: Book of, Wight, Skull Servant, Vampires, Red-Eyes, Anti. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: cannot be Special Summoned; Tribute this card to add 1 'Zombie World' from the GY to hand.; Card is Level 4, Earth, Zombie, ATK 1800, DEF 200.; Appears in 16 decks across 7 archetypes; 14 decks run 1 copy and 2 run 3 copies.; Zombie World is a co-deck partner in 16 of 16 decks.
- Observed: Inclusion in the 16-deck sample is 100%, with no side-deck copies.; Top partners include Zombie World, Book of Life and Necroworld Banshee at 100% co-occurrence.
- Inferred: The Tribute search is one-for-one and the card is card-neutral in resource terms.; Negation of the Tribute effect would end the search route.; Material value is generic for a Level 4 non-Tuner Zombie.
- 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 archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only activation location for the Tribute effect is not stated in the card text