Spell
NormalInfernal Punisher
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Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each effect of "Infernal Punisher" once per turn); ● Add 1 WATER Dinosaur monster from your Deck to your hand, then you can Special Summon it if your opponent controls a monster. ● Tribute 1 monster; Special Summon 1 Level 6 or higher FIRE monster from your hand, Deck, or GY, but negate its effects if it is a non-Fiend monster.
Infernal Punisher — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49.8 · Deck: 55.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Infernal Punisher reliably converts into one WATER Dinosaur from the Deck, and if the opponent controls a monster that search can be a free Special Summon. Its second effect turns a tributed monster into any Level 6 or higher FIRE monster from hand, Deck or GY, with the summoned body negated if it is not a Fiend. High deck counts (155 decks, about 92% alongside Duoterion) confirm it is a consistently played staple in these homes, but that frequency does not raise the score. No combo or guide evidence exists, so conversion is text-only, and the score is not lifted by any ATK or rarity.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Searches a WATER Dinosaur from Deck, usable from hand once per turn per effect, but the target must be in the deck (card text plus deck evidence; inferred for the target's availability). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | No combo boards recorded; the two-step search then Tribute-summon route is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Spell goes to GY, one search returns a card, and the conditional Special Summon adds a free body, roughly +1 when the condition holds (card text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No opponent negation or removal; the second effect negates only the summoned monster when it is not a Fiend (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 0 | A Spell card with no body on the field, so it cannot serve as material (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Two separate once-per-turn effects usable from hand, but no field presence and it dies to Spell negation (card text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | Runs 1 to 3 copies (avg 1.55 per deck, 104 of 155 decks at 1 copy), no garnet, but the WATER Dinosaur target is a mild deck-building restriction (observed deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 49.8, Deck ≈ 55.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches a WATER Dinosaur from Deck to hand with a conditional Special Summon
- Second effect reaches any Level 6 or higher FIRE monster from hand, Deck or GY
- Two separate once-per-turn effects
- Present in 155 recent decks across 32 archetypes
Weaknesses
- Effect 1 target is restricted to WATER Dinosaur monsters
- Effect 2 needs a monster to Tribute and negates a non-Fiend summon
- Spell card with no body, dies to Spell negation
- No recorded combo boards to confirm conversion
Best use
Searcher/Tutor with a conditional body reanimation. Decks: Magnet Warriors, Adamancipator, Bonding, Magnet Warrior, Fiendsmith, Naturia.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect 1: add 1 WATER Dinosaur from Deck to hand, then optional Special Summon if the opponent controls a monster; Effect 2: Tribute 1 monster to Special Summon a Level 6 or higher FIRE monster from hand, Deck or GY; negated if non-Fiend; Each effect once per turn; Spell card, legal in TCG and OCG
- Observed: Present in 155 decks across 32 archetypes, average 1.55 copies per deck; Top partners co-occur in about 80 to 92 percent of decks
- Inferred: Searches are a real route to the card's Dinosaur target in deck; Deck-level frequency reflects a consistent staple role rather than power
- Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token - assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) - archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only