DARK
4Lamia
ATK:
1300
DEF:
1500
View:
3880
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 Level 8 Reptile monster from your Deck to your hand. If this card is banished: You can target 1 Reptile monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by card effects until the end of the next turn. You can only use each effect of "Lamia" once per turn.
Lamia — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 69 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 67 · Deck: 70 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body, Utility
Why it scores here
Lamia's value is a +1 search for a Level 8 Reptile on Normal or Special Summon, plus a Level 4 DARK Reptile body that stays useful as material even if its effects are negated. It runs in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.4 copies on average, which confirms it is a cheap, reliable slot, but the score comes from the text and the search, not from its 1300 ATK or from the Mitsurugi partners it sits beside. Its banish clause only protects a Reptile from card-effect destruction, so the effect-interaction axis stays low. The combo evidence shows high board power (average 96), but no combo labels Lamia's role, so that power is not credited to the card.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Live as a 4-level body in 400/400 sampled decks at 1.37 copies average, with no garnet, but no self-search route from hand (observed; text-derived search is inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | Summon-triggered search of a Level 8 Reptile converts one card into a monster, yet the 3 combos show zero starter/searched/material roles and empty combo role, so the board power is not credited (inferred from text; combo role data absent). |
| Resource Economy | 75 | The summon trigger is a clean +1 card from Deck to hand with no cost, and the GY-to-banish effect adds no further advantage (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The banish effect only makes a Reptile immune to card-effect destruction, with no negation or removal (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 65 | Generic Level 4 DARK Reptile that remains a body when its effects are negated; the guide mentions Rank 4 Xyz routes, but Lamia is not named there (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The banish effect works from the GY and protects a Reptile for a turn, but it is shared once-per-turn and only against card effects (verified from card text; value is inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One-slot run at 1.37 copies average, no garnet or lock, and the banlist is unknown (observed deck counts; banlist assumed unlimited). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body (blend). Intrinsic ≈ 67, Deck ≈ 70, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches a Level 8 Reptile on summon for a clean +1 card with no cost
- Present in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.4 copies, with no garnet
- Stays a usable Level 4 DARK Reptile body when its effects are negated
- Banish effect protects a Reptile from card-effect destruction for a turn
Weaknesses
- Only 1300 ATK, so board presence alone is weak
- Effect interaction is minimal; the banish effect is protection, not negation
- Searches only Level 8 Reptile monsters, so it depends on that target being in the deck
- Once-per-turn limits on both effects reduce repeat value
Best use
Searcher/Tutor on summon, with a Level 4 Reptile body for Rank 4 Xyz or other material routes. Decks: Mitsurugi (archetype 2027), Mitsurugi (archetype 2234), Mitsurugi (archetype 1978), Ogdoadic. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Searches a Level 8 Reptile from Deck to hand on Normal or Special Summon (card text); Banish effect makes a Reptile you control immune to card-effect destruction until the end of the next turn (card text); Each effect is once per turn (card text); Level 4 DARK Reptile, 1300 ATK / 1500 DEF (card data); Appears in 400/400 sampled decks, 1.37 copies average (deck data)
- Observed: Present in 3/3 sampled combos, with average power index 96 and average starter count 0.67 (combo data); Appears in 44 distinct archetypes; the top partners are Mitsurugi cards at 99.5% (deck data); Ogdoadic usage shows 100% inclusion at 1 copy, but across only 2 StatisticsCard rows (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Search route supplies a Level 8 Reptile payoff for Mitsurugi-style boards (text-derived); Material value for Rank 4 Xyz routes, based on the Mitsurugi guide's mention of Rank 4 and 8 (guide context, not naming Lamia)
- Data gaps: no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo data has no role labels (combo role empty; starter role, searched-for role, material role and payoff role all 0), so Lamia's in-combo role is unconfirmed guide snippets do not name Lamia; the mentions are section-level only usage statistics covers only 2 Ogdoadic StatisticsCard rows, so no broader per-archetype inclusion sample archetype is null and deck data duplicates archetype names (Mitsurugi x3, Dominus x2), so archetype attribution is approximate no rulings or ruling-based timing check available