Spell
NormalMachine Angel Ritual
Archetype:
Cyber Angel
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This card can be used to Ritual Summon any "Cyber Angel" Ritual Monster. You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster you Ritual Summon. If a LIGHT monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect while this card is in your GY, you can banish this card instead.
Machine Angel Ritual — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Utility
Why it scores here
Machine Angel Ritual is the cornerstone enabler for Cyber Angel Ritual Monster summoning, consistently run at 2-3 copies in 141 decks with 92.2% co-deck rate with Benten tutor, providing strong accessibility within its archetype. The resulting ritual boards deliver modest control-oriented disruption but lack the explosive combo potential of modern synchro/fusion strategies, and the card generates no inherent card advantage beyond the summoned body. The secondary GY protection effect adds conditional resilience for LIGHT monsters but does not offset the archetype's limited modern power level compared to tier-1 decks.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 75 | Run at 2.59 copies average across 141 decks with multiple search routes (Benten 92.2% co-deck), but archetype-dependent with no utility outside LIGHT ritual contexts (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 58 | Enables Cyber Angel Ritual Monster summons which provide modest control boards; no explosive combo depth vs. modern synchro/xyz alternatives (inferred from deck context and no combo evidence). |
| Resource Economy | 42 | Ritual cost requires tribute of monsters equal to target's level; no card draw or search on this spell itself; GY effect does not generate advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 18 | Provides no offensive negation or removal; GY effect only protects LIGHT monsters from destruction—purely defensive interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | Spell card with no monster body; cannot serve as fusion/synchro/xyz/link material or provide level/attribute synergy (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 62 | Main-phase spell transitions to GY protection tool, adding zone flexibility; conditional GY effect requires LIGHT monster on field to activate (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 71 | Included at 3 copies in 71% of running decks with clean archetype fit; secondary GY effect reduces garnet risk; archetype-specific with limited portability outside Cyber Angel and LIGHT themes (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 × Combo enabler + 0.3 × Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40×Intrinsic + 0.60×Deck (decks present, combos absent)
Strengths
- Dual functionality: primary ritual enabler + secondary GY protection for LIGHT monsters
- High accessibility in Cyber Angel with consistent tutors (Benten 92.2% co-deck rate)
- Solves the archetype's core need (ritual summoning) with clean integration and low garnet risk
- Splashable in any LIGHT-heavy deck with ritual monsters
Weaknesses
- Ritual summoning inherently trades cards for a body (negative resource economy)
- Resulting ritual monsters provide modest disruption vs. modern combo strategies
- No offensive interaction; entirely dependent on archetype support to generate value
- GY protection effect is conditional—requires LIGHT monster on field
- Archetype-specific; limited utility outside dedicated Cyber Angel or LIGHT ritual decks
Counters / choke points
- Mass GY removal (Dimension Fusion Destruction, D.D. Crow)
- Negation during ritual summon (Solemn Judgment, Solemn Strike)
- Removal of LIGHT monsters before GY effect can activate
Best use
Ritual spell enabler; GY protection backup. Decks: Cyber Angel, Impcantation, Dogmatika. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text complete; legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks; Used in 141 decks with average 2.59 copies per deck; Highest co-deck rate with Cyber Angel Benten (92.2%); Core partner cards are Cyber Angel ritual monsters (Idaten, Vrash, Dakini, Izana); Run at 3 copies in 71% of sample decks
- Observed: 141 decks using this card across 28 distinct archetypes; Primary usage in Cyber Angel (46.1% of sample), secondary in Impcantation (9.2%), Dogmatika (5.0%); High inclusion consistency in primary archetype; GY effect provides secondary zone utility for LIGHT protection
- Inferred: Ritual summoning is the core combo enabler function (no combo boards tested); Modest combo conversion due to ritual monster power levels vs. modern synchro/fusion alternatives; Resource economy is negative due to inherent ritual cost structure; Archetype-specific usage pattern limits external portability
- Data gaps: No combos supplied—combo conversion is text-only inference; cannot measure actual board efficiency or starter-to-board ratios No guides supplied—no competitive context on optimal play, matchup interactions, or meta-dependent utility Limited usage statistics (only 1 archetype with statistical data); broader archetype coverage unknown No banlist data in evidence; assumed unlimited copies Not a top-ranked card; no metagame ranking context available