LIGHT
8Magnum the Reliever
ATK:
2800
DEF:
2000
View:
4495
1 monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck + 1 monster in the hand You can target 1 "Polymerization" Spell or "Fusion" Spell in your GY; place that card on the bottom of the Deck, then draw 1 card. When another card, or its effect, is activated (Quick Effect): You can banish 1 "Polymerization" Spell or "Fusion" Spell from your GY, then target 1 card on the field; destroy it. You can only use each effect of "Magnum the Reliever" once per turn.
Magnum the Reliever — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 64 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Recovery / Recursion
Why it scores here
Magnum the Reliever is a Fusion body whose value comes from its two effects, not its 2800 ATK. Its quick effect can destroy any card on the field, but only by banishing a Polymerization or Fusion Spell from the GY, and it is once per turn. Its other effect recycles a Polymerization or Fusion Spell to the bottom of the Deck for a draw, which gives modest card economy. The 2800 ATK earns no points, and its material value is unproven, so material_utility stays low. The score rests on high deck inclusion in Chimera-style lists and appearance in 8 of 8 recorded boards, which confirms it is a real and practical piece but not that it is intrinsically strong.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs a Fusion Summon and a Polymerization or Fusion Spell in the GY to reach its interaction, and 188 of 400 decks run Polymerization (observed, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 65 | Appears in 8 of 8 recorded combos with average power index 92.6, but role counts are all zero so its specific conversion step is unclear (observed, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Draws 1 by recycling a Polymerization or Fusion Spell to the Deck bottom, a small +0 to +1 net swing; the banish cost offsets it (verified text, inferred net). |
| Effect & Interaction | 65 | Quick effect destroys any card on the field in response to any activation, which is flexible, but it costs a GY Spell and is once per turn (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | No combo evidence of use as material (material role 0 of 8), and Fusion bodies are rarely clean material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | A single quick effect that a negation or a second copy of the same effect can answer; no recorded redundancy (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Typically 1 copy in 394 of 400 decks and a moderate slot cost with no garnet lock, but it needs a Fusion Spell line behind it (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal/Negation + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 64, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Quick effect can destroy any card on the field in response to any activation
- Recovers a Polymerization or Fusion Spell from the GY for a draw
- Live in 100% of recorded Chimera-style boards with high average power index
- Typically 1 copy, low deck-building cost
Weaknesses
- Interaction needs a Polymerization or Fusion Spell in the GY
- Once-per-turn limit on each effect
- 2800 ATK and Fusion body give little material value
- Fusion Summon route is a dependency, not a self-start
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the quick effect's activation
- Removal or backrow that answers the Fusion body before it acts
Best use
Removal / Negation with GY-recursion support in Polymerization-based Fusion decks. Decks: Phantom Beast (Chimera), Hecahands, Fiendsmith, Branded, Frightfur, Azamina. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Quick effect destroys 1 card on the field by banishing a Polymerization or Fusion Spell from the GY; once per turn per effect; Draw 1 by placing a Polymerization or Fusion Spell on the Deck bottom; Fusion Summon requirement from Extra Deck plus a hand monster
- Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks (1 copy each in 394), 53 distinct archetypes; Appears in 8 of 8 recorded combos, average power index 92.6; Polymerization runs in 188 of 400 decks (47%)
- Inferred: Accessibility depends on a Fusion route in most decks; Material value is limited because no combo shows it as material; Resilience is limited to one answerable quick effect
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No role hints set, so the primary role is inferred from text Combo evidence has no per-role counts for this card (all zero), so conversion is inferred from board power index No guide text on its specific use; guide mentions are generic Chimera deck overviews