Megalith Hagith

Megalith Hagith — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 69 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 66.38 · Deck: 70.46 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Material body

Why it scores here

Megalith Hagith is a mid-turn ritual extender that tutors Megalith support cards on summon and enables a second ritual summon per turn. Its value derives from board expansion and consistency (tutor), not inherent disruption — negation and removal come from the secondary ritual monster (typically Bethor or Phul). High deck inclusion (51% in Megalith homes, average 2.21 copies) and portability across 40+ archetypes confirm strong accessibility and deckbuilding efficiency. The 1300 ATK and 2600 DEF do not drive the score; Hagith's power is ritual-chain enablement and consistency, limited by its HOPT and ritual-summon gate.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7·Extender + 0.3·Searcher. Intrinsic ≈ 66.38, Deck ≈ 70.46, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40·Intrinsic + 0.60·Deck

Strengths

• Enables consistent ritual-summon chains mid-turn, expanding board presence.
• Tutors Megalith spell/trap on summon, improving archetype consistency and hand quality.
• Highly portable across 40+ distinct archetypes (Megalith, Impcantation, Drytron, Dogmatika, Nekroz, Gem-Knights, etc.).
• No self-locking restrictions or garnet risk; 3-copy inclusion is standard and healthy.
• Level-4 body with high DEF (2600) is usable as ritual material even when negated.

Weaknesses

• Zero built-in disruption; board impact depends entirely on secondary ritual monsters.
• HOPT on the main-phase ritual-summon effect limits to one activation per turn.
• Ritual-summon gate requires archetype support (Megalith enablers, Impcantation, etc.); not live in all decks.
• Typically tributed as cost for the ritual chain, meaning it does not persist on-field.
• 1300 ATK is low; body is easily removed by common removal before summoning another ritual.

Counters / choke points

• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring negates the tutor effect on ritual summon, whiffing the search.
• Hand traps that negate ritual summons prevent the Hagith summon entirely.
• Common removal (Kaiju, Droplet, Accesscode) targets Hagith before it tributes for the second ritual summon.
• Decks lacking ritual enablers (Bethor, Phul) cannot convert Hagith's mid-turn effect into meaningful board.
• Non-ritual decks or going-second strategies do not leverage this card's turn-1 extender role.

Best use

Turn-1 ritual-chain extender and consistency searcher; pairs with Bethor (negation) and Phul (removal/draw) for full disruptive boards.. Decks: Megalith (primary, 51% of sample), Impcantation (9.5%), Drytron, Nekroz, Gem-Knights. Suggested copies: 3.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Ritual summon gate: 'You can Ritual Summon this card with a Megalith card' (text); Tutor effect: 'If this card is Ritual Summoned: You can add 1 Megalith Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand' (text); Mid-turn ritual-chain effect: 'During your Main Phase: You can activate this effect; Ritual Summon 1 Ritual Monster from your hand…including this card on your field' (text); HOPT on ritual effect: 'You can only use this effect of Megalith Hagith once per turn' (text); 3-copy inclusion: 167 of 400 decks run exactly 3 copies (deck distribution); 40+ distinct archetypes run this card (deck data); Top-partner co-deck rates: Bethor 98.2%, Phul 96%, Unformed 93.8% (deck partners)
• Observed: 51% of sample is Megalith archetype (36.2% + 14.8% split) (deck archetype data); 100% inclusion in Megalith (gameplay 7) and Megalith (gameplay 6) (usage statistics); Average 2.21 copies per deck, with modal count of 3 (deck distribution); High co-deck correlation with ritual-enabler cards suggests core role in ritual chains (deck partners)
• Inferred: Combo conversion ~68: enables one second ritual summon per turn; disruption depends on secondary ritual monster (inferred from Bethor/Phul partner prevalence and typical ritual-chain structure); Generic utility ~75: ritual-gated limits universality to ritual decks, but 40+ archetypes and high portability across ritual homes confirm strong portability (inferred from archetype breadth and ritual-support pattern); Deck synergy ~77.5: inferred from top-partner co-decks (Bethor 98.2%, Phul 96%) and archetype prevalence, indicating central role in ritual combos (inferred from deck data, no direct combo examples); Deck resilience ~75: multi-copy redundancy (167 at 3 copies) and presence in multiple ritual homes (40+ archetypes) suggest the role is resilient and replaceable within ritual structures (inferred from copies and archetype count)
• Data gaps: No combo data supplied — combo conversion, board-building power, and synergy are inferred from deck partners and archetype prevalence, not from observed combo boards. No banlist token or format legality details — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) in all formats. No metagame sample — cannot assess meta_power or recent tournament performance. Guides mention only Solo Mode rewards, not competitive strategy or role clarity; strategic context is inferred from card text and deck evidence alone.