Spell
EquipMikanko Purification Dance
Archetype:
Mikanko
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Equip only to a "Mikanko" monster. The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by card effects. If a monster(s) is Special Summoned to your opponent's field (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 monster you control and 1 monster your opponent controls; return them to the hand. You can only use this effect of "Mikanko Purification Dance" once per turn.
Mikanko Purification Dance — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 42 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker / Going-second · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Mikanko Purification Dance is a Mikanko-only Equip Spell whose main value is a conditional reset: when the opponent Special Summons a monster, it returns one of yours and one of theirs to hand, once per turn. The equip also makes the equipped monster immune to card-effect destruction. It is near-universal in the sampled Mikanko decks (399 of 400 decks run it at about one copy each, with almost every Mikanko partner at 85% or higher), so it is a reliable part of that engine. It does not earn points for its 0 ATK/DEF or for its popularity, and the combo sample (3 boards, 0 starter/payoff roles, average power index 46) keeps the score in the middle.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at about 1 copy each, but no searcher or starter evidence is recorded (observed; the route into hand is inferred from deck inclusion). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | Appears in all 3 recorded combos with average power index 46 and only small board contributions (3 to 6 in the examples), with no starter, searched or payoff role (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | The self-bounce costs one of your own monsters and gives no card advantage; the example boards show net card advantage of 2 to 4, mostly from other cards (inferred from text and combo examples). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The opponent-summon bounce is conditional and once per turn, with no negation and no hand-trap reach, so it is situational interaction (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 15 | A Spell card that cannot be used as material and gives no level, attribute or name value (verified from card text and frame type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Equip protection from card-effect destruction only works on a Mikanko monster, and the bounce needs a monster on your field and an opponent summon to trigger (verified from card text; resilience rating inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | A single copy with no garnet or lock, and the deck sample shows a mostly 1-copy lineup with some 2 to 3 copy variance (observed from copies per deck). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker / Going-second + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 42, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Near-universal inclusion in the sampled Mikanko decks (399 of 400 decks)
- Once-per-turn conditional bounce that answers opponent Special Summons
- Equip protection from card-effect destruction for the Mikanko monster it is attached to
- Single-copy, low-cost card that is easy to run
Weaknesses
- Conditional on opponent summons, so it does nothing on a turn where the opponent does not summon
- The self-bounce costs one of your own monsters
- No searcher or starter role in the recorded combos
- Low ATK/DEF-independent value, and the effect is limited to the Mikanko archetype
Counters / choke points
- Opponent effects that negate it or the Mikanko monster it equips (inferred)
- Board-wide removal, which is not blocked by the equip protection (inferred)
Best use
Board breaker / reset on opponent summons, plus protection for the equipped Mikanko monster. Decks: Mikanko. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Equip Spell restricted to Mikanko monsters, with card-effect destruction immunity for the equipped monster; Once-per-turn conditional bounce when the opponent Special Summons a monster (except during the Damage Step); Recorded in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.04 average copies
- Observed: Appears in 3 of 3 recorded combos with average power index 46 and no starter/searched/payoff role; Partners at 85% or higher include Ohime, Ha-Re and Mikanko Fire Dance; Guides mention it as part of the core list and the Mikanko combo pages
- Inferred: Reachable through Mikanko's own searchers and generic deck flow, not directly searchable; Protection and reset value are real but depend on the opponent summoning monsters
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no searcher or starter entries in combo data, so accessibility is inferred from deck inclusion only 3 recorded combos, so the combo_conversion read is thin