Spell
QuickMitsurugi Prayers
Archetype:
Mitsurugi
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When you activate this card, you can also Tribute 1 Reptile monster in your hand or field; apply 1 of these effects, or if you Tributed a monster at activation, you can apply both effects in sequence. ● Add 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your Deck to your hand. ● Take 800 damage, then you can Special Summon 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your hand or GY, but it cannot attack directly. You can only activate 1 "Mitsurugi Prayers" per turn.
Mitsurugi Prayers — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Combo enabler, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Mitsurugi Prayers is a Quick-Play Spell that reliably converts its access into a Mitsurugi monster, either by searching one from the Deck or by Special Summoning one from hand or GY for 800 damage after a Reptile Tribute. It is in all 400 sampled decks at about 2.4 copies each, and it sits in every combo board sample (42 of 42), so the card is practical and live. High stats did not earn points here: the card has no interaction and is not a material body, and the combo data shows it as a starter in only 2 of 42 boards and never as a searched card, so the searcher role is supported by text but only weakly by observed combo data.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 85 | Live in hand in 400/400 sampled decks with 2.4 copies on average and an identified Spell search route to Mitsurugi monsters (verified card text, deck stats). |
| Combo & Conversion | 70 | Present in 42/42 recorded boards with average power index 78.7, though only 2 starter appearances (observed combo stats, verified). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Search is card-for-card and the GY revival costs 800 LP plus a Reptile Tribute, so net advantage depends on the rest of the line (inferred from text; combo netCardAdvantage 4–5 on top boards). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or disruption in its text (verified card text). |
| Material Utility | 10 | A Spell card cannot be used as material; it only fetches or revives bodies that can be (verified card text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Quick-Play, so it can be activated on either turn from hand, and its GY revival adds a second zone, but it is limited to one activation per turn (verified card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Clean single-card slot with a few Mitsurugi-specific requirements; observed copies are up to 3 per deck, but the evidence's legal copies field lists MasterDuel 1 (verified data, conflict flagged in data gaps). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in 400/400 sampled decks and in every combo board sample
- Searches a Mitsurugi monster and can revive one from the GY, giving two routes from one card
- Quick-Play, so it works on either turn
Weaknesses
- No interaction, negation or material value of its own
- Once-per-turn limit
- Optional Reptile Tribute cost for the full effect
- Combo data does not show it being searched, so the role is text-based
Counters / choke points
- Droll & Lock Bird (guide: a single Droll stops the deck)
- Mass GY banish hate (guide: the deck fears heavy GY banishing)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor with GY revival as a secondary route. Decks: Mitsurugi (archetype 2027, gameplay 7), Mitsurugi (archetype 1978, gameplay 6), Mitsurugi (archetype 2234, gameplay 4).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Tribute 1 Reptile to add 1 Mitsurugi monster from Deck to hand, or take 800 damage and Special Summon 1 Mitsurugi monster from hand or GY; Race Quick-Play, Spell card, once-per-turn clause; In 400/400 sampled decks, avg 2.36 copies, top_card rank 81 in Master Duel
- Observed: Combo presence 42/42 with avg power index 78.7; Starter appearances 2 of 42 (4.8%), in-end-hand 2 of 42; Mitsurugi archetype inclusion 71–84% for main homes in the usage statistics
- Inferred: Search is card-for-card and the revival costs LP and a Tribute, so net advantage is conditional; Role as Searcher/Tutor rests on the text, not on combo searched counts
- Data gaps: legal copies lists masterduel=1 while decks run up to 3 copies; verify the copy limit before relying on the deckbuilding axis No rulings or FAQ in the evidence Combo evidence records searched-for role=0 despite a searcher text role, so role confirmation is partial Guide snippets are short Vietnamese notes, not structured evaluations