Spell
NormalMitsurugi Ritual
Archetype:
Mitsurugi
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This card can be used to Ritual Summon any Reptile Ritual Monster. Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi Ritual" once per turn); ● Ritual Summon 1 Reptile Ritual Monster from your Deck, by Tributing Reptile monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal the Level of the Ritual Monster. ● Ritual Summon 1 Reptile Ritual Monster from your hand, by Tributing up to 2 Reptile monsters from your hand, Deck, or field, whose total Levels equal the Level of the Ritual Monster.
Mitsurugi Ritual — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Mitsurugi Ritual converts a Reptile Ritual monster from the Deck or hand into the field by tributing Reptile monsters, so its value is the body it produces rather than any interaction. It is in 400 of 400 sampled decks and in all 42 recorded boards, which confirms it is consistently played, but it is the starter in only 1 board (2.4%), so most of its boards are driven by partners such as Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi. Its high average board power index (78.7) is therefore a partner-driven signal and was not credited as the card's own power. High ATK and popularity earned no points.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Played in 400 of 400 decks at an average of 1.71 copies, but it is never recorded as searched and is a starter in only 1 of 42 boards (observed; route into hand is inferred from partner searchers). |
| Combo & Conversion | 65 | Present in all 42 recorded boards with average power index 78.7, though the card is a support piece there rather than the starter (observed; causal credit reduced). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Converts one card into a Ritual monster from the Deck, net body gain at roughly neutral cost; example boards show netCardAdvantage of 4 to 5 (observed, partly inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No opponent interaction in its text; it only summons (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell card, so it provides no material body (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Two separate effects, each once per turn, and an average of 1.71 copies give some redundancy, but it has no protection against spell or effect negation (verified from text; redundancy observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Single-copy-friendly Spell with no garnet cost, though it needs Reptile Ritual targets and its copy count varies from 1 to 3 (verified from text and copy distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Summons a Reptile Ritual monster from the Deck, so it generates a body from a single card
- Appears in every sampled deck and every recorded board, with 80 distinct archetypes in the sample
- Two effects give more than one route per turn
Weaknesses
- It is a starter in only 1 of 42 boards, so its value depends on partner searchers and monsters
- Cannot act as material and has no interaction
- Needs Reptile Ritual targets in hand, deck, or field
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the Ritual Spell's activation, which is not tabled in the evidence
- Hand or field disruption before it resolves
- Ash Blossom and Droll-style answers reduce the partner chain rather than this card directly (inferred)
Best use
Reptile Ritual summon engine. Decks: Mitsurugi (archetype 2027), Mitsurugi (archetype 2234), Mitsurugi (archetype 1978).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Ritual Summon a Reptile Ritual monster from the Deck or hand by tributing Reptile monsters, each effect once per turn; Card type is Spell, so it cannot be material; Played in 400 of 400 sampled decks, average 1.71 copies
- Observed: Present in all 42 recorded boards, starter in 1 (2.4%), average power index 78.7; Top partners at 100% co-occurrence are the Mitsurugi archetype cards; Ranked 86 in Master Duel top cards with 80.6% average percentage
- Inferred: Accessibility comes mainly from partner searchers, since the card is never recorded as searched; Its popularity across 80 archetypes reflects its role as a generic Reptile ritual route, not stand-alone power
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No searched-for role records, so the search route into hand is not tabled No list of Reptile Ritual monsters in evidence, so ritual target breadth is unverified No rulings in evidence for the once-per-turn interaction between the two effects Guides are short snippets and do not describe this card's role directly