Spell
ContinuousPendulum Evolution
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You can shuffle 1 Pendulum Monster from your hand into the Deck; add 1 Pendulum Monster with 2500 ATK and a different name from your Deck to your hand. During your Main Phase, if you Special Summoned a face-down Pendulum Monster(s) from your Extra Deck this turn, you can: Immediately after this effect resolves, Pendulum Summon a monster(s). You can target 1 "Supreme King Z-ARC" you control; it can attack all your opponent's monsters once each this turn. You can only use each effect of "Pendulum Evolution" once per turn.
Pendulum Evolution — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50.5 · Deck: 54.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Pendulum Evolution converts a Pendulum monster in hand into a 2500-ATK Pendulum from the Deck, a card-neutral hand upgrade, and it adds a Pendulum Summon option and a once-per-turn attack-all clause for Supreme King Z-ARC. Its score comes from that search and filtering role, not from the ATK on the monster it fetches or from its appearance in 400 decks. The 100% inclusion rates and the 98% partner rate with Supreme King Gate Zero confirm it is a consistent, low-cost staple, which is accessibility rather than intrinsic strength. No combo, guide or rulings evidence exists, so the combo and interaction scores stay at inference level.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Live as a Continuous Spell, but it needs a Pendulum monster in hand to shuffle; it is in all 400 sampled decks and 100% inclusion in three archetypes (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The text searches a 2500-ATK Pendulum from the Deck and enables a Pendulum Summon, but no combo boards show what that converts into (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Shuffle 1 from hand and add 1 from Deck is card-neutral with no graveyard refuel or extra card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | It has no negation, removal or disruption clause (verified). |
| Material Utility | 5 | It is a Spell card and cannot be used as material (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It stays on the field as a Continuous Spell, but its search is a spell effect that a hand or deck-search response could negate (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Typically one copy in a Pendulum-focused deck with no garnet or lock restriction, though it depends on Pendulum monsters being present (observed plus inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 50.5, Deck ≈ 54.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Card-neutral search and hand upgrade that fetches a 2500-ATK Pendulum
- Broad deck presence across 25 archetypes, with 4 or more homes
- Low deck-building cost: one copy, no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction and no material value
- Needs a Pendulum monster in hand, which constrains when it can be used
- Score rests on text inference because there is no combo evidence
Counters / choke points
- Hand or search responses that negate the search effect, such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (inferred from the search effect's shape, not from evidence)
Best use
Pendulum search and hand upgrade, with Pendulum Summon and Z-ARC support. Decks: Supreme King, Odd-Eyes, Performapal, Magician Girls, Dark Magician. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Shuffle 1 Pendulum from hand into Deck, then add 1 Pendulum with 2500 ATK and a different name from Deck to hand (card text); Spell card type, so it cannot be material (card type); Once-per-turn wording applies to each effect (card text)
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 25 archetypes (deck evidence); 100% inclusion in Supreme King, Magician Girl and Performapal (usage statistics); Supreme King Gate Zero co-occurs in 98% of decks (partner evidence)
- Inferred: Search route depends on a Pendulum monster in hand and in the Deck; Search effect is exposed to response-based negation; Z-ARC attack clause is supporting value, not a primary line
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Effect 2 text is incomplete: the Pendulum Summon target is not specified in the description