Spell
NormalPrediction Ritual
Archetype:
Prediction Princess
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This card is used to Ritual Summon "Prediction Princess Tarotrei". You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal 9 or more. During your Main Phase, except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card from your Graveyard; add 1 "Prediction Princess" monster from your Deck to your hand.
Prediction Ritual — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Prediction Ritual earns a mid-range score as an archetype-locked Ritual Spell that performs its narrow job reliably but lacks splashability or direct interaction. Its high accessibility via Pre-Preparation of Rites (89.4% co-deck rate) and the GY banish search effect deliver genuine card advantage within the Prediction Princess strategy, and consistent 100% inclusion across 142 decks over four years confirms it is a real, functional cornerstone. The steep Level 9 tribute cost and complete dependence on the Prediction Princess archetype constrain both combo flexibility and deckbuilding efficiency, capping the ceiling below generically powerful cards. ATK and DEF are zero and irrelevant for a Spell card; they did not influence any axis score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Pre-Preparation of Rites (89.4% co-deck rate) searches both this card and Tarotrei simultaneously, providing highly reliable multi-route access; 97% of 142 decks run 2-3 copies. (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text enables Ritual Summon of Level 9 Tarotrei, a disruptive flip-based boss, but the Level 9 tribute requirement demands significant material investment; no combo board data is available to corroborate conversion rate. (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 65 | The GY banish effect generates a free Prediction Princess search on any subsequent Main Phase, partially recovering the multi-card Ritual Summon cost; Pre-Preparation of Rites further compresses the initial investment into a single card. (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | As a Ritual Spell card, Prediction Ritual has no effect that directly interacts with the opponent's cards, board, or hand state. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 20 | Spell cards cannot serve as Synchro, Xyz, or Link material; the only ongoing body value comes from the GY banish search trigger. (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | GY effect extends utility across multiple turns, but Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring (52.1% co-deck) negates the GY search and Called by the Grave (46.5% co-deck) permanently removes it from GY. (observed) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | Archetype-locked to Prediction Princess and a dead card in any other strategy, but Pre-Preparation of Rites compresses the two-piece ritual requirement into a single searcher, reducing effective slot cost within the archetype. (inferred) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Fully searchable via Pre-Preparation of Rites, which simultaneously retrieves Tarotrei, making the setup extremely efficient within the archetype
- GY banish effect generates a free Prediction Princess monster search on any subsequent Main Phase, recovering resources after the Ritual Summon
- Enables Prediction Princess Tarotrei, the archetype's disruptive Level 9 boss with a mass flip effect
- Consistently run at 2-3 copies across all 142 sampled decks over four years, confirming a stable and necessary archetype role
Weaknesses
- Completely archetype-locked: ritual target is specifically Prediction Princess Tarotrei and GY search is restricted to Prediction Princess monsters only
- Level 9 tribute requirement demands heavy material investment each time the Ritual Summon is performed
- GY search is delayed by one full turn due to the 'except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard' restriction
- No direct board interaction, hand-trap capability, or opponent-facing disruption on its own
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring (negates GY banish search effect; 52.1% co-deck rate confirms its prevalence against this strategy)
- Called by the Grave (banishes this card from GY, permanently denying the search effect)
- Spell negation effects during the Ritual Summon activation (Solemn Strike, Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell)
- Imperial Order or Spell Shattering Arrow locking out spell-speed effects, shutting down both ritual and GY functions
Best use
Mandatory Ritual enabler and post-use GY searcher for the Prediction Princess engine. Decks: Prediction Princess, Impcantation Prediction Princess, Prediction Princess Subterror. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Ritual Spell that performs Ritual Summon of Prediction Princess Tarotrei (card text); Requires tributing monsters with total Levels 9 or more from hand or field (card text); GY banish effect searches 1 Prediction Princess monster from Deck during Main Phase except the same turn it was sent to GY (card text); Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks (formats field)
- Observed: 100% main deck inclusion across all 142 sampled decks — zero side deck copies; Average 2.32 copies per deck; 83 decks run 2 copies and 52 run 3 copies; Pre-Preparation of Rites co-present in 89.4% of decks, confirming it is the primary searcher for this card; Underworld Ritual of Prediction co-present in 86.6% of decks as a complementary ritual spell; Active from March 2022 to August 2026 across 20 distinct archetypes in the deck sample
- Inferred: Pre-Preparation of Rites retrieves both this card and Tarotrei simultaneously, making the two-card setup significantly more resource-efficient; GY banish search partially recovers the multi-card resource investment required to execute the Ritual Summon; Impcantation package (8.4% of decks) likely supplies Level 9+ tribute fodder with minimal extra hand cost, easing the summon condition
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only