EARTH
6Puppet Queen
Archetype:
Puppet
ATK:
2200
DEF:
2500
View:
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When your opponent adds a monster(s) from the Main Deck to their hand, except by drawing it (and except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 7 EARTH Warrior monster from your hand or GY, and if you Special Summoned "Puppet King" by this effect, all EARTH Warrior monsters you currently control gain 1000 ATK until the end of the next turn. You can only use this effect of "Puppet Queen" once per turn.
Puppet Queen — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Combo enabler, Material body
Why it scores here
Puppet Queen generates reliable +1 advantage when summoned, with a free special summon trigger when opponents search. The card fits consistently across four archetypes (War Rock, Destruction Sword, D/D/D) at 1.11 copies per deck, showing stable deck fit. However, zero combo board evidence prevents validation of its true synergy ceiling, and the effect interaction score remains zero since the card offers no negation or disruption.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Requires EARTH Warrior searcher support and opponent trigger condition; mostly 1 copy per deck in War Rock homes (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Generates +1 Level 7 EARTH Warrior body with +1000 ATK boost per text, but zero combos recorded limits real-world validation (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Special summons without activation cost and generates one extra monster, creating approximately +1 card advantage (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or disruption; purely offensive value generation with zero opponent interaction (verified) |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 6 EARTH Warrior typing is usable as Synchro/Fusion material but offers no exceptional generic utility (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Survives as hand resource and can retrigger via multiple summon methods, but limited to one activation per turn (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Low deck-building cost with no garnet risk; 1.11 average copies indicates flexible inclusion across four distinct archetypes (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary: Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, combos absent)
Strengths
- Free special summon when opponent searches (board acceleration on opponent's turn)
- Consistent deck fit across four archetypes with 100% inclusion in War Rock core partners
- Generates +1 monster with ATK boost effect (resource advantage with temporary buff)
Weaknesses
- Depends entirely on opponent's Main Deck search plays; dead trigger in non-search matchups
- Zero combo board evidence — actual synergy ceiling unvalidated
- Requires EARTH Warrior archetype support; not a generic splash
- Once-per-turn activation limits repeated value generation
Counters / choke points
- Decks that minimize Main Deck searches (hand effects, draw-only engines)
- Board wipes that remove Puppet King before ATK boost resolves
- Non-EARTH themed decks cannot leverage the ATK boost synergy
Best use
Conditional extender providing free summon trigger and Level 7 EARTH Warrior support. Decks: War Rock (primary), Destruction Sword, D/D/D EARTH variant. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is complete: special summon trigger on opponent search, Level 7 EARTH Warrior summoning effect with ATK boost for controlled Warriors, once-per-turn limit on second effect; Nine decks run Puppet Queen across four distinct archetypes (War Rock, Destruction Sword, D/D/D, and one additional archetype); War Rock Bashileos and War Rock Fortia appear in 100% of the nine decks running Puppet Queen; Average 1.11 copies per deck, distributed as 8 decks with 1 copy and 1 deck with 2 copies
- Observed: War Rock represents 5 of 9 decks when counting archetype duplicates (55.6%); Destruction Sword and D/D/D each represent 2 of 9 decks (22.2% each); 66.7% of decks are Gameplay Type 6, 33.3% are Gameplay Type 7; Includes defensive EARTH Warriors like Gagaga Gardna and Valkyrian Knight in 66.7% of decks
- Inferred: Combo conversion is estimated from card text alone (special summons Level 7 body + boost) due to zero combo records; Accessibility depends on War Rock searcher availability and opponent search frequency; Resource economy is +1 body with temporary ATK boost (text-based calculation); Material utility reflects EARTH Warrior type as niche but functional for Synchro/Fusion decks; Trigger reliability depends on metagame's search density (not validated in zero combos)
- Data gaps: No combo boards recorded (zero appearances in combo data) — combo conversion unvalidated by real gameplay No guide mentions — no human context on role/synergy No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — deck sample limited to nine decks only No banlist information — assumed unlimited 3 copies Small deck sample limits statistical confidence in archetype distribution and meta stability