Spell
NormalRaimei
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Decrease your opponent's Life Points by 300 points.
Raimei — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 27 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 26 · Deck: 27 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility
Why it scores here
Raimei is a straightforward burn spell that deals 300 points of direct damage with no board development, combo integration, or interaction capability. While it appears in 11 diverse decks as a tech choice, it contributes no card advantage, no disruption, and no material value—it simply resolves and ends. The score reflects its pure tactical role as filler burn in decks with available slots, not as a strategic engine or enabler.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Normal Spells are freely playable from hand whenever available, making Raimei live and accessible across all formats (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 5 | The card has zero board-building value and no recorded combo appearances across 0 total combo boards, dealing only direct damage with no synergy (verified) |
| Resource Economy | 10 | Playing Raimei costs one deck slot for 300 burn damage (3.75% of 8000 LP) with zero card advantage or recursion, representing a net resource loss (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The effect is pure direct damage with no disruption, negation, or interaction with opponent effects or monsters (verified) |
| Material Utility | 2 | As a Spell Card with no special properties, Raimei cannot serve as material for any standard summons and becomes completely useless if its effect is negated (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 5 | Once activated, the effect completes immediately; a single negate or chain denial completely prevents any value, with no recovery or multi-turn utility (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 35 | While splashable across 5 distinct archetypes with no deck restrictions, Raimei takes valuable main deck slots for minimal damage output, appearing as a tech choice rather than synergistic inclusion (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Utility / no clear role (default). Intrinsic ≈ 26, Deck ≈ 27, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Freely playable as a Normal Spell from hand in any deck
- Splashable across multiple deck types without archetype restriction
- Simple, clear effect with no timing complexity
Weaknesses
- Deals minimal damage (300 LP out of 8000)
- No card advantage or board development
- Completely negated by a single spell speed check
- No combo integration or synergy with other cards
- Takes valuable deck slots with no compounding value
Counters / choke points
- Chain blocks (any Quick-Play negation or chain link)
- Hand traps that prevent spell activation
- Anti-spell floodgates like Jinzo
Best use
Filler burn/chip damage in decks with available deck slots. Decks: Spright, Timelord, Shining Sarcophagus, Egyptian God, General control/stall decks. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Raimei is a Normal Spell that deals 300 LP burn damage with no other effects (card text); Appears in 11 decks across 5 distinct archetypes without archetype requirement (deck evidence); Zero combo appearances across entire combo database (combo data); Assumed 3 copies legal (standard spell card, no banlist data)
- Observed: 11 decks run Raimei with average 2.09 copies per deck (5 run 1 copy, 6 run 3 copies); Appears alongside generic staples (Foolish Burial, Ash Blossom, Maxx C) indicating tech inclusion; Present in Spright, Timelord, Shining Sarcophagus, Egyptian God archetypes and non-archetype decks; Peak recency from 2026-03-22 suggests continued play in modern formats
- Inferred: Pure direct damage with no board-building potential or combo synergy; Cost-inefficient burn (300 out of 8000 LP maximum); Played as filler/tech choice when deck slots are available; Zero material or defensive utility as a Spell Card
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — cannot verify any combo synergy or integration No guides supplied — no human context on meta positioning or strategic value No banlist token — assumed unlimited (3 copies per standard spell card rules) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion rates based on small 11-deck sample only No top-card ranking — suggests not a meta-defining tech or format staple