Raiza the Storm Monarch

Raiza the Storm Monarch — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 55 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Material body

Why it scores here

Raiza is a solid tribute-summoned removal piece with flexible targeting and respectable 2400 ATK, playing a steady role in Monarch and Frog decks where the tribute cost is natural. The soft removal (send to top of deck) is less punishing than destruction but weaker than banishment, and the card generates no advantage of its own—it is a role-player, not a power generator. Its value lies in accessibility via dedicated tribute mechanics and material utility as a Level-6 body, not in raw board-making or combo potential.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Removal + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Tribute cost penalty (-4); Multi-archetype splashability bonus (2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Flexible targeting soft removal that works against any card type
• Searchable and tutor-able in Monarch and Frog archetypes via dedicated engines
• Respectable 2400 ATK and Level-6 status provide material utility for synchro/XYZ plays
• Consistent inclusion across 47 archetypes demonstrates multi-deck adaptability

Weaknesses

• Heavy 2-tribute cost limits accessibility early-game and blocks timely removal
• Soft removal (send to top) is weaker than destruction or banishment and allows deck recovery
• No card advantage or resource generation; pure −1 investment after tributing
• Single-use effect per summon requires significant setup for repeated value
• No inherent protection or resilience against negation effects

Counters / choke points

• Hand traps and summon negation prevent the tribute summon entirely
• Non-targeted board wipes that cannot be answered by a single Raiza removal
• Cards that benefit from being shuffled back into deck (certain combo pieces)

Best use

Tribute-summoned soft removal body with secondary material utility. Decks: Monarch, Frog, Synchron, Heroic.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card requires Tribute Summon to activate its effect; Effect targets one card on field and sends it to top of Deck (soft removal); 2400 ATK, 1000 DEF, Level 6 Winged Beast, WIND attribute; Present in 397 recent decks across 47 distinct archetypes; 80.9% co-occurrence with Caius the Shadow Monarch; Distribution shows flexibility: 1 copy (206 decks), 2 copies (61 decks), 3 copies (130 decks)
• Observed: Monarch archetype represents 35.8% of sample decks (142/397); Frog archetype represents 23.9% of sample decks (95/397); Average 1.81 copies per deck in those running it indicates steady inclusion; 50% inclusion rate in Frog archetype via StatisticsCard data; Strong synergy with other Monarchs and Frog tutoring effects
• Inferred: Material utility as Level-6 body for synchro/XYZ summons even when effect is negated; Tribute accessibility via Monarch searching effects and Frog tribute mechanics built into those decks; Soft removal provides targeting flexibility but is weaker than destructive or banishing removal; Combo conversion limited to simple removal without board extension or card advantage generation
• Data gaps: No combos supplied—cannot verify if card functions as starter, material, or payoff in recorded boards; combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied—cannot confirm stated role or player-reported effectiveness in practice No banlist information—assumed legal in all 4 formats at 3 copies; actual ban status per format unknown