Spell
NormalRecardination
Archetype:
Flower Cardian
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Target 1 "Flower Cardian" monster in your Graveyard; add it to your hand, then you can Special Summon 1 "Flower Cardian" monster from your hand, ignoring its Summoning conditions. If this card is sent to the Graveyard by a "Flower Cardian" monster's effect: You can excavate the top 5 cards of your Deck, and if you do, you can add 1 excavated Spell/Trap Card to your hand. Place the remaining cards on top of your Deck in any order.
Recardination — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Combo Enabler, Utility
Why it scores here
Recardination is a core enabler for Flower Cardian decks, running at 100% inclusion with 3 copies in both dedicated Flower Cardian archetypes (84% of all runs). It recovers a mill-able Flower Cardian monster and grants a free special summon, fueling the archetype's multi-effect chains and enabling a secondary refuel when sent to the GY. However, this power is almost entirely confined to Flower Cardian; the card has no opponent-facing interaction and generates no immediate card advantage on activation. Without combo data, the actual board conversion is inferred from deck ubiquity and guide context rather than measured directly, creating uncertainty around how much value the special summon and refuel truly add to end-board power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 85 | The card requires a Flower Cardian monster in the GY to activate, which is consistently available in Flower Cardian decks where it runs at 100% inclusion in both archetypes (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 70 | Text indicates one-card recovery plus special summon ignoring conditions, enabling further Flower Cardian synergies, but no combo examples are supplied to confirm actual board power or starter efficiency (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 65 | The card breaks even on activation but refunds one Spell/Trap when milled by a Flower Cardian effect, aligning with the archetype's design to send spells to the GY as part of mill-based combos (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no disruption, removal, negation, or hand-trap text; it is purely a recovery and enabler with zero opponent-facing interaction (verified) |
| Material Utility | 15 | As a Spell Card, it cannot be used as Synchro, Xyz, Fusion, or Link material and offers negligible utility as text-referenced material beyond archetype-specific mill synergies (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | The card operates on standard Spell timing with no built-in protection; a single negate on the Flower Cardian effect that sends it to GY stops both recovery and refuel, but the archetype's multi-card sequencing mitigates single-card fragility (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 72 | 90.8% of decks run 3 copies with no diminishing returns; the card is archetype-specific with poor splashability (only 16% of runs are non-Flower Cardian tech attempts) but achieves near-optimal density within its home archetype (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Combo Enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype synergy compactness (2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Core to Flower Cardian with 100% inclusion in both dedicated archetypes and 90.8% max-copy density
- Recovers a Flower Cardian monster and enables free special summon ignoring conditions, fueling archetype multi-effect chains
- Secondary GY-triggered effect provides deck refuel and Spell/Trap tutoring, integrating with Flower Cardian's mill strategy
- Designed for optimal efficiency in its home archetype; aligns with the guide's description of Flower Cardian spells as exceptionally powerful
Weaknesses
- Nearly useless outside Flower Cardian archetype (16% of runs in rogue decks with minimal success)
- Requires a Flower Cardian monster in the GY to activate, creating a conditional activation cost
- No opponent-facing interaction; provides no disruption, removal, or negation
- Vulnerable to single negate effects stopping both recovery and refuel
- Spell-type material utility limits flexibility as a combo piece beyond Flower Cardian mill synergies
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring negating a Flower Cardian effect that sends this to GY
- Called by the Grave preventing GY-triggered secondary effect activation
- Decks without mill strategies cannot enable the secondary refuel effect
Best use
Recovery and combo enabler for Flower Cardian multi-effect synergy chains. Decks: Flower Cardian. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is clear: recovers a Flower Cardian monster and special summons it ignoring conditions; secondary excavation effect triggers when sent to GY by a Flower Cardian monster's effect; Flower Cardian is the primary home: 100% inclusion in both tracked Flower Cardian archetypes (655 and 323); 90.8% of decks run 3 copies (108/119), indicating no garnet effect and optimal efficiency within the archetype; No banlist restriction; assumed unlimited copies; All top 15 partner cards are Flower Cardian monsters, confirming archetype-specific design
- Observed: 119 total decks with 84% concentrated in Flower Cardian (100/119 runs); Copy distribution: 3x (108 decks, 90.8%), 2x (8 decks), 1x (3 decks); average 2.88 copies; Rogue appearances in 13 distinct archetypes (Tenpai Dragon, Synchron, Exodia, Greed, etc.) represent only 16% of runs; Deck evidence recency: latest sample from 2026-08-18 (current); Usage statistics confirm 100% inclusion and 3 typical copies in both Flower Cardian archetype variants
- Inferred: The card enables combo by recovering a Flower Cardian and allowing free special summon ignoring conditions, fueling the archetype's documented multi-effect chains; The secondary GY-triggered effect is designed to activate when the card is milled by Flower Cardian monster effects, creating a feedback loop with the archetype's mill strategy; Combo conversion is likely moderately high within Flower Cardian based on the archetype's multi-effect sequencing, but without combo examples this remains text-only inference; Rogue appearances in Tenpai Dragon, Exodia, and other non-Flower Cardian decks likely represent minor tech attempts that do not establish secondary homes
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is entirely text-based inference; cannot confirm power_index, boardPerStarter, or measured board impact No banlist token — copy limit assumed unlimited (3 max) based on deck evidence distribution No Top Card ranking — cannot confirm competitive success beyond archetype inclusion rates No detailed rulings or edge-case interactions documented — assumed standard Spell Card mechanics apply