EARTH
2Relinquished Spider
ATK:
300
DEF:
500
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If you have 4 or more Insect-Type monsters in your Graveyard, you can Tribute this card to destroy all face-up Defense Position monsters your opponent controls.
41± 6/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
40
Deck
41
Relinquished Spider — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 41 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 40 · Deck: 41 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal
Why it scores here
Relinquished Spider is a conditional removal effect that requires 4+ Insect-Type monsters in the Graveyard to activate, limiting it to dedicated Insect decks like P.U.N.K. and Battlewasp. The card's low ATK/DEF (300/500) and self-tribute cost make it a situational utility piece rather than a strong board contributor. While it provides hard removal of face-up Defense Position monsters, the position restriction and lack of combo integration keep its practical power modest.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Level-2 Insect naturally found in P.U.N.K. and Battlewasp archetypes that fill the Graveyard with Insect-Type monsters, but requires secondary setup (verified via deck evidence). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Card text shows no board-building or combo extension potential; zero combos recorded in the database confirm no synergy chains (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Tribute cost without guaranteed multi-card removal results in mediocre or situational card advantage (inferred from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Hard removal of face-up Defense Position monsters only, significantly limiting tactical value against aggressive Offense Position boards (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Weak Level-2 body (300 ATK/500 DEF) with marginal utility as Insect/Synchro/Xyz material (inferred from stats and type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 25 | Self-tribute effect consumes the card on activation and depends on GY condition, leaving it vulnerable to disruption and one-time use per summon (inferred from card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 35 | Requires 4+ Insect-Type in Graveyard, playable only in Insect-centric archetypes like P.U.N.K. and Battlewasp, adding hard deckbuilding constraint (verified via deck evidence). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Removal / Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 40, Deck ≈ 41, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hard removal that clears all face-up Defense Position monsters in one effect
- Fits naturally into Insect-Type archetypes (P.U.N.K., Battlewasp) that naturally fill the Graveyard
- No once-per-turn restriction on the effect — reusable if summoned multiple times
Weaknesses
- Self-tribute cost consumes the card immediately upon activation
- Requires 4+ Insect-Type in Graveyard — highly situational and setup-dependent condition
- Only targets face-up Defense Position monsters, completely ineffective against aggressive Offense Position boards
- Extremely weak body (300 ATK/500 DEF) provides minimal material or synergy value
- No recovery, recursion, or protection built into the card
Counters / choke points
- Aggressive strategies with Offense Position monsters (effect is powerless)
- Decks with few or no Insect-Type monsters in Graveyard
- Banishment and shuffle effects that prevent Graveyard setup
- Negation of the Tribute activation cost
Best use
Situational Removal / Graveyard Outlet. Decks: P.U.N.K., Battlewasp. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card requires 4+ Insect-Type monsters in Graveyard to activate effect; Effect destroys all face-up Defense Position monsters opponent controls; Level 2 Insect-Type monster with 300 ATK / 500 DEF; Appears in P.U.N.K., Battlewasp, and untyped decks (3 total); Average 2.33 copies per deck that runs it
- Observed: Found exclusively in Insect-centric archetypes in the available deck sample; Distribution shows one deck running 1 copy and two running 3 copies, suggesting variable inclusion philosophy
- Inferred: No board-building synergy or combo generation based on card text and zero recorded combos; Accessibility moderate in Insect decks due to conditional Graveyard setup requirement; Resource economy mediocre: tribute cost typically exchanges 1 card for 1–2 opponent monsters at best; Position restriction (Defense only) severely limits relevance in diverse metagames where Offense Position dominates
- Data gaps: No combos recorded — cannot verify practical combo integration or synergy depth in real gameplay lines No guides mention this card — cannot confirm expert usage patterns, metagame positioning, or historical relevance No banlist data — assumed unlimited (3 copies/deck), but no formal confirmation No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — inclusion % across archetypes inferred from 3-deck sample only No tournament top-card data — cannot verify competitive viability beyond local deck samples Small deck sample (n=3) — high variance and limited confidence in true archetype fit distribution