WATER
4Rikka Princess
Archetype:
Rikka
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
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During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, but while it is face-up in the Monster Zone, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except Plant monsters. When your opponent activates a monster effect, while you control a "Rikka" monster (Quick Effect): You can shuffle this card from your hand or GY into the Deck and Tribute 1 Plant monster; negate that effect. You can only use each effect of "Rikka Princess" once per turn.
Rikka Princess — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 63 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Hand trap · Secondary: Starter/Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Rikka Princess is a Level 4 Plant whose value is a hand/GY-activated Quick Effect that negates a monster effect by shuffling itself and Tributing a Plant, which is a real but monster-only and Rikka-gated interaction. Its main-phase hand Special Summon makes it very easy to access; it is in all 400 sampled decks and all 11 recorded combos, though the combo data never labels it as a starter, searched, or material piece. The card does not build much board on its own (average power index 40.6), and the 3-copy staple status shows consistency, not raw strength, so those numbers did not raise the score. The face-up Special Summon restriction and the Tribute cost keep the score moderate.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 78 | Hand Special Summon in Main Phase, present in 400/400 decks and 11/11 combos, but starter role is 0 so the route is inferred from text (observed presence, inferred route; inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Average power index 40.6 when present; two boards reach 100 and one reaches 38, but the card builds little by itself (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Costs a Tribute and shuffles itself from hand or GY for a negate, with no searches or draws; net card advantage on recorded boards is 0 to 5 (observed; inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Quick negate of monster effects from hand or GY, gated by a Rikka monster and a Plant Tribute; strong for its niche but not general (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 4 Plant body that is usually Tributed for its own effect; no material role observations, so value is inferred from level and race (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 70 | Works from hand and GY, with once-per-turn-per-effect limits; multi-zone access resists single interrupts (verified from text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Typically 3 copies, 32 distinct archetypes, and no garnet cost, but the face-up restriction blocks non-Plant Special Summons (verified from text; observed in 400 decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Hand trap + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 63, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck, then -3 self-lock modifier = 62
Strengths
- Main-phase hand Special Summon makes it accessible in nearly every sampled deck (400/400)
- Quick negate of monster effects works from hand or GY, so it is available across turns
- Strong partner network (Rikka Queen Strenna 92%, Aromaseraphy Jasmine 86%, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 85%)
- Widely shared across 32 distinct archetypes, so the card is portable
Weaknesses
- Negate is limited to monster effects and requires controlling a Rikka monster
- Costs a Plant Tribute and does not generate card advantage
- Does not build much board by itself (average combo power index 40.6)
- Face-up restriction blocks non-Plant Special Summons
Counters / choke points
- Negation of its own effect, or the Rikka monster it needs, removes the negate
- Non-monster interaction (spell/trap removal) bypasses the monster-only negate
- Opponent's Special Summon-restricting or hand-disruption effects that stop the hand Special Summon
Best use
Hand-trap negate for monster effects plus an early Main Phase Special Summon into the Rikka engine. Decks: Rikka (gameplay 7), Aroma, Ragnaraika, Sunavalon. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon in Main Phase with a face-up Special Summon restriction (card text); Quick negate of monster effects from hand or GY, requiring a Rikka monster and a Plant Tribute (card text); Present in 400/400 sampled decks, typically 3 copies (deck data); Partner stats: Rikka Queen Strenna 92.2%, Aromaseraphy Jasmine 86%, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 84.8% (deck data)
- Observed: Appears in 11/11 recorded combos, average power index 40.6, two boards at 100 and one at 38 (combo data); Inclusion 100% across several Rikka and Aroma homes in usage statistics (usage statistics); Guides describe it as a core Plant monster in the Rikka deck (guide data)
- Inferred: Hand-SS access rates as high because no starter role label is recorded, so the route is inferred from text (inferred); Material utility is inferred from Level 4 and Plant race because material role is 0 (inferred); Negate reliability rated moderate because of the Rikka and Tribute prerequisites (inferred)
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo role labels (starter role / searched-for role / material role / payoff role) are all 0 despite 11 appearances, so the role split is unreliable no metagame sample; meta power is null top-card data shows no ranking, so popularity was not used