Spell
ContinuousRitual Beast Inheritance
Archetype:
Ritual Beast
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Monsters your opponent controls lose 200 ATK for each different Type among the "Ritual Beast" monsters you control. You can only use each of the following effects of "Ritual Beast Inheritance" once per turn. You can reveal 1 "Ritual Beast" monster in your hand; add 1 "Ritual Beast" monster with a different Type from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. If 2 or more monsters are Special Summoned to your field at the same time (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 monster on the field; change its battle position.
Ritual Beast Inheritance — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49.4 · Deck: 53.7 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Floodgate/Control
Why it scores here
The card's value is a Ritual Beast-only search that returns a monster with a different Type, plus a field effect that lowers opponent monster ATK by 200 per distinct Type among your Ritual Beast monsters. Both effects depend on the Ritual Beast archetype, so the card converts only inside that deck. The 400 sampled decks show it in 100% of them at 2.18 copies on average, and 50% of the Ritual Beast archetype's decks use it. That frequency confirms the card is a reliable staple for its own deck, not that it is strong in general. No combo boards were supplied, so the combo and resilience scores rest on the text and the guide's note that the deck is combo-heavy.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | The search needs a Ritual Beast monster in hand to reveal and is run in 400 of 400 sampled decks, but no starter or searched-count data exists (observed-in-decks, inferred for hand access). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The card gains a search and an ATK reduction, and the guide calls the deck a combo deck, yet no board evidence was supplied (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The search adds one card and the effect's cost discards one card, so it is roughly card-neutral with no GY refuel (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | The ATK reduction hits opponent monsters but is not a negation or removal, and it sits on a Continuous Spell that backrow can remove (verified from text, inferred for the removal exposure). |
| Material Utility | 10 | The card is a Spell and does not provide any material body (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Two once-per-turn effects with a Continuous Spell that is exposed to backrow removal, and the decks run 2.18 copies on average (verified from text and deck stats). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | The card is only useful in Ritual Beast decks, which locks it into one archetype, but it has no garnet cost and the sampled decks run it at 2 to 3 copies (verified from deck stats, inferred for the lock-in). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Floodgate/Control. Intrinsic ≈ 49.4, Deck ≈ 53.7, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches a Ritual Beast monster with a different Type from the Deck, which lets the deck find its next piece.
- The ATK reduction scales with the number of distinct Types among your Ritual Beast monsters.
- Present in all 400 sampled decks at 2 to 3 copies, so it is a consistent staple for its archetype.
Weaknesses
- Only works with Ritual Beast monsters, so it has no value in other decks.
- The ATK reduction is not a negation or removal and disappears if the Continuous Spell is removed.
- No combo boards were supplied, so its real starter or searched role is unconfirmed.
Counters / choke points
- Backrow removal or destruction of the Continuous Spell, which ends the ATK reduction.
- Negating the Continuous Spell, which turns off its static ATK effect.
Best use
Searcher and ATK-reduction floodgate inside a Ritual Beast deck. Decks: Ritual Beast (archetype 625), Ritual Beast (archetype 454). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: the ATK reduction is 200 per distinct Type among your Ritual Beast monsters, and the search adds one Ritual Beast monster of a different Type then discards one card.; 400 of 400 sampled decks run the card, averaging 2.18 copies, with 26 distinct archetypes.; The card is a Continuous Spell with no material role.
- Observed: The Ritual Beast archetype includes it in 50% of its decks (usage statistics, typical 2 copies).; The card co-occurs in 100% of decks with several Ritual Beast core partners.
- Inferred: It is a practical searcher in its own deck because the search is repeatable each turn and the deck runs it at 2 to 3 copies.; Its removal exposure is high because it sits on a Continuous Spell.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) the evidence does not state where the two once-per-turn search and reposition effects can be activated from, so their timing is unconfirmed no starter role, searched-for role, or payoff role data for this card