Spell
QuickRitual Beast's Bond
Archetype:
Ritual Beast
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Banish 2 "Ritual Beast" monsters you control; Special Summon 1 "Ritual Beast" monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions.
53± 5/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
51
Deck
58
Ritual Beast's Bond — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Ritual Beast's Bond scores 53 as a reliable but niche extender: it appears in 100% of 400 matched Ritual Beast decks and is confirmed as CORE in player guides, reflecting strong accessibility within the archetype. However, no combo data exists to verify its actual board-building power, and the card itself provides zero opponent disruption—all value comes from enabling Extra Deck access via a controlled banish cost. The archetype-exclusive text and requirement for 2 Ritual Beast monsters on field limit its adaptability, placing it solidly in the mid-combo utility tier rather than as a format-shaping piece.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Ritual Beast's Bond appears in 100% of 400 matched RB decks with top partners at 99–100% co-occurrence, indicating reliable access within the archetype via hand, search, or recursion (Ritual Beast Inheritance at 96.5%). (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | The card converts 2 RB monsters into 1 Extra Deck Ritual Beast (likely an Ulti-monster with recursion), enabling mid-combo cycling; no combo data supplied to measure true multiplicative power or board size gains. (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Banish 2, summon 1 results in a net −1 body trade, mitigated by Ritual Beast recursion and the summoned beast's assumed effects, approaching rough parity. (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | A Quick-Play spell with no inherent negation, removal, or disruption; all opponent interaction is indirect via the summoned monster's effects, not the card's own text. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 0 | As a Spell card, Ritual Beast's Bond cannot serve as Synchro, Xyz, or Link material; no material utility. (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Quick-Play timing allows use on the opponent's turn; banish cost resists standard destruction/GY-send interactions; the spell itself is not recycled, limiting multi-turn presence. (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 68 | Archetype-exclusive text limits splash to 16 observed archetypes (mostly RB variants); 67% inclusion in a larger RB sample and 1-copy typical load suggest low brick risk but non-universal inclusion. (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype lock (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Central to Ritual Beast cycling and combo chains; 100% inclusion in core decks
- Quick-Play banish cost is resistant to standard disruption (S/T negation hits, but banish resolves)
- Enables access to Extra Deck Ritual Beast Ulti-monsters, which are the deck's primary win-con bodies
- Low brick risk; most decks run 1 copy as a clean tutor target or mid-combo play
Weaknesses
- Requires 2 Ritual Beast monsters on field to activate; not a true opener or hand-trap
- No inherent opponent interaction; all disruption and value is deferred to the summoned monster
- Archetype-exclusive; no role outside Ritual Beast and satellite decks
- Banish cost is harder to recycle than GY send; no inherent resource recovery
Counters / choke points
- Stopping or negating Ritual Beast monster plays before setup (e.g., Ash Blossom on search)
- Disrupting the summoned Extra Deck Ritual Beast before its effect resolves
- Deck-wide banish lock or extraction effects that prevent activation
Best use
Mid-combo extender for Extra Deck access and recycling. Decks: Ritual Beast. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: banish 2 RB monsters, summon 1 RB from Extra Deck ignoring conditions; Type: Spell (Quick-Play); Archetype: Ritual Beast; Appears in 100% of 400 matched Ritual Beast decks; All core Ritual Beast Tamers and Ulti-monsters co-occur at 99–100% with this card
- Observed: 66.5% inclusion in Ritual Beast archetype (usage statistics); 18% secondary inclusion in Nemeses archetype (likely hybrid builds); 1 copy per deck is modal (373/400 decks); 2–3 copies are outliers (27/400); Featured in CORE and Combo guide sections; no warning flags or niche positioning; 100% gameplay type 7 (primary competitive format); not limited to casual/casual-adjacent; Distinct archetypes: 16 total, nearly all Ritual Beast-related
- Inferred: As a Quick-Play banish-cost enabler, the card is a mid-combo step, not an opener; Ritual Beast's described 'extreme firepower' playstyle relies on Extra Deck cycling via this card and recursion engines like Ritual Beast Inheritance; The summoned Ritual Beast (likely an Ulti-monster) is the primary board presence; this card is the converter; Archetype exclusivity limits portability; observed cross-archetype includes only satellite/hybrid builds; Lack of combo data suggests the card is contextual to specific Ritual Beast lines, not a universal combo hub
- Data gaps: No combos supplied (0 appearances in combo data) — combo conversion, positioning in combo chains, true multiplicative power, and synergy with archetype-specific combo starters are all text-only inference No banlist information — assumed unlimited; if the card were Limited-to-1 in any format, score would shift −2 to −4 No Top Card ranking data (top-card status: false, best_rank: null) — cannot calibrate metagame impact Guides are brief snippets; full guide context (which turns to activate, interaction with meta, tech variations) not supplied No evidence of the card's frequency as a searcher target vs. natural draw; accessibility scoring assumes deck consistency, not explicit tutor data