Ritual of Grace

Ritual of Grace — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 50 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 45 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility

Why it scores here

Ritual of Grace is a specialized Ritual Spell that efficiently enables Divine Grace - Northwemko summons within dedicated ritual archetypes, scoring 50. The card is central to ritual decks when present (searchable via Preparation of Rites, 100% inclusion in the evidence sample), but it has low generic utility outside that narrow archetype home and provides only one-turn situational protection as a secondary graveyard effect. The absence of modern combo generation and dependence on the ritual monster target ceiling its power. The score reflects its focused but functional role as a ritual summoning engine piece rather than a standalone powerhouse.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 45, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Secondary graveyard effect utility (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Searcher for Divine Grace - Northwemko with universal inclusion in ritual decks (Preparation of Rites pairing 100%)
• Secondary graveyard effect extends card value with one-turn targeting protection
• Clear, reliable text with no fiddly timing or ruling ambiguity
• Naturally runs at 2–3 copies (manageable density in ritual main decks)

Weaknesses

• Zero combo generation; pure summoning tool, not a modern combo enabler
• Limited to ritual archetype homes; no generic splash or multi-archetype utility
• Highly vulnerable to ritual summon negation (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, etc.)
• Secondary effect situational (requires ritual monster on field and opponent targeting effects)
• No card advantage; net-zero resource economy in isolation

Counters / choke points

• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (negates the ritual search)
• Effect Veiler / Infinite Impermanence (negates the ritual summon attempt)
• Droll & Lock Bird (shuts down ritual deck searches turn 2)
• Any deck-specific hand trap that interrupts ritual summoning lines

Best use

Core ritual engine searcher for Divine Grace - Northwemko; secondary protection tool. Decks: Chaos Phantom, Djinn, Eyes Restrict, Any dedicated Ritual Monster strategy. Suggested copies: 3.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Ritual Spell targeting Divine Grace - Northwemko specifically (card text); Requires tributes totaling Level 7 or more from field or hand (card text); Secondary graveyard effect removes this card to grant one-turn targeting protection to one ritual monster (card text); 100% main deck inclusion in 4 ritual-focused decks (decks_evidence)
• Observed: Average 2.5 copies per deck with distribution 1 copy (1 deck) / 3 copies (3 decks) (decks_evidence); Paired with Preparation of Rites in 100% of decks running this card (top_partners); Divine Grace - Northwemko appears in 75% of decks with this card (top_partners); Appears across 4 distinct archetypes but only in 4 total decks (decks_evidence)
• Inferred: Ritual Spell does not generate combo value; it is a fixed summoning tool (from text + 0 combos); Zero material utility as a Spell Card type; cannot serve as synchro/xyz/fusion material (from card type); Limited generic splash outside ritual archetype homes (from text + deck archetype specificity); Secondary protection effect is one-turn and requires ritual monster on field (from text + rules)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion cannot be empirically verified, relying on text-only inference No guides supplied — human strategic context about ritual engine depth is absent No banlist token — assumed 3 copies unlimited; actual ban status unknown No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion rates and typical copies inferred from 4-deck sample only; limited generalization