EARTH
4Rose Paladin
Archetype:
Rose Dragon
ATK:
1800
DEF:
200
View:
3663
When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from your hand or Deck in Defense Position. You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; add 1 Level 7 or higher Plant-Type monster from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Rose Paladin" once per turn.
Rose Paladin — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 66 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 65 · Deck: 66 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Combo enabler, Material body
Why it scores here
Rose Paladin is a reliable Plant-Type tutor that enables higher-impact monsters without consuming deck draws. Its tutor effect converts hand-to-graveyard exchanges into Level 7+ searches, providing consistent utility across 17 distinct archetypes, particularly Generaider and Therion strategies. The 1800 ATK body serves as clean generic material, and the zero-garnet deckbuilding profile makes it a safe 3-copy inclusion. However, it lacks opponent interaction and depends on established Plant-based support infrastructure to generate meaningful tempo swings.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Searchable via Lonefire Blossom (60% co-deck rate) and playable as a normal draw; no garnet risk at any copy count (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | Generates solid resource conversion via tutor (send 1, add 1 to hand) and battle-enabler tributes; appears in Generaider combos averaging 88.4 power index (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 72 | Tutor effect produces roughly even exchange (−1 hand, +1 hand) but retrieves superior cards; enables deck-to-hand acceleration without net loss (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 22 | No negation, disruption, or removal effects present; battle effect is bonus value only, not strategic interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 68 | Level 4 EARTH Warrior with 1800 ATK and Plant-Type tag remains useful material even when effect-negated; compatible with Plant-based synergy (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Vulnerable to opponent negation; battle requirement restricts first effect to specific game states; once-per-turn tutor limits repeated access (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 78 | Splashable into all Plant strategies with zero self-locking; 66.7% of decks run at 3 copies without penalty; no draw-dilution risk (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary Searcher/Tutor role (0.7) blended with secondary Combo enabler (0.3). Intrinsic ≈ 65, Deck ≈ 66, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable searcher for Level 7+ Plant monsters with no once-per-duel restriction
- Zero garnet potential; splashable across 17 distinct archetypes
- Clean Level 4 EARTH Warrior material with 1800 ATK maintains utility even when blanked
- Powerful synergy with Lonefire Blossom (60% co-deck rate in sample)
- Efficient deckbuilding profile supports 3-copy density without dilution
Weaknesses
- Produces zero opponent interaction or disruption
- Battle-effect requirement is conditional; tutor locked to once per turn
- Vulnerable to effect negation and hand-trap interruption
- Depends on established Plant-support infrastructure; weak in non-Plant decks
- Does not generate tempo or card advantage on its own; pure value-neutral tutor
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation (Infinite Impermanence, effect-negating hand traps) blanks the tutor entirely
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (45% co-deck rate) stops the tutor search
- Deck-out pressure removes the utility of tutoring before it applies
- Non-Plant decks cannot leverage the Level 7+ Plant search restriction
Best use
Searcher/Tutor enabling Level 7+ Plant monsters; combo-enabler via battle tribute. Decks: Generaider, Therion, Rose Dragon, Rikka, Aroma. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: GY-send tutor searches Level 7+ Plant monsters (once per turn) from Shared description; Card text: Battle effect tributes self to summon Plant-Type from hand/Deck in Defense Position; Played at 2.4 copies average across 60 decks with distribution: 1 copy (26.7%), 2 copies (6.7%), 3 copies (66.7%); Appears in Generaider (40% of decks), Therion (23.4% combined), and 17 distinct archetypes total; Lonefire Blossom is top partner at 60% co-deck rate (36 decks); No banlist restriction tracked; assumed unlimited copies available
- Observed: Appears in 5 Generaider combo examples with 88.4 average power index; Combo examples show high-power boards (4 end monsters, 1 boss, +5 net card advantage); All 5 combo appearances track the card but assign 0 count across all role categories (unusual pattern suggests background support piece rather than primary role card); Guide mentions in context: Generaider main-deck section and Vanquish Soul staple-package section
- Inferred: Primary role is Searcher/Tutor based on the tutoring mechanism (send from hand, search from Deck); Secondary role is Combo enabler because battle effect generates Special Summons via tribute; Material utility is solid: Level 4 EARTH Warrior with 1800 ATK maintains value even when effect-negated; Tutor effect enables deck-to-hand acceleration for higher-impact Plant monsters without net card loss; Splashable into all Plant-based strategies due to Plant-Type requirement for the search effect; Zero self-locking or garnet liability supports full 3-copy density safely
- Data gaps: Combo evidence shows 5 appearances but all role counts (starter, searched, material, payoff, end-board, end-hand) are 0; true role within combos is unclear—card appears in background support, not primary combo role No StatisticsCard data available; archetype inclusion percentages are inferred from 60-deck sample only No dated metagame sample; meta power is provisional and unknown Rose Paladin's specific contribution to Generaider combo lines is not detailed in examples (combos list but do not isolate the card's function)