Ryu Okami

Ryu Okami — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 53 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 52 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Negation/Interaction, Material body

Why it scores here

Ryu Okami is a tech card providing soft disruption to Extra Deck-reliant strategies through its passive mill trigger. It integrates cleanly into 10 distinct archetypes (Rose Dragon, Swordsoul, Tenyi) without archetype restrictions, but the disruption—sending one card to the graveyard per Special Summon—is easily overcome by decks running multiple ED copies or recovery effects. Its modest power derives from reliable accessibility in supported decks and robust trigger mechanics, not from hard interaction or board-building potential.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: Utility (default) — no clear primary role; blend of reactive effect (Negation) and generic material (Material body) points to Utility baseline. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 52, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Tech status (non-central inclusion) (-1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck = 53

Strengths

• Passive, non-targetable trigger with no activation cost or timing windows to miss
• Generic Level 8 Wyrm body is splashable in multiple Synchro/Fusion-based archetypes
• Effect is deck-agnostic—applies to any opponent Special Summon, not archetype-gated
• Appears consistently across 10 archetypes (Rose Dragon, Swordsoul, Tenyi, Runick, Spright, etc.) with no deck restrictions

Weaknesses

• Reactive effect—does not build boards or generate advantage on its own
• Mill disruption is soft; sending one ED card is easily recovered by multi-copy decks or recovery effects
• Requires being on-field to apply effect; no inherent search or easy summoning condition
• No combo infrastructure—zero recorded combos; combo conversion is text-only inference
• Level 8 requirement limits deck-building flexibility without Synchro/Fusion/Xyz support

Counters / choke points

• Extra Deck recursion effects (e.g., Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign—Chixiao, cards with ED recovery)
• Bouncing or destroying Ryu Okami before effect can trigger (e.g., Karakuri Synchro toolbox)
• Decks with minimal ED reliance or decks that run many ED copies
• Negating or redirecting Special Summons (e.g., Skill Drain, Jowgen the Spiritualist if on-field)

Best use

Tech disruption; passive Extra Deck mill on opponent's Special Summon. Decks: Rose Dragon (18.2% of sample—highest inclusion), Swordsoul (9.1% per list, but 54.5% co-deck with Swordsoul cards suggests strong pairing), Tenyi (9.1% per list, but 54.5% co-deck with Tenyi Spirits confirms synergy), Chaos Phantom, Spright, Runick.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: 'If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s): Your opponent sends 1 card from their Extra Deck to the Graveyard.'; Card stats: Level 8 LIGHT Wyrm Effect Monster, 2900 ATK / 1200 DEF, no archetype; Legal formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks (assumed 3 copies, unlimited); Deck evidence: 22 decks, 10 distinct archetypes, 1–2 copies per deck, 1.27 average; Top partners: Yazi (72.7% co-deck), Swordsoul/Tenyi cards (54.5% co-deck each)
• Observed: 22 decks include Ryu Okami at varying copy counts; highest concentration in Rose Dragon (18.2%) and distributed across Swordsoul/Tenyi (9.1% per list but strong co-deck correlation); Appears equally across four gameplay types (27.3%, 27.3%, 27.3%, 18.2%), suggesting multi-format tech status; Top-partner data confirms alignment with Synchro/Fusion-heavy archetypes (Yazi Yang Zing, Tenyi Spirits, Swordsoul combos)
• Inferred: Requires deck support to summon (no search condition or self-summon; depends on Synchro/Fusion/Link routes typical of top partners); Reactive effect converts opponent's plays into disruption, not active board-building; combo conversion is text-only (no combo data supplied); Soft disruption; sending 1 ED card is easily overcome by multi-copy ED decks or recovery effects, limiting effect_interaction strength; Generic Level 8 Wyrm body can serve as material in Synchro/Fusion contexts, but no explicit synergy mentioned in top-partner text
• Data gaps: No combos supplied — cannot assess how often Ryu Okami appears in recorded boards, its combo conversion role, or its average board power contribution No guides supplied — no human context on archetype-specific use or metagame role No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % and typical copies inferred from 22-deck sample only; cannot confirm consistency across larger historical data No banlist token — assumed 3 copies unlimited across all formats, but no explicit confirmation No combo examples — cannot verify whether Ryu Okami is a combo starter, enabler, payoff, or end-board piece in practice