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4Sacred Crane
ATK:
1600
DEF:
400
View:
2678
If this card is Special Summoned: Draw 1 card.
60± 6/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
59
Deck
60
Sacred Crane — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Sacred Crane draws 1 card when special summoned, making it a pure resource generator for decks that can reliably access it. Its consistent inclusion across 18 distinct archetypes—Nephthys, Greed, Book Of, Kashtira, Heroes—alongside cards like Monster Gate (45.5% co-appearance) and Premature Burial (43.2%) confirms it functions as a practical extender piece, not a niche orphan. However, the card requires external special-summon enablers to function, generates no board disruption or negation, and lacks recursion or protection—its value is entirely in a one-time +1 draw. The modest 1600 ATK body contributes marginal Xyz/Synchro material utility but does not earn power points on its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Requires another card to special summon; not live in opening hand, but deck evidence confirms consistent pairing with Monster Gate, Graceful Charity, and Premature Burial across 44 decks (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Effect is a simple +1 draw on special summon with no board-building or additional combo extension; no combo evidence supplied to verify practical sequences or board length (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | One-time +1 card draw when special summoned with no GY refuel, recursion, or repeated advantage—solid resource generation but not compounding (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Zero disruption, negation, or opponent interaction; purely passive card draw with no disruption capability (verified). |
| Material Utility | 65 | Level 4 Winged Beast with 1600 ATK, clean body type and level for generic Xyz/Synchro/Fusion material but no archetype tags or attribute synergies (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | No protection, recovery, or multi-zone utility; survives removal only by board state, not effect; one-time draw effect is spent after summon and cannot recur (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Average 1.66 copies per deck (25 decks run 1 copy, 9 run 2, 10 run 3) with presence in 18 archetypes suggests manageable brick risk and high splashability; no archetype lock or restriction (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Consistent draw generation across 18+ distinct archetypes (Nephthys, Greed, Book Of, Kashtira, Heroes)
- Clean generic Level 4 Winged Beast body for Xyz, Synchro, and Fusion material summoning
- High synergy with common special-summon facilitators: Monster Gate (45.5%), Graceful Charity (43.2%), Premature Burial (43.2%)
- Low archetype requirement—splashes into many strategies without building restrictions
Weaknesses
- No board disruption, negation, or offensive capability; pure card draw with zero interaction quality
- 1600 ATK is vulnerable to removal and cannot pressure most meta beaters
- Requires external special-summon engine to function; becomes dead body if drawn without access
- One-time effect with no recursion, protection, or reusability; loss of special-summon access invalidates the card
- No multi-turn utility or zone flexibility; effect exhausted immediately upon summon
Counters / choke points
- Special-summon restrictions (Abyss Dweller, Dimension Shifter, D.D. Crow prevents GY recurrence)
- Negation of the special summon itself (Solemn Judgment, Solemn Strike, Infinite Impermanence)
- Hand-trap interrupts during special-summon attempts (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring appears in 31.8% of partner decks)
- Early board wipes that prevent special-summon access before the card activates
Best use
Secondary card-draw source in strategies with reliable and cost-efficient special-summon access. Decks: Nephthys, Greed, Book Of, Kashtira, Heroes.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: 'If this card is Special Summoned: Draw 1 card'; Appears in 44 total decks across 18 distinct archetypes; Top partners: Monster Gate (45.5% co-appearance), Graceful Charity (43.2%), Premature Burial (43.2%); Level 4 Winged Beast with 1600 ATK / 400 DEF, no archetype requirement; Average 1.66 copies per deck (distribution: 1 copy in 25 decks, 2 copies in 9 decks, 3 copies in 10 decks)
- Observed: Highest inclusion in Nephthys (13.6% of decks) and Greed (13.6%), both pure resource-focused archetypes; 40.9% of included decks use gameplay type 6, suggesting alignment with a specific metagame strategy; Zero side-deck inclusions across all 44 decks (always main-deck); Recency from October 2022 to June 2026 indicates sustained, long-term inclusion across meta shifts
- Inferred: Primary role as Extender: Level 4 body designed to be special summoned for +1 card draw (from card text + synergy with Monster Gate, Premature Burial); Secondary role as Material body: Generic Level 4 with no locks or restrictions, useful for Xyz/Synchro/Fusion strategies (from type and level); Core utility is resource generation via special summon; no board-building or combo extension independent of enablers (from simple draw-only effect); Works best in strategies already generating special-summon access, amplifying existing engines rather than creating new lines (from partner frequency)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied—combo conversion inferred from card text only; cannot verify actual played sequences, board lengths, or combo power No guides supplied—missing strategic context on optimal deployment, deck-specific synergies, and archetype-specific roles No banlist token—assumed unlimited (3 copies per deck maximum) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard)—archetype inclusion percentages inferred from 44-deck sample only; larger historical sample would confirm consistency across all metas