Spell
FieldSangen Summoning
Archetype:
Sangen
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During your Main Phase 1, FIRE Dragon monsters you control are unaffected by your opponent's activated effects. During your Main Phase: You can add 1 "Tenpai Dragon" monster from your Deck to your hand, then discard 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Sangen Summoning" once per turn. If this card is destroyed during the Battle Phase: You can target 1 Dragon Synchro Monster you control; double its ATK.
Sangen Summoning — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49.7 · Deck: 53.8 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Sangen Summoning's value is its once-per-turn Main Phase search of a Tenpai Dragon monster, paid for by discarding one card, so it converts one card into one searched body with no net card advantage. Its FIRE-Dragon protection and Battle Phase ATK-doubling are narrow, situational effects that add little to the score. Its 400/400 deck inclusion and 51-archetype spread confirm it is a live staple, not a high-ATK or high-rarity card, and that presence alone did not raise the score. The combo evidence is empty, so combo conversion rests on text inference and confidence is capped at Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Included in all 400 sampled decks at one copy each and a Field Spell that is live from hand, but no searcher route or starter data is supplied (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Text shows one search into one Tenpai Dragon monster, but there are no recorded boards to confirm a payoff chain (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The search costs one discard, so it is roughly card-neutral; the GY-side ATK doubling generates no card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Protects only FIRE Dragons from opponent activated effects during Main Phase 1, a narrow soft-interaction effect (verified). |
| Material Utility | 10 | A Spell Card with no material or level role, so it contributes nothing as a body (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | As a Field Spell it can be removed by ordinary means, and its Battle Phase GY effect only partly offsets that risk (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | One copy in almost every deck, no garnet or lock, and a Field Spell slot cost that is mild but not free (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 49.7, Deck ≈ 53.8, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable once-per-turn search into a Tenpai Dragon monster
- Included in 400/400 sampled decks across 51 archetypes
- Low deck-building cost at one copy per deck
Weaknesses
- No net card advantage: the search is paid for by a discard
- Effect protection is narrow (FIRE Dragons, Main Phase 1 only)
- Combo evidence is absent, so its real conversion is unverified
Counters / choke points
- Field-spell removal or negation by the opponent (inferred)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor for Tenpai Dragon monsters. Decks: Tenpai Dragon (1632), Tenpai Dragon (1860), Sangen (1618, 1861). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: once-per-turn Main Phase search of a Tenpai Dragon monster with a discard cost; Card text: FIRE Dragon protection in Main Phase 1 only; Deck inclusion 400/400 at one copy each
- Observed: Partner co-occurrence with the Tenpai Dragon core at 96 to 100%; Usage statistics show 96.9 to 100% inclusion in listed Tenpai and Sangen archetypes
- Inferred: Searcher role is real because the search is the card's main effect; Accessibility is moderate because the card is a Field Spell with no searcher route in the evidence
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no starter or hand-count data for the card no rulings supplied for the Battle Phase GY trigger timing