Spell
NormalSeventh Ascension
Archetype:
Seventh
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Take 1 card from your Deck (either a "Barian's" Spell/Trap, a "Rank-Up-Magic" Quick-Play Spell, or a "Seventh" Spell/Trap except "Seventh Ascension"), and either add it to your hand or place it on top of your Deck. If your opponent controls a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck: You can banish this card from your GY and send 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell from your hand to the GY; this effect becomes that Spell's effect when that card is activated. You can only use each effect of "Seventh Ascension" once per turn.
Seventh Ascension — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Seventh Ascension is a searcher that converts a 1-card hand slot into a Barian's, Rank-Up-Magic, or Seventh Spell/Trap (add to hand or place on top of the Deck), which is a real and practical route into those families. Its Graveyard effect recycles itself and a Rank-Up-Magic from hand once the opponent controls an Extra Deck monster, giving it some recursion value. It has no interaction, no material value, and no observed board data, so the high deck count (400 of 400 sampled decks, 2.49 copies average) confirms that it is a consistently played staple rather than an intrinsically powerful card. High frequency and the 3-copy slot commitment did not earn points on their own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 2.49 copies average, and is played across 57 distinct archetypes; live in hand as a spell (observed deck frequency, partially inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | No combo boards are supplied; conversion into Barian's or Rank-Up-Magic engines is inferred from card text only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Searches one card and can place it on top, a neutral to +1 trade; the Graveyard effect is a 1-for-1 recycle that costs a hand card (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 12 | Has no opponent-facing disruption; the Graveyard effect is a follow-up recursion, not negation or removal (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell with no material or level value (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Graveyard effect is available from the Graveyard across turns, with two once-per-turn effects; it is a spell and dies to hand disruption before it is used (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Needs a 3-copy slot commitment in most decks and targets three families, so it is not a free roll but is splashable within those families (observed plus inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Practical searcher for Barian's, Rank-Up-Magic, and Seventh Spell/Trap families (verified from text)
- Consistently played across 57 archetypes in the sampled decks (observed)
- Graveyard effect recycles itself and a Rank-Up-Magic, giving some recursion value (verified from text)
Weaknesses
- Zero interaction: no negation, removal, or hand-trap reach (verified from text)
- No material or body value (verified from card type)
- Restricted to specific families, so it is dead in hands without those targets (inferred)
- Graveyard effect depends on the opponent controlling an Extra Deck monster (verified from text)
Counters / choke points
- Hand disruption before activation (inferred)
- Opponent interaction that stops the search or the Graveyard effect (inferred)
Best use
Searcher for Barian's and Rank-Up-Magic/Seventh targets, with recursion from the Graveyard. Decks: Shark, Ryzeal, K9, Galaxy Photon, Umbral Horror, Tachyon. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: search one Barian's, Rank-Up-Magic Quick-Play, or Seventh Spell/Trap, add to hand or place on top of the Deck; Card text: banish from GY and send a Rank-Up-Magic from hand to GY when the opponent controls an Extra Deck monster; each effect once per turn; Deck data: in 400 of 400 sampled decks, average 2.49 copies, 57 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Top partners: Seventh Tachyon in 98.5% of decks, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring in 90.5%; Usage statistics: inclusion 100% in Battlin' Boxer and Heraldic, 77.8% in Shark (gameplay 7)
- Inferred: Searcher role is real and practical, but no combo boards confirm the conversion; Graveyard effect acts as recursion, with mild resilience value
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings supplied for the Rank-Up-Magic copy interaction