Shiranui Style Synthesis

Shiranui Style Synthesis — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 50 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender, Recovery/Recursion

Why it scores here

Shiranui Style Synthesis is a narrow Zombie enabler: while you control no monsters it discards a card to either revive a 0-DEF Zombie from the Graveyard or send a banished 0-DEF Zombie back to the Graveyard, giving GY setup plus an extra body in one activation. It earns its points from being a real, observed core piece in Shiranui builds (47 decks, ~1.87 copies, Solitaire in 100% of them) rather than from any statline, since it has no ATK/DEF or raw power. Its ceiling is capped by the strict 'control no monsters' condition, the hand-discard cost, the Zombie/0-DEF target restriction, and the total absence of any disruption. No ATK, rarity, or popularity credit was given.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler (Starter/Combo enabler profile) + 0.3 Extender profile. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Empty-board restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Fuels the Graveyard by discarding, which triggers Zombie GY effects (e.g. Mezuki, Spectralsword line).
• Grants a free Special Summon of a 0-DEF Zombie, or recycles a banished 0-DEF Zombie back to the Graveyard.
• Observed as a core Shiranui piece: 47 decks, ~1.87 copies, Solitaire co-played in 100% of them.
• No summoning locks and cheap slot cost, so it is low-risk to include.

Weaknesses

• Only activatable while you control no monsters, so it is dead once a board exists.
• Requires a card in hand to discard as cost, so it can be unusable with an empty hand.
• Targets are restricted to Zombie-Type monsters with 0 DEF, a narrow pool.
• Provides no interaction or disruption of its own.
• Hard once per turn plus a name-based once-per-turn clause limits reuse.

Counters / choke points

• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring can negate the Special Summon effect.
• Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion can negate the Graveyard-manipulation activation.
• Called by the Grave or D.D. Crow can remove the targeted Zombie before resolution.
• Macro Cosmos / Dimension Shifter prevent the discard-to-GY setup from functioning.

Best use

Combo enabler / Extender — discard fuel then revive a 0-DEF Zombie. Decks: Shiranui, Mayakashi Shiranui, Zombie (Eldlich). Suggested copies: 2.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: once per turn, if you control no monsters, send 1 card from hand to the GY then revive a 0-DEF Zombie or return a banished 0-DEF Zombie to the GY.; Only 1 'Shiranui Style Synthesis' can be activated per turn.; The card is a Field Spell in the Shiranui archetype with no ATK/DEF.
• Observed: Played in 47 recent decks, all main-deck, average 1.87 copies.; Shiranui Solitaire co-occurs in 100% of the sample decks; Spectralsword Shade 97.9%, Squire 95.7%.; Combos evidence contains 0 appearances — no recorded combo usage.
• Inferred: Discarding a Zombie commonly fuels GY recursion effects like Mezuki, adding value beyond the revive.; As a Field Spell it is theoretically Terraforming-searchable, though no Terraforming appears in the partner data.; The Special Summon it grants provides a Zombie material for Synchro/Link plays.
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only