WIND
4Silpheed
ATK:
1700
DEF:
700
View:
3116
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned by removing from play 1 WIND monster in your Graveyard. When this card is destroyed as a result of battle and sent to the Graveyard, your opponent discards 1 random card from their hand.
Silpheed — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 40 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 41 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Silpheed is a Level-4 WIND Fairy that can only be Special Summoned by banishing a WIND monster from the Graveyard, so it converts a set-up Graveyard into a single 1700-ATK body and very little more. Its only disruption is a random discard that triggers solely when it is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, a slow, easily avoided condition. It does appear as a scattered one-of body across nine archetypes, confirming it is splashable in WIND decks, but with zero recorded combo appearances it is pure material value rather than a starter or payoff. Its 1700 ATK and Level 4 status earn credit only through use as generic Xyz/Synchro material, not for raw stats.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 28 | Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set and needs a WIND monster banished from the Graveyard, making it a conditional, set-up-dependent summon rather than a live opening-hand starter (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 22 | With 0 recorded combo appearances and no self-contained effect, it contributes at most one Level-4 body once a WIND is in the Graveyard (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | It trades a banished WIND from the Graveyard for one body, roughly even-to-negative card economy, with only a situational random-discard upside (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 22 | The only interaction is a random 1-card discard that triggers exclusively when it is destroyed by battle, which opponents can simply sidestep (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | It is a clean Level-4 WIND Fairy 1700-ATK body that converts into Rank-4 Xyz or Tuner-based Synchro material even if its effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 25 | One negate on the Special Summon ends it and it is dead without a WIND in the Graveyard, so it is narrow and fragile (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 35 | It costs a slot and needs Graveyard WIND set-up, but it is archetype-free and appears as a single copy in 7 of the 12 decks that run it (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 41, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Graveyard set-up / partial garnet (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Archetype-free Level-4 WIND body that is splashable across many different decks (9 archetypes observed).
- Special Summon route provides a free body for Xyz/Synchro material once a WIND monster is in the Graveyard.
- Random-discard trigger can occasionally strip a card from the opponent's hand.
Weaknesses
- Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set and requires a WIND monster in the Graveyard to be summoned at all.
- Interaction is weak and conditional, triggering only on battle destruction.
- Zero recorded combo appearances — no proven line or board contribution.
- 1700 ATK / 700 DEF is thin for a card that costs a dedicated slot.
Counters / choke points
- Negating or preventing the Special Summon (Solemn-style) leaves it stranded in hand.
- Removing WIND monsters from the Graveyard shuts off its only summon condition.
- Non-battle removal (destroy or banish by effect) dodges its only trigger.
Best use
Level-4 WIND material body / extender. Decks: Harpie, Speedroid, Windwitch, Casual WIND. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set; only Special Summoned by banishing a WIND monster from the Graveyard.; Triggers a random 1-card discard only when destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard.; Level 4 WIND Fairy with 1700 ATK / 700 DEF and no archetype.
- Observed: Appears in 12 decks across 9 distinct archetypes, average 1.75 copies (7 of 12 decks run a single copy).; 0 recorded combo appearances and 0 guides.; Top partners are generic older staples (Nobleman of Crossout, Mirror Force, Pot of Greed, Graceful Charity).
- Inferred: Functions as a generic Rank-4 / Synchro material body in WIND decks once its Graveyard condition is met.; Roughly neutral-to-negative card economy with a situational discard upside.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only