FIRE
4Spirit of Flames
ATK:
1700
DEF:
1000
View:
3714
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 1 FIRE monster from your Graveyard. This card gains 300 ATK during your Battle Phase only.
Spirit of Flames — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56.6 · Deck: 55.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Spirit of Flames is essentially a free Level 4 FIRE body that only works once a FIRE monster is already in the Graveyard, and its text offers no search, no disruption, and no recursion, so nearly all of its value is as material. Deck evidence confirms this is a real, practical body (70 sampled decks, 1.57 average copies, spread over 23 distinct archetypes, led by Fire King at 32.9%), but combo evidence is empty: it never appears as a recorded starter, material, or payoff in any sampled board. Its 1700 ATK (2000 during the Battle Phase) earns no points here, since the ATK clause is cosmetic and the card's ceiling is one extra body. It lands mid-band because the body is generic and cheap to slot, while the Graveyard setup requirement and total lack of interaction cap the upside.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 52 | Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set and must be Special Summoned from hand by banishing 1 FIRE from the Graveyard, so it is only live after setup, though it still shows up in 70 sampled decks at 1.57 copies (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text supports only one self-summoned Level 4 body with no recorded combo appearances (0 in combo data), so conversion is a single extra material at best (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Special Summoning from hand is roughly card-neutral, but the banishing of a FIRE monster from the Graveyard is a genuine cost that removes fodder Fire King-style decks often want to keep (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has zero interaction with the opponent — only a self-summon condition and a +300 ATK Battle Phase clause (verified). |
| Material Utility | 65 | It is a clean Level 4 FIRE Pyro body with no summon-type or archetype lock, usable for Rank 4 Xyz or FIRE Link material such as Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze (50% co-deck rate) (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It is a single body with no protection, no recovery, and no multi-zone use; if the setup is absent or the summon is stopped, the card is stranded in hand (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Sample copy distribution (39x1, 22x2, 9x3) shows it is run as a light 1-2 of with no locks or garnet chains, though it can clog when the Graveyard is empty (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 56.6, Deck ≈ 55.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Special Summons itself from hand without consuming the Normal Summon, so it extends plays at low opportunity cost
- Clean Level 4 FIRE Pyro body with no archetype lock, usable as Rank 4 Xyz or FIRE Link material (Hiita)
- Splashable across many FIRE decks — 23 distinct archetypes in the sample, led by Fire King, Gunkan, Volcanic and Vanquish Soul
- Cheap slot cost: sampled decks run 1-3 copies with no garnet chain or self-locking restriction
Weaknesses
- No effect beyond the self-summon and an irrelevant +300 ATK during the Battle Phase; no search, removal, or negation
- Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set and needs an existing FIRE monster in the Graveyard, so it is dead in the opening hand without setup
- Zero combo appearances recorded, meaning it is never a starter, searched piece, or end-board payoff
- Banishing a FIRE from the Graveyard can conflict with Fire King recursion loops that want FIRE monsters to stay in the Graveyard
- Single body with no protection or recovery; one summon negation strands the card in hand
Counters / choke points
- Special Summon lockouts such as Archlord Kristya or Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
- Graveyard hate that clears the FIRE fodder before it can be banished (Macro Cosmos, Dimensional Fissure)
- Banish prevention / Graveyard shutdown such as Necrovalley or Soul Drain
- Summon negation such as Solemn Judgment or Solemn Warning
Best use
Level 4 FIRE body for Xyz/Link material and light extension after Graveyard setup. Decks: Fire King, Gunkan, Volcanic, Vanquish Soul. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set; must first be Special Summoned from your hand by banishing 1 FIRE monster from your Graveyard.; Card text: this card gains 300 ATK during your Battle Phase only — the only other clause, with no search, removal, or negation.; Body data: Level 4 / FIRE / Pyro, 1700 ATK / 1000 DEF, no archetype, legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links.
- Observed: 70 sampled decks run the card, all in the main deck, at an average of 1.57 copies (39x1, 22x2, 9x3).; The card spans 23 distinct archetypes; Fire King 32.9%, Gunkan 11.4%, Volcanic 10%, Vanquish Soul 7.1%.; Most frequent co-deck partners are Fire King pieces (Garunix, Barong, Kirin, Ponix, Fire King Island) and Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze at 50%.; combo data recorded 0 appearances, 0% as starter/material/payoff, and no example boards.
- Inferred: It supplies one extra Level 4 FIRE body for Rank 4 Xyz or a FIRE Link material, but only after a FIRE monster is in the Graveyard.; Banishing a FIRE from the Graveyard is a real cost in Fire King-style decks that prefer to keep FIRE monsters in the Graveyard for destruction loops.; Because it cannot be Normal Summoned and needs Graveyard setup, it is a hand-clog before setup and not a genuine starter.; Removal of the fodder or banish prevention shuts the summon off before it happens.
- 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 no average power index or average starter count for boards it appears in, because it has zero combo appearances