LIGHT
8Splendid Venus
ATK:
2800
DEF:
2400
View:
3475
All non-Fairy monsters lose 500 ATK/DEF. The activation and effects of Spell/Trap Cards activated on your field cannot be negated.
44± 7/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
44
Deck
43
Splendid Venus — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44.5 · Deck: 43 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Boss/End-board, Material body
Why it scores here
Splendid Venus is a Level 8 LIGHT Fairy whose entire value is a 2800/2400 body, a soft global -500 ATK/DEF debuff on non-Fairy monsters, and immunity of your own Spell/Trap activations and effects to negation. It shows up in only 23 recent decks (19 of them run a single copy) and in 0 recorded combo boards, so it starts nothing, extends nothing and converts nothing on its own. Its 2800 ATK and 2400 DEF earned no points here; the score comes from below-average accessibility, near-zero combo conversion and a defensive but thin effect package.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Level 8 Fairy with no archetype, no in-evidence searcher route and 19 of 23 decks running exactly 1 copy, so it is a situational draw rather than a live opening piece (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 18 | 0 combo appearances out of 0 recorded combos and no self-starting effect — it adds only a static body plus two continuous effects (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 28 | The text grants no search, draw, revival or GY refuel, so summoning it is a pure board investment with no card-advantage return (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 38 | The global -500 ATK/DEF on non-Fairies is a soft, non-targeting shrink and the Spell/Trap negation immunity only shields your own cards, so it disrupts very little (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 8 LIGHT Fairy is clean material for Rank 8 Xyz and Fairy Fusion plays and stays a 2800/2400 body even when its effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 42 | Its continuous effects persist while it remains on field, but it has no protection of its own and every effect disappears the moment it is removed (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | No garnet, no lock and a single copy suffices, but its own debuff taxes every non-Fairy monster in your deck, limiting the shells that can run it (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Floodgate/Control + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 44.5, Deck ≈ 43, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 8 LIGHT Fairy body (2800/2400) that is clean material for Rank 8 Xyz and Fairy Fusion plays even when its effect is negated.
- Continuous -500 ATK/DEF to all non-Fairy monsters shrinks opposing boards and can flip battle outcomes.
- Protects the activation and effects of your own Spell/Trap Cards from being negated, which matters in Spell/Trap-heavy Fairy builds.
- Cheap to include: 1 copy is typical, no garnet and no self-locking restriction.
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence at all (0 appearances) — it starts nothing and extends nothing.
- Generates no card advantage, no search and no recursion; it is pure board presence for a Level 8 investment.
- Its own debuff also reduces your non-Fairy monsters, taxing deck construction.
- No built-in protection, so standard removal ends both the body and the effects.
- No archetype text and no in-evidence searcher, so it is not tutored by its own engine.
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation such as Forbidden Droplet or Infinite Impermanence blanks the continuous effects.
- Generic targeted removal (destruction or banish) removes the body and turns off both effects.
- Decks whose monsters are Fairies, or that win without attacking, barely notice the -500 ATK/DEF.
- It answers nothing on the opponent's established board, so combo decks can simply ignore it.
Best use
Situational Fairy beater with a soft global debuff and Spell/Trap negation protection. Decks: Darklord, Branded/Despia (Fairy-heavy builds), Counter Fairy / Parshath, Runick Fairy variants. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: all non-Fairy monsters lose 500 ATK/DEF.; Card text: the activation and effects of Spell/Trap Cards activated on your field cannot be negated.; Card identity: Level 8 LIGHT Fairy, 2800 ATK / 2400 DEF, no archetype, legal in TCG/OCG/Master Duel.
- Observed: 23 recent decks run it, all in the main deck, average 1.17 copies (19 decks at 1, 4 at 2).; Archetype spread: Darklord 21.7%, Branded 17.4%, Despia 13%, Runick 13%, 12 distinct archetypes total.; 0 combo appearances across the recorded combo sample; no starter/material/payoff signal.; Top partners include Forbidden Droplet and Triple Tactics Talent (60.9% each) and the Darklord package (~52%).
- Inferred: As a Level 8 with no archetype text it requires a tribute or an external Special Summon route, which limits how live it is in the opening hand.; The -500 ATK/DEF clause applies to your own non-Fairy monsters too, so it is effectively a deckbuilding tax outside Fairy shells.; The negation-immunity clause only shields your own Spell/Trap Cards, making it defensive rather than disruptive.; Level 8 LIGHT Fairy typing gives it Rank 8 and Fairy-Fusion material value even if its effects are blanked.
- 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 the 23-deck sample only no average power index or average starter count for boards containing the card, so DeckSynergy and DeckResilience rest on archetype spread alone