LIGHT
4Star Seraph Scepter
Archetype:
Star Seraph
ATK:
1800
DEF:
400
View:
710
When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Star Seraph" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Star Seraph Scepter". An Xyz Monster that was Summoned using 3 or more monsters, including this card on the field, as materials gains this effect. ● When it is Xyz Summoned: You can target 1 other card on the field; destroy it, and if you do, you can draw 1 card.
Star Seraph Scepter — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 64 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher / Tutor · Secondary: Removal / Negation, Material body
Why it scores here
Star Seraph Scepter's core value is its on-summon search for another Star Seraph monster, which converts a single draw into a guaranteed body and keeps the archetype running. Its Xyz-summon effect (destroy one card, then draw 1) adds soft removal with a card-neutral to slightly positive return. Its 1800 ATK and Level 4 body earn no points by themselves; the score comes from the search, its role as Xyz material (1 of 3 recorded boards), and its near-universal presence in Star Seraph decks (400 of 400 sampled decks, 3 copies on average).
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Runs 3 copies in all 400 sampled decks, with Star Seraph Sovereignty in 99.5% of them, so it is almost always live in the opening hand (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Appears in 3 of 3 recorded boards with average power index 60, and its one material appearance is the highest-scoring example (75) (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | The on-summon search is a net +1 card, and the Xyz effect draws back 1 after destroying a card, so it is card-positive on both effects (verified from text, observed in combos). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | The Xyz-summon destroy only triggers on an Xyz Summon and hits one target, so it is soft, conditional interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 4 Fairy Xyz material that grants a search to the Xyz monster; it is used as material in 33% of its boards (observed, with the grant effect inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The search depends on the summon itself being live, so a negate on the trigger blanks it, and the Xyz effect is a single-target, single-turn option (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Three copies in a single archetype with no garnet or lock cost and no other restriction (verified from deck and banlist data, with the unlimited banlist assumed as a data gap). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 64, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable on-summon search keeps the Star Seraph engine supplied with bodies
- Card-positive on both effects (search and draw-after-destroy)
- Near-universal 3-copy inclusion in its archetype, with strong partner synergy
- Cheap to run: single archetype, no garnet or lock restriction
Weaknesses
- Its search and its Xyz-summon destroy both depend on a live summon and do not beat a negate
- Its removal is soft and only triggers on Xyz Summon, so it cannot answer threats on its own
- Its 1800 ATK is irrelevant to its power score
- Its combo sample is thin (3 boards), limiting how confidently its role can be confirmed
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the summon trigger (for example Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring or Effect Veiler, named as partners in the evidence)
- Interruption of the Xyz Summon before the destroy resolves
Best use
Searcher and Xyz-material body that turns one summon into a search and a card-positive Xyz. Decks: Star Seraph (archetype 105), Star Seraph (archetype 861), Stellarknight / Constellar side builds that include Star Seraph monsters. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Search on Normal or Special Summon, excluding itself, from the Deck to the hand; Xyz-summon effect: destroy one target and draw 1 if destroyed; 400 of 400 sampled decks run it, with 3 copies on average (2.85)
- Observed: Appears in 3 of 3 recorded boards, as material in 1 (power index 60 average); Star Seraph archetype inclusion 100% for gameplay type 7 with typical copies 3; Top partners: Star Seraph Sovereignty 99.5%, Stellarknight Delteros 93.8%
- Inferred: The Xyz-summon grant (material gains the search effect) makes the card a material body with a search attached; Negating the summon trigger blanks the search, and the Xyz destroy is single-target
- Data gaps: no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo data has only 3 recorded boards, so starter/payoff role confirmation is thin no Rulings data for the Xyz grant interaction guides mention the card only in passing, with no direct evaluation