Trap
NormalSun God Domination
Archetype:
Ra
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If a "The Winged Dragon of Ra" monster is on the field: Apply these effects in sequence. ● Special Summon 1 monster from each GY to your field. ● If "The Winged Dragon of Ra" is on the field, take control of all monsters your opponent controls. You can banish this card from your GY and Tribute 1 "The Winged Dragon of Ra" monster; gain LP equal to the ATK it had on the field. You can only use each effect of "Sun God Domination" once per turn.
Sun God Domination — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 50.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker / Going-second · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
The card's value is conditional: its two strongest effects (mass Special Summon from both GYs, and taking control of every opposing monster) only work while a "The Winged Dragon of Ra" monster is on the field, and the LP-gain banish cost also needs a Ra tribute. When those conditions are met, the control steal is a strong, board-breaking effect, and that effect drives most of the score. High deck counts and partner co-occurrence show the card is consistently played, but they do not raise its power, and the lack of recorded combo boards keeps the combo axis conservative.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Text requires a Winged Dragon of Ra on the field before the main effects apply, and it is a trap, so it must be set before use; 90.9% of decks run Winged Dragon of Ra, but that does not make it reliable to reach (verified text; observed partner co-occurrence). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No recorded combo boards exist, so conversion from a realistic start is text-only inference: mass revival plus control steal can turn a Ra board into a full field (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Mass GY-to-field Special Summon is a real refuel for both players, offset by the GY banish plus Ra tribute cost and LP gain as the only return from that cost (verified text; no combo stat). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Taking control of all opponent monsters is a strong, hard-to-undo board swing, but it is gated by the Ra condition and once-per-turn limits (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 20 | As a trap card it provides no material body, and the banish-and-tribute cost consumes Ra material rather than producing it (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Set trap with a Ra-on-field condition: a single negation in response, or removal of the Ra, ends the line (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Only one copy is typically run (avg 1.18 copies per deck, 10 of 11 decks at 1 copy), and it does not force garnets, but it is a single-archetype support card that needs Ra in the deck (observed deck data; inferred restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker / Going-second + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 50.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Mass Special Summon from both graveyards gives a large board swing when the condition is met
- Taking control of all opposing monsters is a strong, board-breaking effect
- Consistently included in Ra-centred decks across six archetypes (observed)
Weaknesses
- Requires a Winged Dragon of Ra on the field before any main effect applies
- Trap card: must be set before use, which slows it down
- No recorded combo boards, so the combo payoff is unproven
- Its power depends entirely on the Ra condition, so it is weak in decks without Ra
Counters / choke points
- Responses that negate the trap during its activation
- Removing or disrupting the Winged Dragon of Ra before the effect resolves
Best use
Board breaker / finisher when a Winged Dragon of Ra is on the field. Decks: Ra-centred decks (Winged Dragon of Ra support), Horus the Black Flame Dragon decks, Egyptian God decks. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effects require a "The Winged Dragon of Ra" monster on the field; Effect 1 Special Summons 1 monster from each GY; Effect 2 takes control of all opposing monsters while Winged Dragon of Ra is on the field; GY banish plus Ra tribute cost; LP gain equal to the ATK it had on the field; Each effect is once per turn
- Observed: Appears in 11 of the attached decks, all in the main deck; Average 1.18 copies per deck; Winged Dragon of Ra co-occurs in 90.9% of decks; Sun God support cards co-occur at 100%
- Inferred: Acts as a normal trap (not marked Quick), so it must be set before activation; Zero recorded combos, so combo conversion is text-only; Single-copy use is the practical norm
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) usage statistics show Egyptian God at 50% inclusion; no decks for the other 50% were supplied