Swallow's Nest

Swallow's Nest — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Extender

Why it scores here

Swallow's Nest reliably converts a Winged Beast body into a specific same-Level Winged Beast from the Deck at Quick-Play speed, making it a flexible in-theme tutor that appears in 400 sampled decks and in boards averaging power_index 86. It is not a starter (0% as_starter) and it nets a card minus, and it brings no negation or removal, so its ceiling is capped. Its 0 ATK/DEF and Spell stats earn nothing here; the score comes entirely from tutoring utility spread across 37 distinct Winged Beast archetypes.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler (Starter/Combo enabler profile) + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Special Summons a Winged Beast from the Deck with the same Level as the tributed monster, effectively an in-theme tutor that fetches a specific body.
• Quick-Play speed: usable on either player's turn, can dodge targeted removal by swapping the target, or trigger on-Summon effects.
• Only requires a face-up Winged Beast, so it is generic within the type and appears across 37 distinct archetypes in the sample.
• Low slot cost: no archetype lock or restriction, about 2 copies is standard.

Weaknesses

• Requires an existing face-up Winged Beast; it is not a starter (0% as_starter) and is dead without a body.
• Only fetches Winged Beasts of the exact Level of the tributed monster, so mismatched Levels limit available routes.
• Nets -1 in card count since the Spell itself is spent after the swap.
• Provides no negation, removal, or disruption of its own.
• Not searchable in most lists (no archetype and no searcher shown).

Counters / choke points

• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (negates the Deck Special Summon)
• Solemn Warning / Solemn Judgment (negate the Special Summon)
• Removing or negating the face-up Winged Beast in response, leaving no valid tribute
• Anti-Special-Summon floodgates

Best use

Winged Beast same-Level tutor / combo extender. Decks: Harpie, Raidraptor, Lyrilusc, Tri-Brigade, Blackwings. Suggested copies: 2.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: Tribute 1 face-up Winged Beast-Type monster; Special Summon 1 Winged Beast-Type monster from your Deck with the same Level the Tributed monster had on the field.; It is a Quick-Play Spell with no archetype and no hard once-per-turn clause in the text.
• Observed: 400 sampled decks run it in the main deck at 1.92 copies average (max 3).; 37 distinct archetypes use it, led by Harpie (30.5%), RaidRaptor (9.5%), Raidraptor (8.5%), Radiant Typhoon (7.5%) and Lyrilusc (7.5%).; Combo evidence: 2 appearances, 0% as_starter / as_material / as_payoff, average power_index 86 when present, average starter count 0.5.
• Inferred: It functions as an in-theme same-Level tutor but is dependent on an existing Winged Beast, so it cannot start a line.; It is generally not searchable in the lists shown, so it must be drawn.; Quick-Play timing lets it dodge targeted removal or trigger on-Summon effects, but the effect resolves as a -1 in cards.
• Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only only 2 combos sampled and none tagged with a role_in_combo, so its exact combo function is under-evidenced no dated metagame sample, so meta_power is left null