Temple of the Kings

Temple of the Kings — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Floodgate/Control, Utility

Why it scores here

Temple of the Kings converts a two-card setup (itself plus Mystical Beast of Serket in the Monster Zone) into an unrestricted Special Summon from the hand or Deck, or a Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck — a genuinely high ceiling that earns the card its points. It also removes the trap-set timing restriction, letting a Trap be used the turn it is Set, which makes it a real support piece for trap-control shells. That ceiling is offset by the fact that the payoff demands a specific named monster, the summon effect sends both cards to the Graveyard and is once per turn, and the card does nothing at all on its own. Its 0 ATK / 0 DEF stat line, 6,892 page views, and cross-format popularity earned no points; with 0 recorded combos, combo value is text-inferred and the score stays provisional.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Floodgate/Control. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Named-monster dependency (Mystical Beast of Serket) (-3); Searchable one-of engine slot (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Unrestricted Special Summon from the hand or Deck, or a Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck, from a single resolved Continuous Spell.
• Removes the trap-set restriction, letting a Trap Card be activated the turn it is Set — meaningful support for trap-control shells.
• Cheap engine slot: Terraforming-searchable 1-of (avg 1.06 copies across 400 decks).
• Appears across a wide range of homes (52 distinct archetypes; 100% inclusion in several sampled archetypes).

Weaknesses

• The summon payoff requires Mystical Beast of Serket in the Monster Zone plus this card on the field — a specific two-card setup.
• The key effect sends both Serket and this card to the Graveyard and is once per turn, with no built-in recursion.
• Does nothing on its own: no body, no ATK/DEF, cannot be used as material.
• As a face-up Continuous Spell it is exposed to any backrow removal before the effect resolves.
• No recorded combo data, so its practical ceiling in real boards is unverified.

Counters / choke points

• Backrow removal before resolution (Mystical Space Typhoon, Cosmic Cyclone, Harpie's Feather Duster).
• Negating the Spell's activation (Solemn Judgment-style).
• Removing Mystical Beast of Serket before the cost can be paid.
• Negating the summon effect, e.g. Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring against the Deck-Special-Summon (inference from the card text).
• Special Summon negation such as Solemn Warning.

Best use

Two-card combo enabler and trap-support engine piece. Decks: Temple of the Kings / Serket (Apophis) engine, Phantom Knights, Labrynth-style trap control. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: 'You can activate 1 Trap Card the turn it was Set.'; Card text: send 1 'Mystical Beast of Serket' in your Monster Zone and this card you control to the Graveyard to Special Summon 1 monster from your hand or Deck, or 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck.; Card text: each effect of 'Temple of the Kings' can only be used once per turn.; Card data: Continuous Spell, 0 ATK / 0 DEF, no listed archetype, formats TCG / OCG / MasterDuel / DuelLinks.
• Observed: 400 decks run it, all in the main deck, average 1.06 copies (379 decks at exactly 1 copy).; Co-deck rates: The Man with the Mark 98%, Apophis the Serpent / Apophis the Swamp Deity / Divine Serpent Apophis 78.5%, Treasures of the Kings 77.5%, Merciless Scorpion of Serket 74.2%, Terraforming 56%.; 52 distinct archetypes in the sample; usage statistics show 100% inclusion in 8 archetypes and 92.9% / 91.7% / 85.7% in Temple of the Kings / Apophis / Phantom Knights.; 0 recorded combo appearances — no observed starter, material, or payoff data.; 1 guide mention (a Labrynth guide, in its Spell/Trap section).
• Inferred: The payoff only functions with both Temple of the Kings and Mystical Beast of Serket on the field, making it a two-card engine.; Terraforming plus in-archetype search (Treasures of the Kings) makes it a consistent 1-of tutor target.; The trap-set timing removal makes it a control enabler in trap-based decks such as the Labrynth shell that mentions it.
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no side-deck usage recorded (0 of 400 decks ran it in the side) no measured average power index or starter-count for boards containing this card guide evidence is a single indirect mention with no explanatory snippet