DARK
5Tenmataitei
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1000
View:
3504
Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of any monster effect activated by a monster that was Normal Summoned/Set.
49± 6/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
49
Deck
52
Tenmataitei — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49.2 · Deck: 52.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Material body, Utility
Why it scores here
Tenmataitei is a 2400-ATK Level 5 DARK Warrior whose entire text is a continuous protection clause: while it is face-up, the opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of a monster effect from a monster that was Normal Summoned/Set. That is a narrow but real protective effect that can blank hand traps and set-response traps chained to your own Normal-Summoned monster's trigger, and it doubles as a clean, unrestricted Level 5 DARK Warrior body. Its ATK and DEF earn it no points: it generates no card advantage, no negation and no removal, has zero recorded combo appearances, and with no archetype and no in-archetype searcher it must be drawn or summoned by another card's effect. Its observed homes (a fixed 1-copy Monarch engine slot and 3-of inclusion in Gate Guardian and Regenesis lists) keep it near the middle of the scale rather than high.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 42 | No archetype and no search clause in its own text, and 37 of 47 decks run it as a 1-of, suggesting it is usually summoned from the Deck by another card rather than drawn; combo data never records it as searched or as a starter (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 33 | 0 recorded combo appearances with 0 starter role / searched-for role / material role / payoff role counts, and the text adds no extension, so its contribution is a 2400 body plus a passive aura rather than a board (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | The card searches nothing, draws nothing and refunds nothing — it is a plain 1-for-1 body that must still be spent into a Normal Summon to matter (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Its continuous clause stops the opponent from responding to activations of effects of Normal Summoned/Set monsters, which blocks hand traps and set-response traps in exactly those chains, but it neither negates nor removes anything itself (verified). |
| Material Utility | 58 | Level 5 DARK Warrior with no summoning restriction and no lock is a clean generic body for Rank 5 / Synchro / Link material, with usage statistics showing 3-copy inclusion in Gate Guardian (100%) and Regenesis (60%) (observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 38 | The protection is a face-up continuous effect only — one removal card ends it, it functions from nowhere else, and it cannot shield the activation that placed a monster on the field before it (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 52 | It is archetype-free and cost-free so it is splashable, but a Level 5 that needs a Tribute is a poor topdeck, and 37 of 47 Monarch lists keep it at exactly 1 copy (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Floodgate/Control + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49.2, Deck ≈ 52.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Partial brick when drawn (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Archetype-free continuous protection: the opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of an effect of a monster that was Normal Summoned/Set, which shuts off responses such as hand traps or back-row chains to those activations.
- Clean generic body: Level 5 DARK Warrior, 2400 ATK / 1000 DEF, no summoning restriction, no lock, no cost, no once-per-turn clause.
- Real observed homes with high inclusion: 100% inclusion at 3 copies in Gate Guardian per usage statistics, 60% at 3 copies in Regenesis, and a 74.5% Monarch engine slot (35/47 decks).
- Cheap to run — it imposes no restriction on the rest of the deck and can be used as Tribute fodder, Rank 5 material or Link material even if its effect is irrelevant.
Weaknesses
- No archetype and no in-archetype searcher: it must be drawn, or summoned by another card's effect, to ever reach the field.
- The protection only covers monsters that were Normal Summoned/Set and only lasts while Tenmataitei itself is face-up.
- It provides no negation, no removal, no disruption of the opponent's own turn, and no card advantage.
- A Level 5 body that needs a Tribute to Normal Summon is awkward to deploy generically and is a weak topdeck.
- 0 recorded combo appearances and 0 guides — there is no measured evidence of board impact.
Counters / choke points
- Removal or disruption that is not chained to the protected activation (board wipes, Kaiju-style Tributes, removal played in a fresh Main Phase) turns the aura off by removing Tenmataitei.
- Any effect negation aimed at a Special Summoned monster's effect, or at Spell/Trap activations, is unaffected by this clause.
- Opponents can simply play around it: it protects nothing on their turn and nothing the moment Tenmataitei leaves the field.
- Back-row removal before the Normal Summon resolves, since Tenmataitei has no self-protection and no recursion.
Best use
Protective face-up floodgate plus a 2400-ATK Level 5 DARK Warrior body (Tribute fodder / Rank 5 / Link material). Decks: Monarch, Gate Guardian, Regenesis.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: 'Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of any monster effect activated by a monster that was Normal Summoned/Set.'; Identity: Effect Monster, DARK, Warrior, Level 5, 2400 ATK / 1000 DEF, no archetype, no Pendulum scale, no Link data.; No cost, no once-per-turn clause and no self-locking restriction appear in the text.; Legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links; no banlist token was supplied.; 47 recorded decks run it, all in the Main Deck (47 main / 0 side).
- Observed: Monarch is the dominant home: 35 of 47 decks (74.5%), with Ehther, Erebus, Eidos, Edea, Mithra, Domain of the True Monarchs and Pantheism all at 74.5% co-decking.; Copies per deck average 1.43 — 37 decks at 1 copy, 10 decks at 3 copies.; Usage statistics over the larger historical sample: Gate Guardian 100% inclusion at 3 copies; Regenesis 60% inclusion at 3 copies.; combo data: 0 appearances, 0 starter role / searched-for role / material role / payoff role, no average power index and no starter-count data.; 0 guides mention it and it is not a Top Card in any format.
- Inferred: Because there are no combo records, its practical board impact is inferred from deck inclusion only, never measured.; The protection exists only while Tenmataitei is face-up, so it cannot shield the activation that placed another monster on the field before it.; The 1-copy Monarch pattern fits a card fetched from the Deck by another effect, while the 3-copy Gate Guardian / Regenesis pattern fits a card those decks actively want to see.; Its generic Level 5 / DARK / Warrior typing gives flexible material utility to any deck willing to spend a Tribute.; It adds no card advantage in any zone, so its value is purely the passive aura plus the body.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no per-format usage split (TCG vs OCG vs Master Duel vs Duel Links) no tournament placement or win-rate data for the decks that run it, so meta power is null no information on why Gate Guardian and Regenesis lists play 3 copies while Monarch lists play 1