WIND
Totem Bird
ATK:
1900
DEF:
1400
View:
4840
2 Level 3 WIND monsters During either player's turn, when a Spell/Trap Card is activated: You can detach 2 Xyz Materials from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. This card loses 300 ATK while it has no Xyz Materials.
Totem Bird — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Negation/Interaction · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Totem Bird's score comes almost entirely from its on-field negate: during either player's turn it can detach 2 materials to negate any Spell/Trap activation and destroy it. The 1900 ATK and 1400 DEF earn nothing, and the body only matters as a Rank 3 Xyz that needs two Level 3 WIND monsters. Deck evidence shows it is a consistent, low-cost slot in Radiant Typhoon lists (400 of 400 sampled decks, 1.08 copies on average), but that frequency confirms accessibility rather than strength, and the absence of combo data keeps the synergy and resilience terms modest.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Needs two Level 3 WIND monsters to Xyz Summon; decks evidence shows it is in every sampled deck, but no searcher or starter data exists (inferred, with observed deck inclusion). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | Its text makes it a reactive negate, not a board builder, and combos_evidence has zero boards (inferred from text only). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | The 2-material cost is a real price, and the effect is a 1-for-1 trade on a Spell/Trap rather than card advantage (verified from text, inferred for value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 70 | Negates and destroys any Spell/Trap activation on either turn, with no restriction on which Spell/Trap (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | As a Rank 3 Xyz body it offers little material value, and the text is silent on any use once it is detached (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Field-only, so a monster removal or a second negate can end it, and each use costs 2 materials (inferred from text; no combo data to test it). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One or two copies in a deck, with no garnet or lock and an Xyz that fits the typical Radiant Typhoon build (observed from decks_evidence copies distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Negation/Interaction (no secondary blend applied; secondary Board breaker not weighted). Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Negates any Spell/Trap activation on either player's turn, with no restriction on which card
- Consistent inclusion in Radiant Typhoon lists at about one copy each
- Cheap to run, with no garnet or lock restriction
Weaknesses
- Field-only, so it is exposed to monster removal and can be stopped before it acts
- Costs 2 Xyz materials per negate and gives no card advantage
- Negates Spell/Trap cards only, so it does nothing against monster effects
- Rank 3 Xyz with an ATK/DEF body that does not convert into board presence
Counters / choke points
- Monster removal or a board wipe that hits it before activation
- Multiple Spell/Trap activations in one turn that drain its materials
Best use
Reactive Spell/Trap negate and board protection for the Radiant Typhoon engine. Decks: Radiant Typhoon (main deck, observed in every sampled deck), Zoodiac, Nemeses, Yosenju. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Negates and destroys a Spell/Trap activation during either player's turn by detaching 2 Xyz materials; Loses 300 ATK with no Xyz materials; Rank 3, WIND, Winged Beast, requires two Level 3 WIND monsters
- Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks, average 1.08 copies; Inclusion 100% in Radiant Typhoon usage statistics, 66.7% to 85.7% in other homes; Top partners appear in 84% to 95% of decks
- Inferred: Field-only and vulnerable to monster removal; Material cost makes it a one-shot trade rather than card advantage; Synergy with Radiant Typhoon is a deck-fit inference, since no combo boards were recorded
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/searched evidence are text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no avg_starter_count, so deck resilience uses archetype spread only no top_card_context ranking, so no popularity signal is used