Spell
NormalTribute Burial
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You cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn. Once during this turn, you can conduct a Tribute Summon that requires 2 Tributes by banishing 1 monster from each Graveyard instead of Tributing (it is still treated as a Tribute Summon).
Tribute Burial — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 34 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 36.32 · Deck: 38.04 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Tribute Burial is a narrow enabler: it converts existing Graveyard setup plus a 2-Tribute monster in hand into a Tribute Summon without needing two bodies already on field, which is why it appears as a 1-of across 13 distinct archetypes in the sample. It earns no points for stats — it is a Normal Spell with 0 ATK/DEF — and its 0 recorded combo appearances plus the 'you cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn' clause cap how far any line can extend after it resolves. Accessibility and resilience are the weak links: it must be drawn, it needs a specific 2-Tribute target in hand, and it is dead whenever either Graveyard is empty. That combination lands it in the low-30s as a niche utility card rather than a reliable starter.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 32 | A Normal Spell with no archetype and no searcher listed in evidence; it must be drawn, and it additionally requires a 2-Tribute monster in hand plus a monster in each Graveyard (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | It does nothing alone — it only enables a Tribute Summon — appears in 0 recorded combo boards, and locks out all further Special Summons for the turn (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | It spends one Spell plus one banished monster from each Graveyard to save the two field Tributes normally needed, which is roughly card-neutral rather than a plus (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card text provides no disruption, negation, or removal aimed at the opponent; the banish from each Graveyard is a cost, not interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 8 | As a Normal Spell it has no body, Level, Attribute, or Type, so it can never serve as material for any summon (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 32 | It is a one-shot with a turn-long Special Summon restriction and is dead whenever either Graveyard holds no monster or the Tribute target is missing from hand (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 42 | It is a cheap 1-of slot (avg 1.06 copies, max 2, across 18 decks) but only functions if the deck already runs big Tribute monsters and can fill both Graveyards (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 36.32, Deck ≈ 38.04, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Turns a Tribute Summon that requires 2 Tributes into a cost of 1 monster from each Graveyard, saving two field bodies.
- Uses the opponent's Graveyard as well, so it only needs one of your own monsters in the GY.
- Generic Normal Spell with no archetype lock, splashable as a 1-of in many Dark/Tribute shells.
- Average of only 1.06 copies per deck confirms it is a low-commitment slot.
Weaknesses
- Hard 'cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn' restriction limits any board built after it resolves.
- Requires a 2-Tribute (Level 7+/10) monster already in hand; without it the card is dead.
- Dead whenever either Graveyard is empty; the banish from each Graveyard cannot be paid otherwise.
- No archetype, no listed searcher, and no combo appearances — accessibility depends entirely on drawing it.
- One-shot effect with no recursion or Graveyard use of its own after resolution.
Counters / choke points
- Spell negation such as Solemn Judgment / Solemn Strike stops the effect at activation.
- Cards that empty a Graveyard (e.g. D.D. Crow, Bystial hand effects) make the banish-from-each-Graveyard cost unpayable.
- Hand disruption removing the 2-Tribute monster before the effect is used leaves the Spell dead.
- Exploiting the Special Summon lock by surviving the single Tribute Summon and out-resourcing the opponent.
Best use
Combo enabler for a 2-Tribute boss with Graveyard setup. Decks: Wicked God / The Wicked Avatar, Darkest Diabolos, Lord of the Lair, Black Luster Soldier, Dark Tribute / Myutant hybrids. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: no Special Summon for the rest of the turn; once this turn a 2-Tribute Tribute Summon can be paid by banishing 1 monster from each Graveyard.; Card is a Normal Spell with 0 ATK / 0 DEF, no archetype, and no Pendulum/Link data.; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks; no banlist token supplied (assumed unlimited).; 18 sample decks run it, all in the main deck, avg 1.06 copies (17 decks at 1 copy, 1 deck at 2).; combo data reports 0 appearances, 0 starter role, 0 material role, 0 payoff role.
- Observed: 13 distinct archetypes in the deck sample, led by Myutant (3 decks) with Branded and Borrel at 2 each.; Top co-deck partners: Monster Reborn, Tragoedia and The Wicked Avatar at 55.6% each, Juragedo at 50%.; Deck sample spans 2022-10-23 to 2025-03-23, with no usage statistics available.
- Inferred: It functions as an enabler that trades Graveyard setup plus one hand monster for a Tribute Summon body.; Because the banish requires one monster in each Graveyard, the card is unusable whenever either Graveyard is empty.; The turn-long Special Summon ban prevents converting the summoned body into Extra Deck material in the same turn.; Its observed homes (Wicked Avatar, Darkest Diabolos, Darklord/Bystial-adjacent shells) match the 2-Tribute requirement in the text.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no starter-count / power-index data when the card is present, so deck resilience is estimated