Turtle Oath

Turtle Oath — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 16 ± 5 · Confidence: Low

• Intrinsic: 20 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Starter · Secondary: Material body

Why it scores here

Turtle Oath is a dedicated Ritual Spell that only Ritual Summons the vanilla 'Crab Turtle', so it converts into a body only when you already hold this card, Crab Turtle, and 8 or more Levels of tribute fodder — a clunky, multi-card requirement a single hand trap can stop. The summoned monster has no effect and the spell offers no disruption, no searchability, and no recursion, so it earns almost nothing on interaction, resilience, or resource return. Zero decks, zero combos, and zero guides in the evidence confirm there is no practical, observed line; the card's only redeemable trait is that its payoff is a usable Level 8 material. ATK/DEF and popularity are irrelevant here — the score is dominated by how hard the requirement is to assemble and how little it builds.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Starter + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 20, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Severe garnet / specific-monster requirement (-4). Final formula: Intrinsic (no decks and no combos: provisional, Deck = null)

Strengths

• Provides a direct Ritual Summon of 'Crab Turtle' from hand or field tributes
• Simple, unambiguous effect text with no timing complications
• The summoned 'Crab Turtle' is a Level 8 body usable as material

Weaknesses

• Only summons one specific, effectless monster ('Crab Turtle')
• Requires assembling this card, Crab Turtle, and 8+ Levels of tributes — a heavy multi-card cost
• No search, recursion, protection, or disruption built in
• Dead card without Crab Turtle in hand

Counters / choke points

• Any hand trap or negation that stops the Ritual Spell from resolving
• Removal aimed at 'Crab Turtle' before it can be used as material
• Discard/interruption effects that strip the required tribute fodder

Best use

Ritual Summoning of 'Crab Turtle'. Decks: Casual/historical Crab Turtle Ritual decks. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: used to Ritual Summon 'Crab Turtle' and requires 8+ total Level Stars from field or hand; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks; The only valid Ritual target is the vanilla 'Crab Turtle'
• Observed: 0 decks supplied running the card; 0 combos include the card; 0 guides mention it
• Inferred: The card is a dead draw unless 'Crab Turtle' is also available; Trading tribute fodder plus the Ritual Spell for a no-effect monster is a resource loss; The summoned 'Crab Turtle' is a usable Level 8 material; A single negate or interruption on the Ritual Spell ends the line
• Data gaps: no decks supplied — deck/synergy signals unavailable 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