LIGHT
8Vanity's Ruler
ATK:
2500
DEF:
1600
View:
5354
Cannot be Special Summoned. Your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters.
Vanity's Ruler — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Floodgate/Control · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Vanity's Ruler's power comes from its text: the opponent cannot Special Summon monsters, which is a floodgate that shuts down Special Summon strategies for the whole game while the card stays on the field. Its 2500 ATK and 8 Level earn nothing directly. The body is a one-for-one Normal Summon that needs two Tributes and has no recorded combo role, so accessibility and resource economy stay modest and the score rests almost entirely on the floodgate. Deck presence confirms it is a practical, portable pick across 76 archetypes, but the 400/400 running rate reflects the sample being decks that already run it, not evidence of strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Level 8 needs two Tributes to Normal Summon, and no searcher or live-in-hand route is evidenced; the card is played in 400 of 400 sample decks, which confirms accessibility but not frequency-based power (verified; inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | No combo boards are recorded, so the card's conversion is text-only: it blocks the opponent's Special Summons but builds no board of its own (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | Pure one-for-one body with no draw, search, or GY refuel in its text, so no card advantage is produced (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 72 | The opponent cannot Special Summon monsters, a constant floodgate that is hard to play around but is removed by any monster removal and does not respond to hand-trap timing (verified; inferred). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 8 LIGHT Fairy is a usable material body and remains a monster body if its effect is negated, but no material usage is recorded (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The floodgate lasts only while the card stays on the field and can be destroyed by opponent removal, with no recursion or redundancy in its text (verified; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | One copy per deck on average (avg 1.18, max 3) with no garnet or lock on the player's own Special Summons, though the Tribute cost limits slot flexibility (observed; verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Floodgate/Control primary role, no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Tribute-cost restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Floodgate blocks all opponent Special Summons while it stays on the field
- Clean, unambiguous text with no obvious timing trap
- Portable across 76 archetypes in the sample
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so combo conversion is text-only
- Dies to any monster removal, ending the floodgate
- Two-Tribute Normal Summon cost slows deployment
- No card advantage or recursion
Counters / choke points
- Monster removal or destruction effects on the field
- Opponent decks built around Normal Summons or Tribute-summoned archetypes that do not rely on Special Summons
Best use
Floodgate against Special Summon decks, played as a one-copy Tribute-summoned boss body. Decks: Clown Crew, Drytron, Monarch, Mitsurugi, Nouvelles. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: cannot be Special Summoned; opponent cannot Special Summon monsters; Level 8 LIGHT Fairy Effect Monster, ATK 2500, DEF 1600; Average 1.18 copies per deck in the 400-deck sample
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sample decks across 76 distinct archetypes; Top partners Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (79.2%) and Droll & Lock Bird (72.2%) are generic staples; 83% of sample decks use gameplay type 7
- Inferred: The floodgate is the card's main value, which lifts effect_interaction; Tribute-summon cost limits accessibility; Guide mentions of Clown Crew and Enneacraft suggest a role alongside floodgate control
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference deck sample contains only decks that already run the card, so 100% running rate is not an inclusion rate no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage_statistics beyond one archetype (Cyber Angel, 100% inclusion), which does not reflect the card's main homes no rulings or Master Duel floodgate interaction data supplied