FIRE
6Volcanic Queen
Archetype:
Volcanic
ATK:
2500
DEF:
1200
View:
4327
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned from your hand to your opponent's side of the field by Tributing 1 monster your opponent controls. If you Special Summon this card, you cannot Normal Summon or Set this turn. Once per turn, you can send 1 other card you control to the Graveyard to inflict 1000 damage to your opponent. During your End Phase, either Tribute 1 other monster or take 1000 damage.
Volcanic Queen — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 43 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 45 · Deck: 43 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Volcanic Queen's 2500 ATK and Level 6 Fire body earn little on their own. Its score comes from a restrictive summon (it cannot be Normal Summoned or Set and needs an opponent monster to Tribute) and from repeated self-costing damage (sending one of your own cards to the Graveyard for 1000, plus an End Phase choice between tributing a monster or taking 1000). The deck sample (257 decks, Volcanic in 54 of them, 1.86 copies on average) confirms it is run and reachable in practice, but that frequency does not raise its power score, and the absence of combo evidence keeps conversion modest.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Summon depends on an opposing monster being present to Tribute, so it is conditional, though 257 sampled decks run it (observed frequency, inferred live route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text gives a repeatable 1000-damage ping and an End Phase drain, but there are no recorded boards to show it converting into a full board (inferred from text, no combo evidence). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Each ping sends one of your own cards to the Graveyard with no return of card advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The text grants no negation, removal, or hand-trap reach; it only deals damage (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Level 6 Fire Pyro body can serve as tribute fodder or material in Volcanic lines, but its own material value is modest (inferred from stats and text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Its effects can be blanked by a single response, and it has no recursion or multi-zone presence in the text (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | No garnet or self-lock beyond the summon restriction is evidenced, copy use averages 1.86, and the banlist status is unknown (observed deck copies, assumed 3-copy limit). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Boss/End-board, no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 45, Deck ≈ 43, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking summon restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Repeatable once-per-turn 1000-damage ping that can close out games
- Level 6 Fire Pyro body fits Volcanic lines (inferred)
- Consistent use in Volcanic decks (54 of 257 sampled decks), which confirms it is reachable in practice (observed)
Weaknesses
- Summon requires an opposing monster to Tribute and bars Normal Summon or Set that turn
- Each damage activation costs one of your own cards to the Graveyard
- End Phase choice forces either a tribute or 1000 damage every turn
- No combo evidence, so its conversion value is unproven
Counters / choke points
- No negation or counter-specific evidence is supplied; interaction with the Special Summon condition is inferred only
- Opponent interaction on the monster it needs to Tribute is inferred from the summon text
Best use
Boss/End-board pinger. Decks: Volcanic. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summon restriction: cannot be Normal Summoned or Set; Special Summon from hand only by Tributing one opponent monster; Once per turn: send one other card you control to the Graveyard to deal 1000 damage; End Phase: tribute one other monster or take 1000 damage; 257 sampled decks, 54 Volcanic (21%), 1.86 average copies, 69 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Top partners: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 51.8%, Called by the Grave 51.0%, Harpie's Feather Duster 42.0%; Gameplay split: type 7 61.5%, type 4 21.4%, type 6 14.4%
- Inferred: Acts as a damage-pinging boss/end-board piece; Level 6 Fire body is usable as material in Volcanic lines; Summon condition makes it situational rather than a consistent starter
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token, so the 3-copy limit is assumed No usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only No card rulings for the summon restriction and End Phase choice Deck sample may be skewed toward Volcanic (54 of 257) Only one tangential guide (Mayosenju) mentions the card