Spell
ContinuousVolcanic Wall
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Once per turn: You can send 3 cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, inflict 250 damage to your opponent for each Pyro-Type monster sent to the Graveyard by this effect. You cannot declare an attack during the turn you activate this effect.
Volcanic Wall — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 41 · Deck: 42 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Volcanic Wall converts its access into a once-per-turn burn finisher: it mills 3 cards from the top of the Deck and deals 250 damage per Pyro milled, so its ceiling is 750 and it cannot attack the turn it is used. It has no opponent interaction, no material value, and no recorded combo role, so the score stays in the low-to-mid range. The fact that it appears in all 190 sampled decks across 24 archetypes confirms it is a consistent staple (guardrail 3), not evidence that it is intrinsically powerful, and the high deck count does not raise the score beyond what its text supports.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Run in all 190 sampled decks (decks running it in the Main Deck), with 1.42 average copies, but no combo starter or searched observations support a live-in-hand route (observed; inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text gives a 250-per-Pyro burn finisher only; combo data has zero boards, so there is no observed build-up (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Self-mills 3 cards for damage with no card advantage, refuel or recovery in the text (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation, removal or hand-trap reach; only damage to the opponent (verified). |
| Material Utility | 0 | A Spell Card cannot be used as material, so the body contributes nothing here (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | A once-per-turn Continuous Spell with no redundancy or recovery clause, so a single spell/trap removal ends its use (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | One slot at 1-2 copies with no garnet, lock or brick restriction in the evidence (observed from copies distribution; inferred from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility default (no clear role); single role, no blend. Intrinsic ≈ 41, Deck ≈ 42, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable burn finisher: up to 750 damage from 3 milled cards when all are Pyro (verified from text)
- Run in every sampled deck, across 24 archetypes, so it is accessible in a broad set of builds (observed)
- Costs one slot with no garnet or lock restriction (inferred)
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction or board presence (verified from text)
- Damage depends on Pyro monsters being milled, so value varies with the deck's Pyro density (verified from text; density not supplied)
- Self-mill from the Deck with no card-advantage return (verified from text)
- Cannot be used as material and does nothing when the opponent's spell/trap removal is available (verified from text; inferred)
Counters / choke points
- Spell/trap removal or destruction of the Continuous Spell (inferred from text)
- Opponent damage prevention or lifegain that reduces the burn total (inferred from text)
Best use
Finisher / burn. Decks: SpellCasters, Witchcrafter. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Continuous Spell text: once per turn, mill 3 from top of Deck, 250 damage per Pyro milled, no attack the turn it is activated; Race is Continuous; it is a Spell Card and cannot be material; 190 decks run it, 1.42 average copies (decks running it in the Main Deck, copies per deck)
- Observed: Present in 24 distinct archetypes, the largest being SpellCasters at 40% and Witchcrafter at 22.6%; Top partners are Witchcrafter cards that co-occur in the same decks, not evidence of a card-level combo
- Inferred: Functions as a burn finisher rather than a board or interaction piece; Maximum damage of 750 follows from 3 milled cards each being Pyro, which is arithmetic from the text; Usefulness depends on the Pyro density of the deck, which is not in the evidence
- Data gaps: No combos supplied (combo data.total combos = 0): combo conversion is text-only inference No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for this card; archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Activation location and cost are not stated in the description, so timing is inferred No guide snippet names this card; guides provide no role evidence No Pyro density data for the decks that run it, so the damage actually realised is unknown