WATER
4Weather Report
ATK:
950
DEF:
1500
View:
1205
FLIP: Destroys all of your opponent's face-up "Swords of Revealing Light" on the field. If "Swords of Revealing Light" is destroyed, you can perform your Battle Phase twice this turn (or your next turn, if activated during your opponent's turn).
Weather Report — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 26 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 30 · Deck: 26 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Weather Report is a Level-4 WATER Aqua Flip Effect Monster whose only effect destroys the opponent's face-up "Swords of Revealing Light" and, if one is destroyed, grants a second Battle Phase. That condition depends entirely on the opponent running a specific stall card, so the effect is dead in the overwhelming majority of games and generates no card advantage. Its 950 ATK and 1500 DEF earn it nothing here; its only real function is as a generic Level-4 Aqua body. With zero recorded combo appearances and only 6 thin deck slots, the score reflects near-zero conversion of the card into winning value.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 38 | A Level-4 Aqua that can be freely Normal Summoned or Set (verified from text), but its effect only becomes live when the opponent controls a face-up "Swords of Revealing Light" (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 10 | No combo evidence at all (0 appearances) and the text produces nothing on its own — no extension, no board (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 8 | Gives no search, draw, or GY refuel; it is a pure -1 that can at best trade against one specific opponent card (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | Disruption is limited to destroying the opponent's face-up "Swords of Revealing Light" plus a conditional extra Battle Phase — irrelevant against generic boards (verified). |
| Material Utility | 42 | A generic Level-4 WATER Aqua body usable as Xyz/Link material even when the Flip effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 15 | As a Flip Effect it must survive a full turn face-down and is blanked by any single removal or negation, leaving it dead in most spots (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 38 | No garnet or lock is attached, but the effect is effectively a dead card in the deck, so its slot cost is high relative to return (inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default) profile. Intrinsic ≈ 30, Deck ≈ 26, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level-4 WATER Aqua body that any deck can Normal Summon or Set
- Usable as generic Rank-4 Xyz / Link material even when its effect is blanked
- Double Battle Phase is a genuinely strong payoff in the rare games its niche condition is met
Weaknesses
- Effect only functions against opponents playing a face-up "Swords of Revealing Light"
- Provides no card advantage, search, or interaction against typical boards
- Flip timing requires it to survive a turn face-down before doing anything
- 950 ATK is far too low to apply meaningful pressure
Counters / choke points
- Any monster, Spell, or Trap removal/negation that hits it before it can be flipped face-up
- Opponents that do not run "Swords of Revealing Light" — the effect is dead
- Effects that prevent it from being Set or flipped (e.g., effect negation on Flip)
Best use
Generic Level-4 body with a niche anti-stall Flip effect. Decks: Nimble, Gravekeeper's, Hole. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: FLIP destroys all of the opponent's face-up "Swords of Revealing Light" and grants a second Battle Phase if one is destroyed; Level 4, WATER, Aqua, 950 ATK / 1500 DEF, Flip Effect Monster; Legal in TCG, OCG, and Master Duel
- Observed: Only 6 decks run the card, always at exactly 1 copy, all in the main deck; Distinct archetypes observed: Nimble, Gravekeeper's, Hole (2 decks each); combos_evidence shows 0 appearances — the card never appears in recorded boards
- Inferred: Functions as a generic Level-4 WATER Aqua material body when its effect is negated; Effect is dead against opposing decks that do not run "Swords of Revealing Light"
- 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