DARK
2Winged Minion
ATK:
700
DEF:
700
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Tribute this face-up card. Select 1 face-up Fiend-Type monster on the field. Increase the ATK and DEF of the monster by 700 points as long as it remains face-up on the field.
Winged Minion — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 34 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 36 · Deck: 32 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Winged Minion is a 2-Level Fiend whose only effect is to Tribute itself for +700 ATK/DEF on one face-up Fiend. That trades one body for a stat boost on a monster already on the field, so it converts little into winning value and loses card count. Its high deckbuilding score reflects that it is a single, cheap, unrestricted copy. The 700/700 base stats earn no points, and the single recorded deck and absence of combo data keep confidence at Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Only usable from the field after it is already summoned, with no hand or searched route in the text and no combo starter data (inference from text; no combo evidence) |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | The effect adds stats to one Fiend and creates no further board; no combo examples or power index exist (inferred from text) |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Sacrifices itself for +700/+700 with no draw, search, or recovery, which is a net -1 card (verified from card text) |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand trap effect in the text (verified from card text) |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 2 Fiend body is a plausible low-level material for Fiend-based decks, but no material usage is recorded (inferred from text) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 20 | The card is spent on use and has no recursion, so the effect cannot be repeated (verified from card text) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Single copy, no garnet or lock restriction, and a low-cost body fits a Fiend shell (inferred from text; no banlist limit) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default) weights; no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 36, Deck ≈ 32, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap, single-copy body that is easy to run in a Fiend deck
- Level 2 Fiend fits generic low-level material plans
Weaknesses
- Self-tribute costs a card for a stat boost on one monster
- Only usable from the field, so it cannot be used as a hand starter
- No interaction, recursion, or combo role in the evidence
Best use
Utility stat booster and low-level material. Decks: Fiend-based builds such as the recorded Dark deck. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Tribute-from-field effect adds +700 ATK/DEF to one face-up Fiend; Single copy in the one recorded deck
- Observed: Appears in one deck with Dark and Fiend partners
- Inferred: Low accessibility because it needs to be on the field first; Low resource economy because it is a net -1 card
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied only one recorded deck, so deck synergy and resilience are weakly supported no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) available no banlist token, assumed unlimited