Spell
NormalZefra Providence
Archetype:
Zefra
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Add 1 "Zefra" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Zefra Providence". If a "Zefra" card(s) you control would be destroyed, except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard, you can banish this card from your Graveyard instead. You can only activate 1 "Zefra Providence" per turn.
Zefra Providence — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 61 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Zefra Providence converts into one searched Zefra card per activation, so its value depends on the Zefra engine it feeds rather than on the card itself. Its 287-deck presence at an average of 2.66 copies and a 96.9% pairing with Zefraath confirm the search is reliably live, but that is accessibility and staple status, not intrinsic power, and it earned no points for being widely played. The GY banish that replaces destruction for Zefra monsters is a real but narrow resilience effect, and with no combo data the conversion score rests on text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 85 | Runs in all 287 sampled decks at about 3 copies each, with the Zefra archetype present in 182 and 621 (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | No combo boards were supplied, so the conversion of one searched Zefra into a full board is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Search is a one-for-one exchange of cards with no net advantage, and the GY banish saves a Zefra card rather than drawing one (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No effect targets the opponent; the only protection is for the controller's own Zefra cards from destruction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 0 | It is a Spell Card and cannot be used as material (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 65 | It can be recovered from the GY to protect Zefra monsters, and copies are spread over several Zefra homes (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It runs at 3 copies inside a dedicated Zefra shell with no garnet or self-lock restriction shown in the evidence (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches any Zefra card from the Deck to hand, which keeps the Zefra engine supplied
- Live in 287 of the sampled decks with high copy counts and strong partner pairing
- Banishing from the GY can save Zefra monsters from destruction
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so the conversion of the search into a board is unverified
- Dead outside the Zefra engine because its only search target is Zefra
- Adds no board presence or opponent interaction of its own
Counters / choke points
- No counter data supplied; as a Spell Card it can be answered by opponent spell-negation or spell-removal, which is inferred from card type and not evidenced
Best use
Searcher/Tutor. Decks: Zefra (archetype 182, main home), Zefra (archetype 621, secondary home). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: adds 1 Zefra card from Deck to hand, excluding itself; Card text: a Zefra card that would be destroyed can be replaced by banishing this card from the GY, except the turn it was sent to the GY; Card text: only 1 activation per turn; Card type: Spell Card, so it cannot be used as material
- Observed: Appears in 287 of 287 sampled decks at an average of 2.66 copies; Top partner Zefraath appears alongside it in 96.9% of decks; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in archetype 621 and 75% in archetype 182 at 3 copies
- Inferred: Search is a one-for-one exchange with no net card advantage; The GY banish keeps a Zefra monster on board, so it protects board presence rather than generating cards; Its value depends on the Zefra engine it feeds
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token supplied; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Guide evidence covers Tellarknight, not Zefra, so it gives no Zefra-specific role information No ruling supplied for the destruction-replacement timing against the once-per-turn restriction Distinct archetype count of 36 includes many one-off tech slots, so generic portability was capped