Phantom Nightmare has been a meta-defining set in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG for Snake-Eye and Voiceless Voice. Check out details about the set including various distributions, cards with the most text (that everyone will definitely read), unique and common words, plus the average power of the set. I ran the numbers, crunched the data, and plotted the charts, it’s time to ANALYZE!
Card composition of Phantom Nightmare (PHNI)
Phantom Nightmare has a total of 101 unique cards, and 125 total cards when you include the Quarter-Century variants and the special Magicians of Bonds and Unity. This set did have a premiere promo variant of Goblin Biker Grand Entrance (PHNI-ENSP1) which is not included here. Here’s a quick rundown of what makes up this set:
- The monsters: Monsters dominate this set with 65 cards. Most of these are effect monsters (a whopping 64). To the surprise of some, there is one normal monster in Phantom Nightmare, Jongleur-Ghoul Illusionist.
- Spells and traps: Spells aren’t far behind, totaling 25, with traps at a modest count of 11.
- Extra Deck: Mostly Fusion (3), Synchro (4), XYZ (5), and Link (4) monsters, but we did manage to get 1 rather badass looking Ritual monster for Voiceless Voice decks, Skull Guardian, Protector of the Voiceless Voice. There were even 2 Pendulum cards: Majespecter Draco – Ryu and Majespecter Porcupine – Yamarashi.
Highlights
There are a lot of stats, and not a lot of time! I used AI to generate the highlights from the dataset I captured. This was done for time-savings, and would like to dedicate more time to it in the future.
Card Collection Stats Overview
- Total Cards: 125 (including all rarities)
- Unique Cards: 101
Card Types
- Monsters: 65 (Normal: 1, Effect: 64, Ritual: 1, Fusion: 3, Synchro: 4, Xyz: 5, Pendulum: 2, Link: 4)
- Spells: 25
- Traps: 11
Monster Details
- Tuner Monsters: 4
- Flip Monsters: 2
Attributes & Levels
- Attributes: DARK (29), SPELL (25), TRAP (11), LIGHT (9), WATER (9), FIRE (7), EARTH (6), WIND (5)
- Levels: Common at Level 8, 4, and 3 (9 each)
Ranks & Links
- Ranks: Highest Rank 13
- Link Ratings: Highest Link 3
Card Rarities
- Most Common: Common (50), followed by Super Rare (26) and Quarter Century Secret Rare (25)
Spell and Trap Types
- Spell Types: Quick-Play (8), Continuous (7)
- Trap Types: Continuous (5)
Statistics on Attack and Defense
- Mean Attack: 1516
- Mean Defense: 1162
- Highest Attack Card: ‘Raidraptor – Rising Rebellion Falcon’
- Highest Defense Card: ‘Dark Guardian’
Notable Cards
- Longest Name: ‘Skull Guardian, Protector of the Voiceless Voice’
- Shortest Name: ‘Mokomoko’
- Highest Level: ‘Raidraptor – Rising Rebellion Falcon’
Descriptive Keywords in Effects
- Summon: 56
- Destroy: 23
- Negate: 3
Phantom Nightmare dataset
| Data type | Data value | |
|---|---|---|
| Total cards including all rarities | 125 | |
| Total unique cards | 101 | |
| Number of spells | 25 | |
| Number of traps | 11 | |
| Number of monsters | 65 | |
| Number of normal monsters | 1 | |
| Number of effect monsters | 64 | |
| Number of ritual monsters | 1 | |
| Number of fusion monsters | 3 | |
| Number of synchro monsters | 4 | |
| Number of xyz monsters | 5 | |
| Number of pendulum monsters | 2 | |
| Number of link monsters | 4 | |
| Number of tuner monsters | 4 | |
| Number of spirit monsters | 0 | |
| Number of union monsters | 0 | |
| Number of gemini monsters | 0 | |
| Number of toon monsters | 0 | |
| Number of flip monsters | 2 | |
| Number of token monsters | 0 | |
| Attribute distribution | DARK: 29, SPELL: 25, TRAP: 11, LIGHT: 9, WATER: 9, FIRE: 7, EARTH: 6, WIND: 5 | |
| Level distribution | Level 8: 9, Level 4: 9, Level 3: 9, Level 1: 7, Level 2: 5, Level 7: 5, Level 6: 4, Level 5: 3, Level 10: 2, Level 12: 2, Level 9: 1 | |
| Rank distribution | Rank 13: 1, Rank 5: 1, Rank 3: 1, Rank 6: 1, Rank 4: 1 | |
| Link distribution | Link 3: 2, Link 2: 2 | |
| Primary type distribution | Fiend: 12, Fish: 6, Warrior: 6, Pyro: 6, Winged Beast: 5, Spellcaster: 4, Dragon: 4, Plant: 4, Machine: 3, Illusion: 3, Beast: 3, Beast-Warrior: 2, Cyberse: 2, Fairy: 1, Zombie: 1, Aqua: 1, Psychic: 1, Insect: 1 | |
| Rarity distribution | Common: 50, Super Rare: 26, Quarter Century Secret Rare: 25, Ultra Rare: 14, Secret Rare: 10 | |
| Spell type distribution | Quick-Play: 8, Continuous: 7, Field: 2, Ritual: 1 | |
| Trap type distribution | Continuous: 5, Counter: 1 | |
| Card(s) with the longest name | ['Skull Guardian, Protector of the Voiceless Voice'] | |
| Card(s) with the shortest name | ['Mokomoko'] | |
| Card(s) with highest attack | ['Raidraptor - Rising Rebellion Falcon'] | |
| Attack distribution | 0: 10, 1500: 5, 2000: 5, 1200: 4, 2100: 4, 1400: 4, 3000: 3, 800: 3, 2600: 3, 2500: 2, 1600: 2, 300: 2, 2700: 2, 2900: 1, 2200: 1, 4000: 1, 2300: 1, 600: 1, 2800: 1, 2050: 1, 50: 1, 500: 1, 1800: 1, 550: 1, 2400: 1, 3800: 1, 700: 1, 1300: 1, 900: 1 | |
| Mean attack | 1516.1538461538462 | |
| Median attack | 1500.0 | |
| Attack standard deviation | 1035.1670944642408 | |
| Attack quantiles | 0.25: 700.0, 0.5: 1500.0, 0.75: 2200.0 | |
| Card(s) with highest defense | ['Dark Guardian'] | |
| Defense distribution | 0: 19, 2500: 5, 1500: 5, 1800: 4, 500: 3, 400: 2, 1300: 2, 2000: 2, 2800: 2, 2400: 2, 300: 2, 3800: 1, 2050: 1, 200: 1, 1000: 1, 2200: 1, 1900: 1, 600: 1, 1850: 1, 3500: 1, 2700: 1, 2100: 1, 800: 1, 1100: 1 | |
| Mean defence | 1162.295081967213 | |
| Median defence | 1100.0 | |
| Defence standard deviation | 1084.7294492831272 | |
| Defence quantiles | 0.25: 0.0, 0.5: 1100.0, 0.75: 2000.0 | |
| Card(s) with highest level/rank | ['Raidraptor - Rising Rebellion Falcon'] | |
| Link monster(s) with the highest link rating | ['Aromalilith Rosemary', 'Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames'] | |
| Top 10 most common words in card descriptions | monster: 209, special: 130, effect: 122, summon: 113, gy: 109, hand: 103, field: 86, deck: 83, monsters: 69, target: 51 | |
| Top 10 unique words in card descriptions | ['returned', 'ages', 'stars', 'hamon', 'walls', 'addition', 'summon/set', 'uria', 'frost', 'chase'] | |
| Card(s) with most words | [('E Stranger Big Bang', 109)] | |
| Card(s) with most characters | [('Prayers of the Voiceless Voice', 530)] | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "destroy" in the effect | 23 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "gain" in the effect | 15 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "summon" in the effect | 56 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "negate" in the effect | 3 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "target" in the effect | 26 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "send" in the effect | 5 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "banish" in the effect | 20 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "fusion" in the effect | 4 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "synchro" in the effect | 6 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "xyz" in the effect | 8 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "pendulum" in the effect | 2 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "link" in the effect | 4 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "ritual" in the effect | 4 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "graveyard" in the effect | 0 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word " gy " in the effect | 18 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "deck" in the effect | 30 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "hand" in the effect | 45 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "field" in the effect | 38 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "life points" in the effect | 0 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word " lp " in the effect | 2 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "face-up" in the effect | 18 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "face-down" in the effect | 6 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "tribute" in the effect | 5 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "return" in the effect | 2 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "shuffle" in the effect | 2 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "flip" in the effect | 5 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "activate" in the effect | 11 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "remove" in the effect | 0 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "attach" in the effect | 2 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "equip" in the effect | 0 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "material" in the effect | 12 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "counter" in the effect | 0 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "token" in the effect | 1 | |
| Number of effect cards with the word "effect" in the effect | 62 | |
