DARK
4
2Abyss Actor - Leading Lady
Archetype:
Abyss Actor
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1000
View:
3256
[ Pendulum Effect ] Once per turn, when you take battle damage from an opponent's attacking monster: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● That opponent's monster loses ATK equal to the damage you took (even if this card leaves the field). ● Add 1 face-up "Abyss Actor" Pendulum Monster from your Extra Deck to your hand with ATK less than or equal to the damage you took. [ Monster Effect ] Once per turn, when battle damage is inflicted: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; it loses ATK equal to that battle damage. When this card is destroyed by battle, or if this card in its owner's Monster Zone is destroyed by an opponent's card effect: You can Set 1 "Abyss Script" Spell directly from your Deck.
Abyss Actor - Leading Lady — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Board breaker, Starter
Why it scores here
The card's value comes from converting battle damage into a search for a face-up Abyss Actor Pendulum from the Extra Deck, plus a once-per-turn ATK reduction on an opposing monster and a Set of an Abyss Script Spell from the Deck when it is destroyed. Its 1500 ATK and 1000 DEF earn no points; the score rests on the search, the Spell recursion, and the fact that it runs in 67 of 67 sampled decks at about 1.5 copies each. Combo evidence is absent, so the combo and synergy scores are text-based and held back by that gap, and the card is archetype-locked to Abyss Actor, which limits its generic utility.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Level 4 Pendulum present in all 67 sampled decks as a main-deck card (deck data); the Extra Deck search depends on running Abyss Actor Pendulums, which the partners confirm (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The text converts one battle-damage event into a search plus a Spell Set, but no recorded boards exist to confirm the line (text-only inference). |
| Resource Economy | 68 | Two once-per-turn card-gaining effects: an Extra Deck search and a Set of an Abyss Script Spell from the Deck, with no cost to the Pendulum body (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 42 | The ATK reduction is a situational, once-per-turn response that needs battle damage or an opponent's card effect to fire (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Level 4 Dark Fiend body is serviceable as material, but it is archetype-specific and its material fit is not confirmed by any combo evidence (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The destruction-triggered Set can fire after battle or an opponent's effect, but both effects are once per turn and nothing else in the evidence adds redundancy (verified from text, inferred for redundancy). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 72 | Average 1.46 copies per deck with a 1 to 3 range, no garnet or lock restriction, and no banlist token supplied (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Board breaker/Going-second. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches an Abyss Actor Pendulum from the Extra Deck when battle damage is taken, which gives reliable access to the archetype's Extra Deck pieces.
- Sets an Abyss Script Spell from the Deck when destroyed, giving a second, independent piece of value.
- Present in all 67 sampled decks and in 85% of them alongside the archetype's main partners, which confirms the card is consistently played in its home archetype.
Weaknesses
- Both effects are once per turn and depend on battle damage or a destruction event, so they are hard to trigger on demand.
- Strongly archetype-locked to Abyss Actor, so it has little value outside that deck.
- No combo evidence, so the card's real board conversion cannot be confirmed from recorded data.
Counters / choke points
- Any effect that stops battle damage, such as negation or a monster that prevents attacks, shuts off the search and the ATK reduction.
- Opponent effects that destroy the card in a way that does not satisfy the Set condition; the Set requires the card to be destroyed in the owner's Monster Zone by an opponent's card effect.
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (Pendulum), with a Spell recursion on destruction. Decks: Abyss Actor. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once per turn, when battle damage is taken from an opponent's attacking monster: search a face-up Abyss Actor Pendulum from the Extra Deck with ATK at most the damage taken, or reduce an opposing monster's ATK by that damage.; Once per turn, when battle damage is inflicted: target one face-up opposing monster and reduce its ATK by the battle damage.; When destroyed by battle, or destroyed in the Monster Zone by an opponent's card effect: Set one Abyss Script Spell directly from the Deck.; Appears in 67 of 67 sampled decks as a main-deck card, averaging 1.46 copies (max 3).
- Observed: Abyss Actor archetype 577 accounts for 38 of 67 decks (56.7%).; Top partners (Curtain Raiser, Wild Hope, Hyper Director) each co-occur in 85.1% of decks.; Gameplay type 7 accounts for 73.1% of decks.
- Inferred: The primary role is Searcher/Tutor because the main effect is an Extra Deck search, with Board breaker as the secondary role from the ATK reduction.; Material fit is moderate: a Level 4 Dark Fiend body with archetype-specific utility, with no combo evidence to confirm it.
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion, starter/material/payoff shares, and power index are text-only inference. No banlist token supplied; a 3-copy limit is assumed. No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only. legal copies is empty for all formats. No rulings supplied for the two once-per-turn clauses or the battle-damage timing.