DARK
2
8Abyss Actor - Trendy Understudy
Archetype:
Abyss Actor
ATK:
700
DEF:
700
View:
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[ Pendulum Effect ] When you Pendulum Summon a monster: You can add 1 face-up Level 1 or 8 "Abyss Actor" Pendulum Monster from your Extra Deck to your hand. [ Monster Effect ] If you have 2 "Abyss Actor" cards in your Pendulum Zones: You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 Level 1 or 8 "Abyss Actor" Pendulum Monster from your hand or face-up from your Extra Deck. You can only use this effect of "Abyss Actor - Trendy Understudy" once per turn.
Abyss Actor - Trendy Understudy — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
The card converts a Pendulum Summon into a free Abyss Actor Pendulum monster from the Extra Deck (verified text), and its Tribute effect turns a spent body into another Level 1 or 8 Abyss Actor Pendulum from hand or Extra Deck (verified text). Deck presence (34 of 34 sampled decks, 52.9% in the Abyss Actor archetype) confirms it is a core piece of its theme, but that frequency adds only a little to the score. It earns nothing for interaction, and the Level 2 body and archetype lock on both effects hold it down. The 700 ATK/DEF body earns nothing.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Live through Pendulum Summon of other Abyss Actor monsters, and 34 of 34 sampled decks run it, but the search needs Pendulum Summon setup (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text shows a free Extra Deck search plus a Tribute revive, but no recorded combo boards exist, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The Pendulum search is free card advantage, and the Tribute revive is about even because it spends this card to summon another body (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect in the text, so the score is near the floor (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 2 DARK Fiend, usable as tribute fodder and low-level material, but the effect is only useful when tributed, so the value is moderate (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Both effects need Abyss Actor Pendulums in the Pendulum Zones and are once per turn, so there is little redundancy outside the archetype (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Runs 1 to 3 copies in the sampled decks with no garnet or brick effect, but both effects are locked to Abyss Actor (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (Decks present, meta unknown; Deck includes modifier -3)
Strengths
- Free Extra Deck search on Pendulum Summon, which is card advantage with no cost
- Tribute revive turns a spent body into another Abyss Actor Pendulum, adding a second use
- Heavily played in its own archetype: 34 of 34 sampled decks, 1.38 average copies
Weaknesses
- No interaction at all
- Level 2 body with a 700 ATK/DEF stat line that earns no points
- Both effects are locked to Abyss Actor and once per turn
- Depends on Pendulum Zone setup, which opponents can disrupt
Counters / choke points
- Pendulum Zone disruption or destruction
- Negation of the Pendulum effect when it is on the field
- Opponent Special Summon or search interaction on the Extra Deck targets
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (Pendulum Extra Deck search) with Extender body-conversion. Decks: Abyss Actor. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Pendulum effect: add 1 face-up Level 1 or 8 Abyss Actor Pendulum monster from the Extra Deck to hand when you Pendulum Summon a monster; Monster effect: Tribute this card and Special Summon 1 Level 1 or 8 Abyss Actor Pendulum monster from hand or face-up Extra Deck, if 2 Abyss Actor cards are in your Pendulum Zones, once per turn; Attributes: Level 2, DARK, Fiend, 700 ATK / 700 DEF
- Observed: 34 of 34 sampled decks run it, 25 at 1 copy, 5 at 2 copies, 4 at 3 copies, average 1.38; Top partners appear in 61.8% to 85.3% of its decks; 10 distinct archetype tags, 18 of 34 decks tagged Abyss Actor
- Inferred: Free search and Tribute revive give about even to slightly positive resource value; Searcher/Tutor is the primary role because the Pendulum-zone search is its main effect; Archetype lock limits generic use and is capped in the GenericUtility proxy
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies are assumed legal no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for inclusion calibration no recorded gameplay data for Pendulum Zone disruption rates