LIGHT
1Astral Kuriboh
Archetype:
Kuriboh
ATK:
100
DEF:
100
View:
8901
You can reveal 1 "Number" Xyz Monster in your Extra Deck; Special Summon this card from your hand. If you do, this card's Level becomes the revealed monster's Rank, also while it is face-up in the Monster Zone, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except "Number" Xyz Monsters. You can only use this effect of "Astral Kuriboh" once per turn. A "Number" Xyz Monster that was Summoned using this card on the field as material gains this effect. ● Cannot be destroyed by battle or your opponent's card effects.
Astral Kuriboh — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 63 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Astral Kuriboh is a hand-summoned Level 1 body that, by its text, converts a Number Xyz in the Extra Deck into a Level-matched Xyz material and passes the Number effect onto the monster it becomes. Its score comes from being live in hand in Number decks (400 of 400 sampled decks run it, 92 archetypes) and from its near-free cost. Its indestructibility against battle and opponent effects adds some resilience. High ATK and the Kuriboh name earn nothing. Its deck count confirms it is a consistent staple, not that it is intrinsically strong.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 78 | Special Summons from hand by revealing a Number Xyz in the Extra Deck, once per turn, with no other cost; 400 of 400 decks run it, mostly 1 to 3 copies (inferred from text and deck counts, no combo starter data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text says it becomes a Level-matched Xyz material and gives Number Xyz monsters its effect, but there are zero recorded combo boards to confirm the conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | No draw, search, recovery or card advantage in the text; the reveal is free and the body is a 1-for-0 trade at best (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | No negation, removal or hand-trap reach; the indestructibility only protects its own body (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 65 | Level 1 becomes the revealed Rank, so it is a flexible Xyz material for Number monsters, and the body still works as material when its effects are negated (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 65 | Cannot be destroyed by battle or opponent card effects, but it can still be banished, sent or negated, and it is limited to once per turn (verified from text, with inferred interaction limits). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | No garnet, lock or brick restriction, and the typical 1 to 3 copy count fits any Number-based list (verified from deck data copies distribution). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 63, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in hand across many Number-based decks (400 of 400 sampled decks, 92 archetypes)
- Near-free hand Special Summon with no garnet or self-lock cost
- Level set to the revealed Rank makes it a flexible Xyz material
- Indestructible against battle and opponent card effects
Weaknesses
- Needs a Number Xyz in the Extra Deck to be live
- Once per turn, and it cannot Special Summon other Extra Deck monsters while face-up
- No draw, search or recovery and no opponent interaction
- Its value depends on the Number ecosystem around it
Counters / choke points
- Banish effects
- Monster effects that negate it
- Effects that send it to the Graveyard or return it to hand
Best use
Hand-summoned Level-matched Xyz material for Number monsters that also protects its own body. Decks: Utopia, Onomat, Kashtira, Galaxy Photon, Danger!, Gagaga.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon by revealing a Number Xyz in the Extra Deck, once per turn (card text); Level becomes the revealed Rank while face-up on the field (card text); Cannot be destroyed by battle or opponent card effects (card text); Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 92 archetypes (deck data)
- Observed: Top partners Ash Blossom and Called by the Grave co-occur in 69 percent and 58 percent of decks (deck data); Mostly 1 to 3 copies per deck, average 1.73 (deck data)
- Inferred: Live in most Number-based shells, since the reveal needs only a Number Xyz in the Extra Deck; Material value holds when its effects are negated, since the body remains a Level-matched material; Deck inclusion reflects generic Number-staple status rather than intrinsic power
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no rulings or ruling notes supplied for Level-change timing with the Number material effect no top-card ranking, since top-card status is false