LIGHT
4Bright Star Dragon
ATK:
1900
DEF:
1000
View:
2711
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 other face-up monster on the field; increase that target's Level by 2 until the end of this turn.
Bright Star Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body, Utility
Why it scores here
Bright Star Dragon is a Level 4 Light Dragon whose only effect is a Normal Summon trigger that raises one face-up monster's Level by 2. That converts into Level-dependent plays such as Synchro and Xyz setups, but it creates no card advantage and no interaction, and the text itself contains no search or recursion. The score rests mainly on its clean, generic body and its low cost to run in a single copy. Its 1900 ATK earns no points on its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Normal Summonable Level 4 body with no searcher in the evidence, but it appears in all 12 sample decks at one copy each, so it is reliably drawable (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | The Level +2 trigger can convert a Synchro or Xyz material, but combo data is empty, so the conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Normal Summon trigger with no draw, search, banish, or recursion, so the card is roughly even on advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 4 Light Dragon is a generic material body, and the Level change still works as a body after the effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single negate on the Normal Summon trigger ends the effect, and the body is not interaction-resistant (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | One copy per deck, no garnet or lock restriction, and a common Level 4 body that is cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Generic Level 4 Light Dragon body that is easy to Normal Summon
- Level +2 trigger can enable Synchro and Xyz lines around a chosen monster
- Single copy per deck, no garnet or lock cost
Weaknesses
- No search, draw, or recursion, so it creates no card advantage
- No interaction of its own
- Its value depends entirely on a second Level-dependent card being on the field
Counters / choke points
- A single negate on the Normal Summon trigger
- Monster removal that stops the Level-dependent line before it resolves
Best use
Level-manipulating Normal Summon body that enables Synchro and Xyz setups. Decks: Synchro shells with Debris Dragon and Junk Synchron, Formula Synchron and Junk Warrior lines. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon trigger text: target 1 other face-up monster on the field, Level +2 until end of turn; Copies per deck: 1 in all 12 decks; Gameplay and archetype spread from deck evidence (6 distinct archetypes)
- Observed: Appears in 12 of 12 sample decks at one copy each; Top partners include Debris Dragon at 58.3% and Synchro monsters at 41.7%
- Inferred: Level +2 converts into Synchro and Xyz enablement, since no combo boards were supplied; Generic material value stays after the effect is negated; Single negate ends the trigger but not the body
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only