DARK
5Byser Shock
ATK:
800
DEF:
600
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3567
If this card is Summoned: Return all Set cards on the field to the hand.
Byser Shock — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 47 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 48 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Byser Shock is a Level 5 DARK Fiend whose only effect is a mandatory On-Summon bounce of every Set card on the field, including the controller's own. That is tempo at best, not card advantage or a reliable board breaker, so the score stays in the mid-40s. Its 800 ATK earns nothing. The score comes from its value as a generic Level 5 body that shows up in 33 recent decks across 13 archetypes, most often in Chimera lists, but that frequency is treated as accessibility and deck fit, not as proof of power. There is no combo or searcher evidence, so the score is capped and confidence is only Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Plain Level 5 body with no searcher or combo route in the evidence; it is live only when drawn, though it is run as a single copy in 33 decks (inference, observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Its effect only bounces Set cards and creates no board, and combo data has zero appearances (verified from text, observed from combos). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | The bounce returns cards to hand without generating advantage or refuel, and it hits the controller's own Set cards (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | The mandatory On-Summon bounce of all Set cards is narrow, self-affecting interaction with no negation or removal (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 5 DARK Fiend is a usable material body in Chimera and other fusion or synchro lines, and it is co-run with Chimera Fusion and Berfomet in 57.6% of decks; there are no material role stats (observed partners, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single body that dies to any removal, with no recursion, redundancy, or multi-zone presence in the evidence (inference). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Common, single-copy, non-garnet body that fits into most decks with no restriction (observed: copies per deck avg 1, max 1, 33 of 33 decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 48, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Runs as a single copy in 33 recent decks across 13 archetypes, so it is easy to fit into a deck
- Level 5 DARK Fiend body that works as material in fusion and synchro lines
- Mandatory summon trigger is clear, with low rules risk
Weaknesses
- Bounce hits the controller's own Set cards as well as the opponent's
- No combo, searcher, or card-advantage evidence; the body alone builds no board
- Single body with no recursion or redundancy, so one removal ends its contribution
Counters / choke points
- Negating its On-Summon effect removes the bounce (inference)
- Any removal or ordinary monster-kill answer, since its only value is the body (inference)
Best use
Level 5 material body with a situational set-card bounce. Decks: Chimera (Phantom Beast Chimera), Jinzo, Black Luster Soldier. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 5 DARK Fiend Effect Monster, 800/600 (card text); On Summon: return all Set cards on the field to the hand (card text); Single copy in all 33 sampled decks (deck data)
- Observed: Chimera core partners at 57.6% co-occurrence (deck data); Chimera-line lists are its largest home at 30.3% of decks (deck data); Zero combo appearances (combo data)
- Inferred: Usable as a material body in fusion and synchro lines, despite no material role data; Single-body fragility, no recursion or redundancy; Negation of the On-Summon effect would remove the bounce
- Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token; legal copies is empty, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion is inferred from the 33-deck sample only No rulings or material-use statistics to confirm the material role role