Charge of the Light Brigade

Charge of the Light Brigade — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 61 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 64 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Resource/Fuel (self-mill 3)

Why it scores here

Charge of the Light Brigade is a Normal Spell that mills the top 3 cards of the Deck and adds one Level 4 or lower Lightsworn monster to hand, so its value is reliable access to a body plus some Graveyard fuel. Its score comes from being live in most Lightsworn lists (400 of 400 sampled decks, about 2.15 copies each), not from any board-level payoff, since no combo boards were supplied. It has no interaction and cannot be material, so those axes contribute nothing, and a Normal Spell is exposed to any spell negation. High ATK or popularity earned no points; the score reflects access and cheap deck cost.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: Searcher/Tutor primary, no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 64, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Live in opening hand as a Spell that searches a Lightsworn body
• Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks with about 2.15 copies each
• Cheap, single-slot, no garnet cost
• Self-mill of 3 supplies Graveyard fuel for Lightsworn plays

Weaknesses

• Locked to Lightsworn, so it has no value outside that archetype
• Normal Spell that any spell negation stops
• No interaction, and it cannot serve as material
• No combo evidence to confirm what the search converts into

Counters / choke points

• Spell negation (Normal Spell)
• Graveyard-stopping or disruption that interrupts the search before resolution

Best use

Searcher/Tutor and Graveyard fuel. Decks: Lightsworn (archetype 732 and 226), Lightsworn variants that run the search line. Suggested copies: 3.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: send the top 3 cards of the Deck to the Graveyard, then add one Level 4 or lower Lightsworn monster from the Deck to hand; Normal Spell, Lightsworn archetype; Run in 400 of 400 sampled decks, with copies distribution 1/2/3 at avg 2.15
• Observed: Top partners: Wulf (82.5%), Felis (60%), Solar Recharge (60%), Minerva the Athenian (59.8%); usage_statistics: 100% inclusion in Lightsworn archetypes 226 and 561, 46.2% in 732, typical copies 3; Gameplay distribution: 80.8% of decks in gameplay type 7
• Inferred: Searcher is a reliable route into Lightsworn bodies because the search is guaranteed on resolution; Self-mill is a net-positive resource for Lightsworn Graveyard effects
• Data gaps: No combo boards supplied, so as_searched, as_starter and power_index are unknown No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No rulings supplied, so timing and the mill's interaction with Graveyard-count effects are unverified Level and text of partner monsters not supplied, so body quality is inferred only from the search clause Top-card ranking absent (is_top_card false)