DARK
Code Igniter
ATK:
2300
DEF:
2000
View:
2454
2 Level 4 monsters If this card is Xyz Summoned: You can add 1 Cyberse Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand. You can detach 1 material from this card; Ritual Summon 1 Ritual Monster from your hand, by Tributing monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed its Level. If this card is sent to the GY as Link Material: You can add 1 "A.I." Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Code Igniter" once per turn.
Code Igniter — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Code Igniter is a Rank 4 DARK Cyberse Xyz whose value is conversion, not stats: on Xyz Summon it adds a Cyberse Ritual Monster from the Deck, and by detaching one material it Ritual Summons a Ritual Monster from hand by tributing hand or field monsters of equal or greater total Level. Its 2300 ATK earns nothing on its own. The only recorded combo is a single 1-card-combo sample with power_index 100, so the conversion claim rests on one board and the card's role tags are empty, which keeps the score in the middle band. Deck spread across Mitsurugi and Ryzeal lines and strong partners (Ash Blossom, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Droll & Lock Bird) support that it is practical, but frequency alone does not raise the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Needs two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon, and the on-summon search gives a reliable follow-up once live; the 400-deck sample shows broad use, but it may be pre-filtered to decks containing the card (inference, observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 65 | The text converts one summon into a Ritual Summon via detach; the single recorded combo has power_index 100 with board 12 and netCardAdvantage 4, but n=1 and role_in_combo is empty (observed, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | On-summon Ritual Monster search and the A.I. Trap search on Link-material send are both +1 card effects, offset by a material detach and tribute cost (verified, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | The card has no negation or removal; the A.I. Trap search adds indirect interaction only through the trap it fetches, which is not evidenced here (verified, inferred). |
| Material Utility | 55 | As a Rank 4 Xyz it is a Link-material source, and its Link-material trigger still fetches a card when sent to the GY, so the body keeps some value after use (verified, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Two effects each allow once-per-turn use, giving some redundancy across turns, but the Xyz Summon trigger is one-time per summon and the Ritual Summon needs material to be present (verified, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Typical copies are 1 with no garnet, lock, or banlist restriction in the evidence (usage_statistics, verified), and the 3-copy outliers are a small minority (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher / Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Xyz Summon trigger adds a Cyberse Ritual Monster from Deck to hand, a searcher-style follow-up
- Detach-to-Ritual-Summon converts one material into a second board body via hand or field tributes
- Link-material send trigger still fetches an A.I. Trap, so the card keeps value after being used as material
- Typically 1 copy, no garnet or lock restriction, legal in TCG and OCG
Weaknesses
- Needs two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon, limiting access outside Level 4 shells
- No negation or removal; effect interaction is weak
- Combo evidence is a single recorded board, so the conversion claim is thinly supported
- Ritual Summon tribute rule (total Levels equal or exceed target Level) is fiddly to execute
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps or negation that stop the Xyz Summon before the on-summon trigger resolves
- Board breakers that remove the Xyz before the detach-based Ritual Summon can be used
Best use
Starter / on-summon searcher that Ritual Summons a second body from hand. Decks: Mitsurugi, Ryzeal, @Ignister. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Rank 4 DARK Cyberse Xyz, 2300 ATK, formats TCG and OCG; Xyz Summon effect adds 1 Cyberse Ritual Monster from Deck to hand; Detach 1 material to Ritual Summon 1 Ritual Monster from hand by tributing hand or field monsters with total Level >= its Level; Link-material send to GY adds 1 A.I. Trap from Deck to hand; Each effect usable once per turn; Typical copies 1 in usage statistics across 3 archetypes at 100% inclusion
- Observed: Present in all 400 attached decks, 57.8% Gameplay 7, 22.2% Gameplay 4, 20% Gameplay 6; Strong partners: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (93.5%), Mulcharmy Fuwalos (85%), Droll & Lock Bird (81.5%); One recorded combo (Mitsurugi 1-Card-Combo) at power_index 100, with netCardAdvantage 4
- Inferred: Practical searcher-to-Ritual-Summon line once the card is on the field; Weak direct interaction; value depends on the fetched trap or Ritual Monster; Level 4 requirement restricts it to Level 4 shells
- Data gaps: archetype field is null; @Ignister membership cannot be confirmed from card data only one combo recorded, with empty role_in_combo, so as_starter, as_searched and as_material are all zero by default 400-deck sample may be pre-filtered to decks containing the card, so 400/400 running main does not measure inclusion rate no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings or A.I. Trap identities supplied to confirm the Link-material follow-up