LIGHT
7Cyber Laser Dragon
Archetype:
Photon
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1800
View:
4343
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except with "Photon Generator Unit". Once per turn, you can destroy 1 monster with ATK or DEF equal to or higher than the ATK of this card.
Cyber Laser Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
The card's value is a once-per-turn destruction of any monster with ATK or DEF at least 2400, which is a real but conditional answer to boss monsters. It can only be Special Summoned with Photon Generator Unit, which caps accessibility and makes the line a two-card commitment. Its 2400 ATK and Level 7 body earn little on their own; the points come from the removal effect and a clean, one-copy deck slot. The 2400 ATK itself earns nothing, and the card has no combo or guide evidence to raise conversion above a fair-board-with-help level.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 42 | Needs Photon Generator Unit for the Special Summon, and that partner sits in 82.8% of its decks, but no combo starter or searched-route stats exist to confirm it is reliably live (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Text gives one body plus one destruction, a fair result once summoned; no recorded board examples, so the conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Destroying one monster with a summon is roughly a one-for-one trade with no recorded refuel or draw (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Once-per-turn removal gated by an ATK or DEF of 2400 or more is strong against bosses but situational against smaller monsters (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 7 LIGHT Machine is a generic body, so it converts to material even when its effect is negated, though the level is less flexible than a Level 4 (verified card data, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The summon depends on a single partner, and the once-per-turn effect dies to any negation or removal of the body before it resolves (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One copy in the deck and a common partner; the Special Summon restriction is a mild self-lock but adds no garnet or brick risk (verified, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Removal / Negation; no secondary blend applied. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck, then self-locking modifier (-3); Intrinsic 52.7, Deck 53.1, pre-modifier 52.9
Strengths
- Once-per-turn destruction of any monster with ATK or DEF of at least 2400 (verified)
- Photon Generator Unit appears in 82.8% of its decks, so the summon route is live in practice (observed)
- Appears in 29 of the sampled decks across several archetypes (observed)
Weaknesses
- Cannot be summoned without Photon Generator Unit (verified)
- Effect is blocked by any monster with ATK and DEF below 2400 (verified)
- Single copy per deck, so no redundancy (observed)
- No combo or guide evidence to confirm conversion (data gap)
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the card or Photon Generator Unit before the summon or effect resolves (inferred)
- Any removal or bounce that clears the body (inferred)
Best use
Answer to high-ATK or high-DEF boss monsters, with a Level 7 body for material. Decks: Cyber Dragon / Photon builds listed in its deck data. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 7 LIGHT Machine Photon, ATK 2400 / DEF 1800 (card data); Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set; Special Summon only with Photon Generator Unit (card text); Once per turn: destroy 1 monster with ATK or DEF at least this card's ATK (card text)
- Observed: Photon Generator Unit co-occurs in 24 of 29 decks (82.8%); Single copy in 27 of 29 decks (avg 1.1); No combo records (0 appearances)
- Inferred: Removal role is the card's main function (text-based); Board trade is roughly one-for-one with no card advantage; Level 7 body converts to material even when negated
- 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