LIGHT
6Cybernetic Magician
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1000
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You can discard 1 card to target 1 face-up monster on the field; that target's ATK becomes 2000 until the End Phase.
Cybernetic Magician — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 10 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Cybernetic Magician's score comes from a soft interaction effect: discarding 1 card lets it set one face-up monster's ATK to 2000 until the End Phase. It does not negate, destroy, or gain card advantage, so resource_economy stays low. The 2400 ATK body earns no points on its own. Its deck footprint (22 decks, 1 copy each, 9 archetypes) confirms it is a practical, cheap, generic-body pick, but no combo or guide evidence supports a stronger role, so the score stays near the middle.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Appears as a main-deck single in 22 of 22 sampled decks across 9 archetypes, but no starter or searched-route data exists (observed, with an inferred live-in-hand estimate). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | Its only text effect is a one-card ATK reduction on one monster, with no combo boards recorded to show further conversion (verified text, inferred conversion). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | The discard is a -1 cost with no recovery, draw, or search in the card text (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Reducing a monster's ATK to 2000 is soft, situational interaction, not negation or removal (verified text, inferred strength). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 6 LIGHT Spellcaster body that is usable as material; no evidence it is a preferred material in combos (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single effect with no recorded redundancy, multi-turn value, or resistance to the common interrupt (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Runs as one copy with no garnet or lock restriction in any sampled deck (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Played in 22 of 22 sampled decks at one copy each (observed)
- Spans 9 archetypes, led by Dark Magician (7 decks) and Gaia (5 decks) (observed)
- Cheap to run: no garnet, lock, or multi-copy requirement (observed)
- Single-target ATK reduction can blunt a monster's attack without a negation (verified text)
Weaknesses
- Effect is ATK reduction only: no negation, destruction, or card advantage (verified text)
- Costs a discard with no return (verified text)
- No combo evidence, so conversion value is text-only (data gap)
- Reduces ATK to 2000, which does not stop effects or the monster itself (verified text)
Counters / choke points
- No counters are evidenced in the supplied data
- Generic monster effect negation would stop the effect (inferred)
Best use
Board breaker (ATK reducer) with secondary Material body use. Decks: Dark Magician shell (7 decks observed), Gaia builds (5 decks observed). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: discard 1 card to target 1 face-up monster; its ATK becomes 2000 until the End Phase; Level 6 LIGHT Spellcaster, 2400 ATK, 1000 DEF, Effect Monster; Available in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks formats
- Observed: Appears in 22 of 22 sampled decks, 1 copy each, all main deck; Appears across 9 archetypes; Dark Magician 7 decks, Gaia 5 decks; Top partners co-occur in 81.8% to 86.4% of decks
- Inferred: Soft interaction value of ATK reduction to 2000; Material utility as a Level 6 Light Spellcaster body; Deckbuilding cost is low from single-copy use
- Data gaps: Effect location (hand, field, or GY) is not stated in the supplied text Once-per-turn or timing clause is not stated in the supplied text No combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) available No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited)