Spell
EquipCyclon Laser
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You can only equip this card to "Gradius". Increase the ATK of "Gradius" by 300 points. When the equipped "Gradius" attacks with an ATK that is higher than the DEF of a Defense Position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points.
Cyclon Laser — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 33 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 33 · Deck: 32 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Cyclon Laser is a Gradius-only equip spell: it adds 300 ATK and converts an attack into battle damage against Defense Position monsters, so its value is pressure rather than card advantage or interaction. It is live only while a Gradius is on the field, and the five-deck sample shows Gradius as a near-constant co-deck (4 of 5), which confirms the role is real but is not evidence of strength. High ATK or popularity earned no points; the score reflects a narrow, dependent finisher with no combo data to show it converts into a board.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Usable only with Gradius on the field and appearing in 5 of 5 sampled decks with Gradius as a partner in 4 (observed, decks); no searcher or starter route is in the evidence (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text gives +300 ATK and battle damage on Defense Position monsters, but there are zero recorded combo boards to confirm a conversion path (verified text; combos absent). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | No card advantage, draw, or refuel effect is stated in the text (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect is present in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 10 | An equip spell has no material body and cannot be used as material (verified, from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 25 | Equip spells are exposed to destruction and the Gradius-only target is a single point of failure; no redundancy evidence (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 40 | Runs 1 to 3 copies, a narrow slot that is dead outside Gradius shells, but it is not a garnet or lock (observed, copies per deck; inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 33, Deck ≈ 32, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Single-target equip restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Adds pressure through battle damage on Defense Position monsters (verified text)
- Real, recurring Gradius co-deck role across 5 sampled decks (observed)
- Cheap to run at 1 to 3 copies (observed)
Weaknesses
- Only equips to Gradius, so it is dead without that monster (verified text)
- No card advantage, search, or interaction (verified text)
- Zero recorded combo boards to show conversion (data gap)
Counters / choke points
- Destruction or removal of the equipped Gradius or the equip spell itself (inferred; no counter evidence in the pack)
Best use
Pressure finisher on a Gradius board. Decks: Gradius shells (Junk, B.E.S., Sky Striker in the sample).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Equip-only to Gradius; +300 ATK; battle damage vs Defense Position monsters (card text); Spell card with no material or search effect (card text)
- Observed: Appears in 5 of 5 sampled decks, avg 2.6 copies, Gradius co-deck in 4 of 5 (deck evidence)
- Inferred: Accessibility limited to Gradius being live (text plus deck pattern); Equip spells are vulnerable to destruction, reducing resilience (generic inference)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion % is from the deck sample only no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited)