LIGHT
Digital Bug Corebage
Archetype:
Digital Bug
ATK:
2200
DEF:
1800
View:
4102
2 or more Level 5 LIGHT Insect-Type monsters You can also Xyz Summon this card by detaching 2 Xyz Materials from a Rank 3 or 4 Insect-Type Xyz Monster you control, then using that Xyz Monster as the Xyz Material. (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials on this card.) Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 Defense Position monster your opponent controls; shuffle it into the Deck. Once per turn, if the battle position of a monster(s) on the field is changed (except during the Damage Step): You can attach 1 Insect-Type monster from your Graveyard to this card as Xyz Material.
Digital Bug Corebage — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48.5 · Deck: 49.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Digital Bug Corebage is a mid-band Rank 5 Xyz whose reliable output is one body plus a once-per-turn shuffle of a Defense Position monster for one detached material. That interaction is soft because it misses attack-position boards and costs material each use. The 400-deck sample spans 88 archetypes, which confirms it is a portable Xyz slot, but the sample is conditioned on containing the card, so its 100% main-deck rate measures selection, not power, and earns no points. Its 2200 ATK and Level 5 LIGHT Insect requirement earn nothing by themselves, and with zero recorded combo boards conversion is text-only inference, which keeps confidence at Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Xyz Summon needs two Level 5 LIGHT Insect-Type monsters, or a Rank 3/4 Insect Xyz with two materials detached, and the deck sample shows it routinely run (verified text; observed deck count). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No combo boards were supplied, so conversion rests on the text: a single body with no recorded board expansion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | The detach effect costs a material each use, and the GY attach needs a battle-position change, which is a conditional trigger, so there is no clear net advantage (verified text; inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | The shuffle hits only Defense Position monsters, once per turn, at the cost of a material, so it is situational soft interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | No material-use evidence exists; it is a Rank 5 Xyz with no recorded use as a Rank 6 material (inferred; data gap). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The effect is once per turn and single-target, so one negate ends it, though the material-attach clause gives some recovery (verified text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | One copy is the mode (360 of 400 decks), with no garnet, but the Insect and LIGHT Level 5 requirement narrows the main-deck build (observed deck stat; verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Board breaker + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 48.5, Deck ≈ 49.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Present in the 400-deck sample across 88 archetypes, so it is a portable Xyz slot
- Once-per-turn shuffle of a Defense Position monster for one material
- Attack-position-free removal of defensive boards is not needed; its body is 2200 ATK at Rank 5
Weaknesses
- Removal only reaches Defense Position monsters
- Each use costs a detached material
- Requires Level 5 LIGHT Insect-Type monsters or a Rank 3/4 Insect Xyz to summon
- No recorded combo boards, so its conversion value is unmeasured
Counters / choke points
- Negating the effect stops the shuffle
- Attack-position monsters are outside the effect
- No card-specific counter evidence in the pack
Best use
Rank 5 Xyz body with a defense-position shuffle. Decks: Evil Eye, Abyss Actors, Triamids, Digital Bugs. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Rank 5 LIGHT Insect Xyz, ATK 2200, DEF 1800, legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks; Xyz Summon requires two Level 5 LIGHT Insect-Type monsters, or a Rank 3/4 Insect Xyz with two materials detached; Once per turn: detach 1 material to shuffle a Defense Position opponent monster into the Deck; Once per turn, on a battle-position change (not in Damage Step): attach an Insect from the GY as material; Deck copy distribution: 360 decks at 1, 19 at 2, 21 at 3
- Observed: Appears in all 400 sampled decks, but the sample is selected by CardId, so this is not an inclusion rate; Spans 88 archetypes across 4 gameplay types; Top partners: Number 20 (43.5%), Number 70 (40.2%), Gaia Dragon (32.5%)
- Inferred: Board breaker role, since the defense-position shuffle is its main interaction; The GY attach clause is a conditional trigger with little practical recursion; Material utility is low, since no evidence shows it used as a higher-Rank material
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference No banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed The deck sample is selected by CardId, so the 400/400 main-deck figure is a selection artifact, not an inclusion rate None of the 6 guide co_card_ids contain passcode 58600555; guide mentions are archetype-level context only usage_statistics covers one archetype only (Phantasm Spiral, 40%, 1 copy) No rulings supplied for the battle-position and Damage Step timing