LIGHT
4Eclipse Wyvern
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1000
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If this card is sent to the Graveyard: Banish 1 Level 7 or higher LIGHT or DARK Dragon-Type monster from your Deck. If this card is banished from your Graveyard: You can add the monster banished by this card's effect to your hand.
Eclipse Wyvern — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59.5 · Deck: 60.95 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Eclipse Wyvern's value is a two-step GY conversion: when it reaches the Graveyard it banishes a Level 7+ LIGHT or DARK Dragon from the Deck, then from the GY it adds that monster to hand. It turns a discard into a hand-add of a specific high-level Dragon, so it earns points for accessibility and card-neutral conversion, not for its 1600 ATK. It has no opponent interaction and its combo evidence is thin (2 boards), so the 96 average power index is mostly the boards' own strength and is not credited to the card. Its 41-archetype spread and Dragon Ruler partners support a real, portable role, and the TCG forbidden status trims the Deck score by 2.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Reached through GY discards or destruction, with a single copy in most decks (1.53 average copies, 190 decks); no starter role or searched-for role data is recorded, so the score is held to 60 (observed + inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Appears in 2 of 2 recorded combos (Branded #2 and #3) with a 96 average power index, but its role in those boards is not recorded and the sample is tiny, so it is held at 55 (observed, small sample). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The Wyvern is spent to the GY and then banished, while a Level 7+ Dragon moves from Deck to hand; net card count is roughly even but the deck-to-hand conversion is card-neutral with real value (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The text has no negation, removal, or search-blocking effect, so interaction is minimal at 5 (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A plain Level 4 LIGHT Dragon body fits Dragon-type material and Level 4 requirements; the effect is GY-only, so it still works as material when face-up effects are negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The effect triggers from the GY and is not blanked by face-up negation, but a GY-banish chain can be stopped by ordinary GY responses; no multi-zone redundancy is recorded (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Single-copy main-deck use in 132 of 190 decks, no garnet or lock text, and cheap slot cost; it is a light, splashable-looking inclusion (observed + verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 59.5, Deck ≈ 60.95, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Forbidden in TCG (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts a discarded or destroyed Wyvern into a hand-add of a Level 7+ LIGHT or DARK Dragon, a clean GY-based search
- Card-neutral deck-to-hand conversion with no negation or lock text to play around
- Portable across 41 archetypes, with consistent Dragon Ruler support partners (Maxx C, Hieratic Seal, Ash Blossom)
- Low-cost single-copy slot with no garnet or self-lock restriction
Weaknesses
- Requires the card to reach the GY first, so it depends on discards or destruction rather than being live in hand
- Zero opponent interaction and minimal board impact of its own
- Dependent on having a Level 7+ LIGHT or DARK Dragon in the Deck to banish
- Forbidden in TCG, which trims its deck-level score
Counters / choke points
- GY-hate or GY-banish effects that stop the GY trigger before the banish step
- Negation of the GY effect while it is still in the GY
- Deck-thinning of Level 7+ Dragons that leaves no target for the banish
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (GY-based Dragon search). Decks: Dragon Ruler, Armed Dragon, Lightsworn, Bystial/Byssted. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: GY trigger banishes a Level 7+ LIGHT or DARK Dragon from Deck, then GY banish adds it to hand; Level 4 LIGHT Dragon, 1600 ATK, no restriction text; legal copies tcg = 0 (Forbidden in TCG)
- Observed: Appears in 190 decks across 41 archetypes, 1.53 average copies; Appears in 2 of 2 recorded combos, avg power index 96; Top partners are Dragon Ruler support cards, 40 to 66% co-deck rate; Inclusion 100% in Dragon Link archetype at 3 copies (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Searcher role is real because the search works from GY and is card-neutral; Material body role applies to Level 4 Dragon fits when face-up effects are negated; Accessibility depends on discards or destruction, not a live hand card
- Data gaps: no guides supplied legal copies lists only TCG; OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks legality counts are not supplied no starter role / searched-for role / material role counts in combo data (only appearance and power index) combo sample is 2 boards, too thin to confirm combo conversion no per-format rank in top-card data