LIGHT
8Elemental HERO The Shining
Archetype:
Elemental HERO
ATK:
2600
DEF:
2100
View:
5388
1 "Elemental HERO" monster + 1 LIGHT monster Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. This card gains 300 ATK for each of your banished "Elemental HERO" monsters. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can target up to 2 of your banished "Elemental HERO" monsters; add those targets to your hand.
Elemental HERO The Shining — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 61 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
The card's value comes from its graveyard trigger: when sent from the field to the GY, it adds up to 2 banished Elemental HERO monsters to hand, which converts banished HEROs into card advantage. It is live in all 400 sampled decks, almost always through Miracle Fusion, Super Polymerization or Stratos, so accessibility is good. Its 300-ATK-per-banished-HERO gain and 2600 base ATK earned no points on their own. Interaction is effectively zero, and as a Fusion monster it is a weak material body, which holds the score back.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.2 average copies, with Stratos, Miracle Fusion and Super Polymerization as top partners, but it still needs a Fusion Summon to reach the field (observed; text verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | The only recorded board is one 100-index combo with the card as a non-starter piece, which is too thin to show strong conversion (observed, low sample). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | The GY trigger can return up to 2 banished HERO monsters to hand, a repeatable +2 card-advantage line once the banish zone is stocked (verified text; inferred repeatability). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 30 | It is a Fusion monster, so it is a weak material body and cannot be used as a generic material (verified text; inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The GY trigger lets it generate value after it leaves the field, but it has no protection against interaction and needs the banish zone to be set up (verified text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | One to three copies in a Fusion-based deck, with no garnets or self-locks found in the evidence; splash cost is not verified (observed; inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in most sampled HERO and Heroic decks through Fusion enablers
- GY trigger returns up to 2 banished HEROs, a repeatable advantage line
- Low interaction cost and clear text
Weaknesses
- No interaction or disruption
- Weak as a material body because it is a Fusion monster
- Value depends on the banish zone being stocked first
Counters / choke points
- Negation and graveyard-hate cards that stop the GY trigger
- Interruption of the Fusion Summon before it reaches the field
Best use
Recovery/Recursion from the graveyard, adding banished HEROs back to hand. Decks: Heros, Heroic. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Fusion Summon requirement and 'cannot be Special Summoned by other ways' from card text; GY trigger adds up to 2 banished Elemental HERO monsters to hand; ATK gain of 300 per banished Elemental HERO
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, average 1.2 copies; Top partners include Stratos (87.8%) and Miracle Fusion (85%); One combo appearance with power index 100, not a starter, searched or material piece
- Inferred: Recovery/Recursion is the primary role because the GY trigger is the card's main value; Repeatable advantage depends on stocking the banish zone; Weak material utility because it is a Fusion monster
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) only one combo recorded, so combo conversion is weakly evidenced no ruling or Rush/TCG-specific text beyond the supplied description