LIGHT
4
7Flash Knight
ATK:
1800
DEF:
600
View:
3195
''The power of the pendulum flashes forth from this shining knight.''
Flash Knight — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Flash Knight has no effect text, only flavor text and a pendulum scale, so it converts into value only as a body. Its real use is as a clean Level 4 non-tuner material in Synchro-style decks (Junk, Synchro Event, Stardust), which is why material_utility carries the score. High deck count and an ATK of 1800 confirm it is a practical, cheap body but earn no points for stats, and the lack of any combo evidence keeps the combo and resource axes low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | Present in 49 of 49 sampled decks with 1.22 average copies, but no searcher or draw route is evidenced, so it is reached only by normal draw (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | No recorded combo boards and no effect text, so it does nothing on its own beyond being a body (verified text, observed zero combos). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | A vanilla body with no refuel, draw or banish, so it trades 1-for-1 at best (verified text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 0 | No effect, so it provides no negation, removal or hand-trap interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 75 | Level 4 non-tuner Warrior LIGHT, a generic material that is unaffected by negation because it has no effect (verified text, observed partners in Synchro-family decks). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Nothing to negate, so it cannot be shut off by effect answers, but it has no recovery or multi-zone presence (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Single-copy use, no garnet or lock, splashable into any deck with a Level 4 material need (observed copies distribution, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Single primary role: Material body / Normal (no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 57, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 non-tuner material with no effect that can be negated
- Appears across 20 archetypes in the sample, so the body is portable
- Cheap to run at about one copy per deck
Weaknesses
- No effect, so no combo starting power, search, or interaction
- No searcher or draw route evidenced, so access depends on normal draw
- No combo evidence to confirm a real starter or payoff role
Counters / choke points
- Nothing needed: the body has no effect to answer, so the relevant counter is simply removing the Synchro line it feeds
Best use
Level 4 non-tuner material for Synchro summons. Decks: Junk, Synchro Event, Stardust, Black Luster Soldier. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Pendulum Normal Monster, Level 4, LIGHT Warrior, ATK 1800 / DEF 600, pendulum scale 7; Description is flavor text only with no effect
- Observed: Included in 49 of 49 sampled decks at 1.22 average copies; Co-occurs with Synchro-family partners in 27 decks each
- Inferred: Functions as a Synchro material because it is a Level 4 non-tuner in Synchro-family decks; Reached by normal draw only, since no searcher is evidenced
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) available no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited)