WATER
Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer
ATK:
2800
DEF:
1500
View:
5937
3 Level 7 monsters Once per turn, you can also Xyz Summon "Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer" by using 1 Rank 5 or 6 Xyz Monster you control. (Transfer its materials to this card.) Gains 300 ATK for each material and Equip Card it has. Once per turn: You can target 1 "Xyz" card in your GY; add it to your hand. Once per turn, if an Equip Card becomes equipped to a monster you control (except during the Damage Step): You can attach 1 monster your opponent controls to this card as material.
Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Board breaker
Why it scores here
The card's main value is its text: a once-per-turn Xyz Summon from a Rank 5 or 6 Xyz you control that transfers materials, a once-per-turn GY recovery of an Xyz card, and a conditional once-per-turn steal of an opponent monster as material after an Equip Card is attached. Those are repeatable extension and recursion effects, so the score reflects them. Its 2800 ATK and Rank 7 body earn no points, and the 300-ATK-per-material bonus is only a secondary benefit. Deck evidence (400 decks, 1 copy each, 79 archetypes) supports a real, portable role but does not raise the score on its own, and the lack of recorded combos keeps conversion as text-based inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Needs a Rank 5 or 6 Xyz already on the field or an Xyz base to start, and the Xyz recovery from GY adds a second route; it is in 400 of 400 sampled decks, so the route is live in practice (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | The text converts a Rank 5/6 Xyz into a Rank 7 with 300 ATK per material and equip, and the material steal adds a board effect; no combo boards were recorded, so the conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | Transferring materials keeps the material count, and the GY recovery returns one Xyz card once per turn, giving repeated card value; deck partners show it is run with recursion support (inferred, observed). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | The opponent-monster steal is conditional on an Equip Card becoming equipped, which limits how often it can be used; no hand trap or negation is present (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | A Rank 7 body with Level 7 Xyz materials is a limited material body, and its value as material for other Xyz summons is not shown in the evidence (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Effects work from the field and from the GY, with a once-per-turn limit on each, and it is used across 79 archetypes; there is no protection against negation or board removal (verified, observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Single-copy inclusion in 398 of 400 decks with no garnet or lock restriction, but it needs Level 7 materials and a Rank 5/6 Xyz partner base (observed, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Xyz Summon from a Rank 5/6 Xyz on the field, with material transfer, gives a repeatable extension route
- Once-per-turn GY recovery of an Xyz card adds recursion
- Used in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 79 archetypes with a strong partner network (Xyz Armor Fortress 93.8%, Ash Blossom 83.8%)
Weaknesses
- Conditional material steal depends on an Equip Card being equipped first
- Rank 7 body with 2800 ATK earns no score; ATK does not drive the rating
- No recorded combo boards, so combo conversion rests on card text
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the Xyz Summon effect or the GY recovery effect
- Board removal of the Xyz base before the extension is used
Best use
Extender / Xyz recovery. Decks: Shark, Materiactor, CXyz, Gold Pride, Suship. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once-per-turn Xyz Summon from a Rank 5 or 6 Xyz you control, transferring materials; Once-per-turn GY recovery of an Xyz card to hand; Conditional once-per-turn steal of an opponent monster as material after an Equip Card is equipped; Run at 1 copy in 398 of 400 decks
- Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks with 79 distinct archetypes; Shark archetype inclusion 72–100% in usage statistics; Strong partner overlap with Xyz Armor Fortress (93.8%)
- Inferred: Xyz route is reliable because Xyz bases are common in these decks; Recursion and material steal give repeated value over several turns
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings or search-route data for Xyz bases in the sample