LIGHTHerald of Mirage Lights
Archetype:
Herald
ATK:
600
LINK-2
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2 monsters with the same Type and Attribute, except Tokens When a Spell/Trap Card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can send 1 Fairy monster from your hand to the GY; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. If this card in your possession is sent to your GY by an opponent's card: You can add up to 2 Ritual Monsters and/or Ritual Spells with different names from your GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Herald of Mirage Lights" once per turn.
Herald of Mirage Lights — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Negation/Interaction · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Herald of Mirage Lights scores on its interaction: a field-based quick effect that negates a Spell/Trap activation (or effect, per the text) and destroys it, paid by sending a Fairy from hand, once per turn. Its GY effect adds up to two Ritual cards from the GY when an opponent's card sends it to the GY, which is conditional recovery. The 600 ATK and Link-2 body earn no points, and neither does its presence in all 400 sampled decks, since that sample reads as selection rather than proof of power. Combo evidence is weak: it appears in all 5 boards but is never labelled a starter, searched, material or payoff piece, and its average power index is 14.8, so it does not convert into a board on its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks (observed), but no combo labels it starter or searched (observed) and reaching the field requires a Link summon (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | Average power index 14.8 across 5 boards, with no end-board or boss pieces and netCardAdvantage 0 in the examples (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Negation costs one hand Fairy and destroys the opponent's card, roughly even; the GY effect can add up to 2 Rituals when conditions are met (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 65 | Quick-effect negation of Spell/Trap activations with a hand-cost, once per turn; the 'or effect' wording may reach monster effects too (verified text, rulings gap). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Link-2 LIGHT Fairy is a clean Link material, and the body stays usable even if the effects are negated, but it is a low-value body at 600 ATK (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The GY recovery works from the graveyard, but the negation needs the card on the field and a Fairy in hand, so one removal ends its interaction (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | One copy per deck with no garnets, but it needs Fairy monsters in hand and a Link summon route (observed copies 1.01; text verified, cost inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Negation/Interaction + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn quick negation of Spell/Trap activations, with the destruction of the negated card
- Broad deck fit: 58 distinct archetypes and a high co-occurrence with the Darklord shell
- Recursion of up to 2 Rituals from the GY after an opponent sends it there
Weaknesses
- Low combo conversion: never labelled starter, searched, material or payoff in the observed boards
- Negation requires a Fairy in hand as cost and the card on the field
- Weak body: 600 ATK Link-2 with no end-board value
Counters / choke points
- Monster or Spell/Trap removal that hits the field before the activation window
- Hand disruption that takes the Fairy needed for the cost
Best use
Quick-effect interaction on the field, with GY Ritual recovery after an opponent's card sends it to the GY. Decks: Darklord, Power Patron, Melodious. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: quick-effect negation of Spell/Trap activations, sending a Fairy from hand as cost, destroying the negated card, once per turn per effect; Card text: GY effect adds up to 2 Ritual monsters/Spells with different names from GY when sent to GY by an opponent's card; Link-2 with Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right arrows, LIGHT Fairy, ATK 600
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 1.01 average copies; Present in all 5 combos, starter role 0, material role 0, payoff role 0, average power index 14.8; Top partners co-occur in 67% to 83% of sampled decks; Typical copies 1 across 10 StatisticsCard archetype rows
- Inferred: The negation is a reliable interaction tool in the Darklord shell; The GY recovery needs Ritual cards in the GY to matter; Summoning it requires a Link summon route
- Data gaps: No banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Rulings unknown for the 'or effect' wording, which may cover monster effects combo role empty in all 3 worked examples, so combo role labels are not confirmed Deck sample is 400 of 400 running the card, which suggests sample selection rather than meta share top-card data is not ranked, so no independent popularity check