LIGHT
Herald of Pure Light
Archetype:
Herald
ATK:
600
DEF:
1000
View:
4572
2 Level 2 monsters You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 monster in your Graveyard; add it to your hand, then shuffle 1 card from your hand into the Deck. You can only use the effect of "Herald of Pure Light" once per turn.
Herald of Pure Light — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Herald of Pure Light is a Level 2 Xyz body whose one useful effect is recovery: detach one material to add a monster from the Graveyard to hand, at the cost of shuffling one card from hand back into the Deck. Its score comes from deck evidence that it is run in all 400 sampled decks across 87 archetypes at about one copy each, which shows a real, portable role. High ATK and DEF earn nothing; the 600 ATK is irrelevant to the rubric. The absence of combo records keeps conversion and resilience moderate, and the lack of any negation or board impact keeps effect interaction low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Needs two Level 2 Xyz materials, and the partner list (Spright Blue, Spright Jet, Spright Starter, Spright Carrot) suggests those materials are often reachable, though no starter or searched-route data exists (inferred; deck inclusion is observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Its text converts a Graveyard monster into hand, which can feed a further summon, but there are zero recorded boards to confirm a real one-card-to-board line (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The effect is roughly card-neutral in hand (adds one, shuffles one back) and gains value from Graveyard recovery; the net gain is supported by text, not by a measured netCardAdvantage (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card offers no negation, removal, or opponent disruption in its text (verified from description). |
| Material Utility | 20 | No evidence in the pack shows it as a material, and the card's body and Xyz rank do not clearly add value as material for other summons (inferred; treated as a low-confidence gap). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The effect needs a detachable material and is once per turn, so it is fragile to a single interruption in a usual spot, with no redundancy evidence (verified from text, partly inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Runs one copy in most decks (avg 1.06, 377 of 400 at one copy) with no garnet, lock, or brick restriction in the pack (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Runs in all 400 sampled decks across 87 distinct archetypes, showing portable, practical inclusion
- Recovers a Graveyard monster to hand, which is genuine recursion value
- Single-copy, no-garnet deck cost
Weaknesses
- No negation, removal, or board impact
- Effect requires a detachable Xyz material and is once per turn
- Zero recorded combo boards, so real conversion power is unconfirmed
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring style hand/GY responses can stop the Graveyard recovery target (inferred; not in combo data)
Best use
Single-copy Xyz recovery body that returns a Graveyard monster to hand. Decks: Spright (Spright Blue / Jet / Starter / Carrot line), Gishki, Nimble, The Agent, Subterror. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: detach one Xyz material, add a Graveyard monster to hand, shuffle one hand card into Deck, once per turn; Level 2 Xyz, ATK 600, DEF 1000, Fairy LIGHT (not used in scoring)
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 87 distinct archetypes, avg 1.06 copies; Main-deck inclusion 100% in several StatisticsCard archetypes (Gishki, Nimble, The Agent)
- Inferred: Recovery is the primary role; extender is secondary; Net card advantage is roughly neutral in hand, positive via Graveyard recovery; Material utility is low given no evidence of material use
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no guide snippets describing this card's play beyond a single archetype mention