Infinite Light

Infinite Light — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Floodgate/Control

Why it scores here

Infinite Light is a Timelord-locked Continuous Trap whose value is a conditional summon engine: when its controller has no monsters, it Special Summons up to one Timelord each from hand, Deck and GY, ignoring summoning conditions, once per turn, at the cost of sending a face-up Infinite Machine to the GY. Its protection (no card-effect destruction of itself, no targeting or bounce of Timelords) raises resilience, and 1 to 3 copies are cheap to run. The 86-deck count and 4997 views are popularity signals and did not raise the score; the score is held down by the empty-board condition, the Infinite Machine setup requirement, the absence of any combo data, and Timelord-only deck fit.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked deck fit (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Protects itself from opponent card-effect destruction and shields Timelords from card-effect targeting and bounce
• Summons up to three different Timelords from hand, Deck and GY in one once-per-turn activation when the board is empty
• Cheap to run at 1 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock cost

Weaknesses

• Requires a face-up Infinite Machine to activate
• Summon condition requires controlling no monsters
• Deck fit is locked to Timelord archetypes
• No combo or guide evidence to confirm conversion

Counters / choke points

• Effect-negating hand traps that stop its activation (inferred from text)
• Removing Infinite Machine or forcing the controller to keep a monster on field (inferred from text)
• Non-card-effect removal such as battle destruction still works against its protected targets (inferred from text)

Best use

Summon engine and protection for the Timelord board. Decks: Timelord (archetype 700), Timelord (archetype 1301), Timelord (archetype 274). Suggested copies: 2.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Activation cost: send 1 face-up Infinite Machine from the Spell and Trap Zone to the GY; The face-up card cannot be destroyed by opponent's card effects; Neither player can target face-up Timelord monsters you control with card effects, or return Timelords from the field to the Deck; Once per turn, if you control no monsters: Special Summon up to 1 Timelord each from hand, Deck and GY, with different names, ignoring Summoning conditions; Infinite Machine is the top partner at 100% co-occurrence (86 of 86 decks)
• Observed: 86 decks run it, all in the main deck; Average 1.78 copies per deck, with 45 at 1 copy, 15 at 2 and 26 at 3; 65 of 86 decks sit in three Timelord archetypes (700, 1301, 274); Spread across 5 gameplay types, with 16 archetype labels in total; Core partners include Zaphion (91.9%), Michion (90.7%) and Metaion (90.7%)
• Inferred: Converts a cleared board into up to three Timelord bodies in one activation; Needs a face-up Infinite Machine and an empty monster zone, so it is conditional rather than opening-hand live; Protection keeps the engine on board against card-effect removal, but battle destruction and effect negation are not blocked; Non-Timelord deck fit is minimal given the 1 to 3 decks per other archetype
• Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no StatisticsCard usage statistics, so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed Infinite Machine card text and type not supplied, so its activation route is taken from this card's text only no evidence for viability outside Timelord decks