EARTH
Joyous Melffys
Archetype:
Melffy
ATK:
2000
DEF:
500
View:
3658
2+ Level 2 Beast monsters You can detach 1 material from this card; your "Melffy" monsters can attack directly this turn. During your opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Beast Xyz Monster you control; return that monster to the Extra Deck, then you can Special Summon Level 2 or lower Beast monsters from your GY, up to the number of materials that monster had. You can only use this effect of "Joyous Melffys" once per turn.
Joyous Melffys — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Joyous Melffys is a Rank 2 Beast Xyz whose real value is its opponent's-turn Quick Effect: it returns a Beast Xyz to the Extra Deck and Special Summons Level 2 or lower Beasts from the GY, up to that Xyz's material count, which converts a single Xyz into a recursion line. It is present in all 400 sampled decks, but that consistency only supports accessibility and deck fit; it adds no points on its own. Its 2000 ATK, the 92% and 78% inclusion rates in usage statistics, and the Melffy archetype's popularity earned nothing, and the once-per-turn limit and text-only combo conversion (no combo corpus) keep the score in the middle band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.15 average copies and reached through Level 2 Beast Melffy monsters, but it needs a Rank 2 Xyz summon, so it is not a free opening-hand card (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | No combo boards were supplied, so the conversion of the recursion effect into a multi-body board is text-only inference, leaving it at a moderate value (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Detaching one material for direct attacks is a cost, but the quick effect converts a returned Xyz into up to its material count of GY summons, which is a real refuel (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | No negation or removal; the quick effect only rescues a Beast Xyz from opponent actions in the opponent's turn, once per turn (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | As a Xyz monster it is a poor material body and is not a clean generic Level or attribute provider for other summons (inferred from card type and text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Once-per-turn quick effect usable in the opponent's turn gives some recovery, but it covers one Beast Xyz per turn and no multi-turn redundancy is shown (verified from card text, inferred for the rest). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Typically one copy in a Melffy-based deck, no garnet or lock restriction in the evidence, and a single Xyz slot that is cheap to run (observed, 1.15 average copies). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Quick-speed recursion of a Beast Xyz in the opponent's turn
- Summon-up-to-material-count from the GY refuels the board
- Live in 400 of 400 sampled decks with strong partner synergy with the Melffy line
- Low deck cost at one typical copy
Weaknesses
- Once-per-turn limit on the quick effect
- Requires a Rank 2 Xyz summon and Beast Level 2 bodies
- Poor material utility as a Xyz monster
- No negation or removal of its own
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the quick effect (inferred; no rulings in evidence)
- Removing the targeted Beast Xyz in response is only partly answered by the return (inferred)
Best use
Recursion and resilience piece for Beast Xyz lines, with direct-attack support for Melffy monsters. Decks: Melffy, Mystical Beast of the Forest, Frog. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Quick Effect in the opponent's turn returns a Beast Xyz to the Extra Deck and summons Level 2 or lower Beasts from the GY, up to its material count, once per turn; Detaching one material allows Melffy monsters to attack directly this turn; Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 1.15 average copies
- Observed: Melffy archetype 45% of decks, 43 distinct archetypes; Usage statistics show 50% to 100% inclusion across 5 archetype rows; Top partners Melffy Catty, Melffy Pinny and Melffy Puppy each appear in over 93% of decks
- Inferred: Recursion is the primary role, with extender as secondary; Opponent-turn quick effect gives limited protection to a Beast Xyz against removal; Material utility is weak because it is a Xyz monster
- Data gaps: no combo corpus supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings or interaction rulings in evidence usage statistics limited to 5 archetype rows top-card data not ranked (top-card status false)