LIGHT
1Kuribon
ATK:
300
DEF:
200
View:
1949
During damage calculation, if this card is attacked by your opponent's monster: You can activate this effect; you take no battle damage from that battle, your opponent gains LP equal to the attacking monster's ATK, also you return this card to your hand.
Kuribon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Kuribon is a 300-ATK Level 1 body whose only evidenced function is a single battle-damage response: it negates battle damage from one attack, the opponent gains LP equal to the attacker's ATK, and the card returns to hand. Its points come from being cheap to run (single copy in most lists) and from returning to hand, which keeps the body alive for reuse. Its 300 ATK and Level 1 earn nothing on their own, and the lack of any recorded combo data means its conversion score stays low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Present in 15 of the sample decks, mostly as a single copy, but no searcher or starter route is evidenced and it needs to be on the field to be attacked (inference from the text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | No recorded boards and no combo examples; the card converts into nothing beyond its own defensive trigger (verified: combo data total 0). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Returning to hand refuels the body without a card loss, but the opponent gains LP equal to the attacker's ATK (verified from text, observed as a return-to-hand refuel). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Stops battle damage from one attack, a soft and situational interaction with no evidenced hand-trap reach (verified from text; scope is inference). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 1 non-Tuner body with no recorded material use; only generic Level 1 material fit can be inferred (inferred, no material role data). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Returning to hand after use lets it reappear across turns, but the trigger requires an opposing attack, so it is not multi-zone (verified from text, reuse inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Cheap single-slot card with no garnet or lock restriction, spread across 8 archetypes (observed: 12 of 15 decks run one copy). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap to run: single copy in most sampled decks and no garnet or lock restriction
- Returns to hand after its effect, so the body can be reused
- Spread across 8 archetypes, so it is not tied to one home
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo role, so its board conversion is effectively zero in the evidence
- Only reacts to an opposing attack, so it cannot act on the player's own turn
- Gives the opponent LP equal to the attacking monster's ATK
Counters / choke points
- Any effect that negates or removes the card from the field before the attack resolves (inferred from the text; no counter data supplied)
Best use
Utility: battle-phase damage defense with self-recursion. Decks: Solemn, Watt, Neo-Spacian. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: during damage calculation, when attacked by an opposing monster, negates battle damage, gives the opponent LP equal to the attacker's ATK, and returns the card to hand; Card stats: Level 1, LIGHT Fairy, 300 ATK / 200 DEF, Effect Monster, no archetype; Combos evidence: 0 appearances
- Observed: Appears in 15 sampled decks, 12 of them with one copy (avg 1.33 copies); Spread across 8 archetypes; Solemn is the largest home at 6 of 15 decks (40%); Top partners co-occur in 8 to 10 of 15 decks
- Inferred: Battle-phase defensive value is real but situational; Its material value is generic Level 1 fit, not evidenced in combos; Recursion gives it reuse across turns, limited to opposing-attack triggers
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only Card text does not state the activation zone (field vs hand), so the trigger location is inferred No rulings or once-per-turn wording supplied for this card