LIGHT
8Light End Sublimation Dragon
Archetype:
Light and Darkness Dragon
ATK:
2600
DEF:
2100
View:
3670
You can banish 1 Level 8 Dragon monster from your Extra Deck; Special Summon this card from your hand, also you cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn, except Dragon monsters. During your Main Phase: You can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field. When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can make this card lose exactly 500 ATK/DEF, and if you do, that opponent's monster loses 1500 ATK. You can only use each effect of "Light End Sublimation Dragon" once per turn.
Light End Sublimation Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 61 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
The card's main value is a hand-summoned Level 8 Dragon body that can Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster during the Main Phase, so it converts a hand or field into a larger board. Its once-per-turn ATK reduction is a soft interaction that trades 500 ATK/DEF for a 1500 ATK drop on an attacking monster. The 2600 ATK is not scored; it earns no points on its own, and the Dragon-only summon restriction and the Extra Deck banish cost reduce the score. Deck presence (400/400 sampled decks, 41 archetypes) confirms accessibility, not strength, and no combo boards were supplied, so combo conversion is text-based inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Hand Special Summon needs a Level 8 Dragon banished from the Extra Deck; it runs in all 400 sampled decks with strong partner overlap and 100% inclusion in its home archetype (verified text, observed deck stats) |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Hand summon plus main-phase Fusion Summon can build a board from one card, but no recorded combo boards exist to confirm the conversion (inferred from text) |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Banishing an Extra Deck monster is a card cost with no return, and Fusion Summon consumes materials, so there is no card-advantage gain (verified text, inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | The attack-responsive effect is a single once-per-turn ATK reduction, not a negation or removal, so it is soft interaction (verified text) |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 8 LIGHT Dragon is a usable Level 8 material, and its body still counts as material when its effects are negated; no material stats were supplied (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | It has three effects, each once per turn, across hand and field, but the Dragon-only lock narrows where it can be used (verified text, inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Typical use is 1 to 3 copies with no garnet or brick restriction, but the Dragon-only lock limits the slots it fits in (observed deck copies, verified text) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Board breaker (blended weights, sum 1.00). Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, combos absent, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Hand-summoned Level 8 Dragon body that enables main-phase Fusion Summons
- Consistently included in its home archetype (100% inclusion, 3 typical copies)
- Once-per-turn ATK reduction on an attacking monster gives repeatable soft interaction
- Broad portability: 41 distinct archetypes in the sample
Weaknesses
- Dragon-only summon lock after its hand summon limits what else can be summoned that turn
- Banish cost from the Extra Deck is a non-recoverable resource cost
- ATK reduction does not negate the attack or remove the attacking monster
- No combo evidence to confirm the conversion
Counters / choke points
- Monster-effect negation before its hand-summon or ATK effect resolves
- Effect-targeting handtraps used during the summon or Fusion Summon
- Attack declared into a stronger monster after the 1500 ATK reduction is considered
Best use
Hand-summoned Level 8 Dragon starter for Fusion Summons, with a once-per-turn ATK-reduction response on the opponent's attacks. Decks: Light and Darkness Dragon. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon requires banishing a Level 8 Dragon from the Extra Deck; Main Phase Fusion Summon from hand or field materials; Attack-responsive effect: -500 ATK/DEF on self, -1500 ATK on the attacking monster; Each effect is once per turn; the summon has a Dragon-only lock for the rest of the turn
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks; 1.56 average copies; 41 distinct archetypes; Top partners: Dark End Evaporation Dragon 96.2%, Hieratic Seal 85.5%; 100% inclusion in Light and Darkness Dragon with 3 typical copies (StatisticsCard)
- Inferred: Starter/Combo enabler role from the hand-summon plus Fusion Summon text; Board breaker secondary role from the ATK reduction on attackers; Material value as a Level 8 Dragon with no combo material data
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference The 400-deck sample appears filtered to decks running this card (400/400), so the partner percentages are not sample-wide rates No banlist token: copy limit assumed 3 Guide describes the effect as an omni-negate, which conflicts with the card text