Spell
QuickLight of the Branded
Archetype:
Branded
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Target 1 Fusion Monster on the field or in either GY; return it to the Extra Deck, then you can Special Summon 1 "Fallen of Albaz" from your GY to your field and 1 monster from your opponent's GY to their field. You can only activate 1 "Light of the Branded" per turn.
Light of the Branded — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 64 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Light of the Branded reliably converts a Fusion Monster on the field or in either graveyard into two bodies: it returns that Fusion to the Extra Deck, then Special Summons Fallen of Albaz from the controller's graveyard and a monster from the opponent's graveyard. Its score comes from that board-building and Fusion recursion, not from its own stats or its popularity. It is a single slot in a deck that already runs Fallen of Albaz and many Fusions, so the card is cheap to include. The evidence is thin on its exact role: only 2 combo boards were recorded and neither attributes a role to this card, so the combo component is held down by a small sample.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Quick-Play Spell whose target (a Fusion Monster on the field or in either graveyard) is common in Branded and Despia lists, and it appears in 370 of 370 sampled decks with 99.2% co-occurrence with Fallen of Albaz (observed; the Fusion requirement is verified from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 65 | Text turns one Fusion into Fallen of Albaz plus an opponent's graveyard monster, which adds two bodies from a single card (verified); the two example boards both score power_index 100, but with no role attributed to this card (observed, small sample). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Recycles a Fusion back to the Extra Deck and revives a graveyard monster, a recursion-style gain with no draw or search (verified text; inferred as roughly even card economy). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect; the only interaction is taking an opponent's graveyard monster onto their field (verified text, inferred as a minor effect). |
| Material Utility | 30 | The card is a Spell and cannot be used as material; its only material-related value is returning a Fusion to the Extra Deck, which lets that Fusion be re-used (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Quick-Play, usable on either turn and from field or graveyard targets, but limited to once per turn and dependent on a Fusion being present (verified text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Average 1.17 copies per deck with 315 of 370 decks running one copy, no garnet restriction, and legal in all listed formats (observed; no banlist token supplied). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 64, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts an existing Fusion into two bodies, including a graveyard revival
- Quick-Play, usable on either turn
- Single-slot inclusion with high deck-level consistency in Branded-style Fusion lists
- Compatible with 37 distinct archetypes in the sample
Weaknesses
- Needs a Fusion Monster on the field or in a graveyard before it does anything
- Once-per-turn restriction
- Gives no card advantage and no interaction beyond taking a graveyard monster
- Combo evidence is only 2 boards and does not attribute a role to this card
Counters / choke points
- No counter data in the evidence pack; a generic Spell negation or Spell-targeting response would stop it (inferred from text)
Best use
Extender / Fusion recursion. Decks: Branded (archetype 917), Despia, Bystial/Byssted, Dogmatika. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: targets 1 Fusion Monster on the field or in either GY, returns it to the Extra Deck, then Special Summons Fallen of Albaz from the GY and 1 opponent GY monster to the opponent's field; Text: once per turn, Quick-Play Spell; 370 of 370 sampled decks run it; 315 at 1 copy; 99.2% co-occurrence with Fallen of Albaz in decks
- Observed: Appears in 2 of 2 recorded combo boards, with power_index 100 each; Branded archetype in 39.7% of decks, Despia in 22.7%; 0 starter, searched, material or payoff tags across the combo sample
- Inferred: Extender role is the best fit for a Fusion-to-two-bodies effect; Resource economy is roughly even because the card recycles a Fusion without drawing; Interaction is minor because it does not negate or remove; Counters are generic Spell responses
- Data gaps: no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion inferred from the deck sample only combo sample is 2 boards, and role_in_combo is empty, so this card's role in those boards is not attributed no counter or opposing-interaction data