Luna the Dark Spirit

Luna the Dark Spirit — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 48 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 49.5 · Deck: 50.2 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility

Why it scores here

Luna is a Level 4 DARK Fiend body that serves as material for Synchro/Link/Fusion in Resonator and Archfiend archetypes, where it appears consistently across 121 recent decks. The conditional summon requirement (banish a DARK from GY) is easily met in those homes, providing reliable access. However, the card generates no advantage and its Standby Phase burn (500 damage) is negligible—a 36-turn clock with no protective text. Power comes from being clean material in focused archetypes, not from any disruption or combo generation.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: Primary: Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49.5, Deck ≈ 50.2, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: GY-fill requirement (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Clean Level 4 DARK Fiend material for Synchro/Link/Fusion lines
• Appears in 121 recent decks across Resonator, Archfiend, and Bystial homes, confirming real accessibility in context
• No use-as-material restrictions; not a garnet in GY-heavy archetypes
• Summon requirement naturally satisfied in DARK-heavy environments

Weaknesses

• 500 damage per turn is negligible (36-turn clock with zero protection)
• No combo generation, no disruption, no card advantage
• Vulnerable to removal with no recursion or protection text
• Conditional on hand presence + GY-fill; not universally accessible
• DARK-specific requirement limits splashability outside specialist homes

Counters / choke points

• Any removal spell (Kaiju, Raigeki, etc.) ends it
• Effect negation (Skill Drain, Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror) blanks it to a vanilla body
• GY disruption (Macro Cosmos, Dimensional Fissure) can prevent summon

Best use

Material body for Synchro/Link Synchro, incidental burn. Decks: Resonators, Archfiend, Bystial/Byssted, Thunder Dragon. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text prohibits Normal Summon; requires banishing 1 DARK from GY to Special Summon from hand; Inflicts 500 damage to opponent once per turn during Standby Phase; Appears in 121 recent decks (latest 2026-09) across Resonator, Archfiend, Bystial, and 32 other archetypes; 61.2% co-deck rate with Crimson Resonator and Red Rising Dragon (both Synchro engines); Runs 1–3 copies per deck; 67.8% of decks run 1 copy, 15.7% run 2, 16.5% run 3
• Observed: 35 distinct archetypes in recent deck sample; Resonator (20.7%) and Archfiend (9.9%) are dominant; Across usage statistics, appears in Gate Guardian (100% inclusion, 2 copies) and Regenesis (60%, 2 copies); Gameplay spread: Control (48.8%), Combo (28.9%), Grind (16.5%), Aggro (5.8%)
• Inferred: Functions as a Level 4 DARK Fiend material body for Synchro/Link/Fusion in specialist archetypes; text contains no self-searching or combo extension; 500 damage per Standby Phase is negligible in practical game length (~36-turn clock); primary value is the body, not the burn; Banishing requirement satisfied naturally in DARK-heavy Resonator/Archfiend builds where GY fills with DARK monsters during play; No recursion text limits resilience; once removed, cannot be retrieved
• Data gaps: No combos supplied (0 combos) — cannot confirm actual role execution in recorded boards; combo_conversion scored from text only No banlist token supplied — assumed 3 copies legal in all formats (TCG, OCG, Master Duel, Duel Links) Guide evidence minimal (1 passing mention in Thunder Dragon guide); no dedicated archetype guide No Top-Card ranking data — card is not a meta-defining staple; played as a regional role-filler