DARK
7Lunalight Cat Dancer
Archetype:
Lunalight
ATK:
2400
DEF:
2000
View:
4992
2 "Lunalight" monsters Cannot be destroyed by battle. Once per turn, during your Main Phase 1: You can Tribute 1 other "Lunalight" monster; for the rest of this turn, the first time each monster your opponent controls would be destroyed by battle, it is not destroyed, also this card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, twice each, this turn. If this card declares an attack: Inflict 100 damage to your opponent.
Lunalight Cat Dancer — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss / End-board
Why it scores here
Lunalight Cat Dancer is a core Fusion payoff in the Lunalight archetype but trades significant value for defensive capability rather than winning power. While it appears in all 400 sampled Lunalight decks and has access to abundant Fusion support (Kaleido Chick 99.2%, Black Sheep 98.8%, Polymerization 98.8%), recorded combos show only power index 12 with zero disruption, indicating it functions as a grind/stall piece. The resource cost (tributing another monster), lack of card advantage, and vulnerability to non-battle removal severely limit its impact despite archetype integration.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 80 | Appears in 400/400 Lunalight decks with abundant Fusion support cards as top partners, making it reliably accessible in-archetype (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Recorded combos show only power index 12 with zero disruption across both examples, indicating weak board output despite 100% appearance rate (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Requires tributing one other Lunalight monster and generates zero net card advantage, refuel, or graveyard value (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 28 | Offers battle-destruction immunity but lacks negation, removal, or effect-stopping capability; both recorded combos explicitly score disruption as zero (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | As a Level 7 Fusion monster without Tuner status, offers awkward material value; 2400 ATK is adequate but not exceptional when effects are negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Passive battle immunity is offset by vulnerability to non-battle removal, targeting, and banishing; single-turn setup with limited redundancy (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 68 | Non-garnet in Lunalight (1.1 average copies, archetype built for Fusions) but costly outside primary homes; splashable in Fire Fist/Tri-Brigade as secondary option (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Boss / End-board primary role. Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Mild splashability (1). Final formula: 0.40 * Intrinsic (50) + 0.60 * Deck (54) + 1 modifier = 53
Strengths
- Core Extra Deck piece in Lunalight with reliable Fusion setup path and ubiquitous support cards
- Passive battle-destruction immunity provides board longevity and defensive staying power
- Activated effect enables multi-attack strategy with potential 200 damage output (100 per attack to opponent)
- Efficient deckbuilding cost in primary archetype (1.1 average copies, no garnet risk)
Weaknesses
- Extremely weak combo boards (power index 12) with zero disruption in all recorded lines
- Resource-negative effect (tribute cost) with no card advantage, refuel, or GY value generation
- Vulnerable to non-battle removal, targeting effects, and banishing—major removal categories not addressed
- Poor material utility as Fusion monster; lacks Tuner status or Link-supporting capabilities
- Defensive effect only blocks battle-based destruction, irrelevant against modern effect-based strategies
Counters / choke points
- Non-battle removal (Cosmic Cyclone, Raigeki, Dark Hole, Nibiru)
- Targeting hand traps (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring on Fusion setup)
- Banishing effects (Dimension Shifter, Macro Cosmos)
- Kaiju and creature-replacement effects (bypass battle immunity entirely)
Best use
Extra Deck Fusion boss for grind/stall gameplan. Decks: Lunalight, Fire Fist, Tri-Brigade. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Cannot be destroyed by battle; once per turn Main Phase 1 can tribute 1 other Lunalight to prevent opponent's battle destruction and attack all opponent's monsters twice, each attack inflicts 100 damage; Deck presence: Appears in 400/400 Lunalight decks (100% of sample); Top partners: Kaleido Chick (99.2% co-deck rate), Black Sheep (98.8%), Polymerization (98.8%); Copy distribution: 1.1 average per deck (370 decks run 1 copy, 19 run 2, 11 run 3)
- Observed: Combo appearance: 2/2 recorded boards (100% of combo sample); Combo power index: 12 across both examples (very low); Combo disruption: 0 (explicit in both recorded lines); Distinct archetypes: 24 (shows secondary playability); Recency: Latest deck dated 2026-09-29 (current meta sample)
- Inferred: Battle immunity blocks only battle-based destruction, not effect-based or non-battle removal; Level 7 DARK Beast-Warrior type severely limits material utility for Synchro/XYZ/Link summons; Activation cost and lack of advantage generation suggest pure grind/stall role, not combo-driven; The multi-attack effect is offensive-focused but provides no board disruption or control element
- Data gaps: Only 2 combo boards recorded—statistically insufficient to assess true power across varied play lines No StatisticsCard data available—historical archetype inclusion % and meta-wide adoption unknown No banlist information provided—assumed unlimited; score would decrease 2-5 points if Limited Combo combo role fields empty—unclear whether card is active payoff or passive board filler in recorded lines