DARK
4Lunalight Gold Leo
Archetype:
Lunalight
ATK:
600
DEF:
1600
View:
2655
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Lunalight" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Lunalight Gold Leo", then discard 1 card. If a "Lunalight" monster(s) is sent to your GY, while this card is in your Monster Zone, even during the Damage Step: You can target 1 of them; add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Lunalight Gold Leo" once per turn.
Lunalight Gold Leo — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 65 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Lunalight Gold Leo converts a Lunalight-heavy hand into a second Lunalight monster on Normal or Special Summon, and recovers Lunalight monsters sent to the GY while it is in the Monster Zone. The search is card-neutral after its discard, so the value comes from access and recursion rather than card advantage. Its 600 ATK and 1600 DEF earn no points; the score rests on the search and recovery text, its 400/400 deck presence at 3 copies, and its unlimited, garnet-free deckbuilding cost.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | The search fires on any Normal or Special Summon and is run in 400 of 400 sampled decks at about 3 copies, but no combo data shows how often it is drawn as a starter (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | The text converts one card into one searched Lunalight monster with a discard, but no combo boards were supplied to show the resulting board size (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | The search costs a discard, so the hand is roughly even, and the GY recovery adds a card each time a Lunalight monster is sent to the GY (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or disruption text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 4 DARK Beast-Warrior fits generic Level 4 material needs, and the body still goes to the GY when its effects are negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The 600 ATK body is fragile and its recovery works only from the Monster Zone; each effect is limited to once per turn (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | It is an unlimited-copy staple with no garnet or lock restriction, and its 100% partner overlap with the Lunalight core shows it fits easily (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches a Lunalight monster on every Normal or Special Summon, giving reliable access to the archetype core
- Recovers Lunalight monsters from the GY while on the field, adding recursion value
- Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 22 distinct archetypes at about 3 copies, with no deckbuilding restriction
Weaknesses
- Its 600 ATK body is fragile, and its recovery works only while it stays in the Monster Zone
- The search needs a discard, so it is card-neutral rather than card-positive on its own
- No interaction, negation, or removal text, and no combo data supplied to confirm its conversion
Counters / choke points
- Monster-removal and board-breaking effects that clear the Monster Zone before its recovery triggers
- Negation or banish effects that stop the recovery from firing
Best use
Searcher/Tutor and Recovery engine for the Lunalight core. Decks: Lunalight, Lunalight (Fire Formation and Tri-Brigade hybrids), Polymerization-based Lunalight lists. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Searches a Lunalight monster from Deck on Normal or Special Summon, then discards 1 card; Recovers a Lunalight monster sent to the GY while this card is in the Monster Zone, each effect once per turn; Present in 400 of 400 decks at an average of 2.94 copies, across 22 archetypes; Format legality: TCG and OCG; no banlist limit was supplied, so 3 copies is assumed
- Observed: Partner overlap of 96% to 100% with the Lunalight core in the sampled decks; Usage statistics show 78% to 100% inclusion across 7 Lunalight-linked archetypes; One guide mention describes the card as part of the Lunalight CORE section
- Inferred: Card-neutral search with a discard, so resource economy is roughly even; Level 4 DARK body fits generic material needs; Fragile body and Monster Zone dependence reduce resilience
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/searched frequency are text-only inference no banlist token, so 3 copies is assumed no per-turn or sequencing data on how often the search and recovery actually fire in play