LIGHT
1Mementotlan Mace
Archetype:
Memento
ATK:
400
DEF:
300
View:
4945
During your opponent's Main Phase, if you control "Mementoal Tecuhtlica - Combined Creation" (Quick Effect): You can discard this card, then target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; take control of it until the End Phase. During your Main Phase: You can destroy 1 "Memento" monster you control, and if you do, add 1 "Memento" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Mementotlan Mace". You can only use each effect of "Mementotlan Mace" once per turn.
Mementotlan Mace — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Mementotlan Mace is a Level 1 Memento body whose main value is converting itself or another Memento monster on the field into a Memento card from the Deck, which is a tutor rather than a board-maker. Its hand-discard steal of an opponent monster is real interaction, but it is conditional on Mementoal Tecuhtlica being on the field and lasts only until the End Phase. The card is in all 400 sampled decks at one copy each and is present in all 7 recorded combos, but the combo data tags none of those appearances as searched, starter or material, so the score rests on text plus deck inclusion rather than observed conversion. High deck inclusion earned accessibility and deckbuilding efficiency, not a higher power score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Live in most Memento hands via its search effect and 100% partner rate with the boss; the combo tags show no searched-for role hits, so the route is text-inferred (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Appears in 7 of 7 recorded boards with average power index 34.9, but no role tags and no end-board presence, so it converts little on its own (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Destroying a Memento monster to add one card is roughly card-neutral and has no graveyard refuel; the steal costs a discard for temporary control (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Hand-discard steal of an opponent face-up monster in the opponent's Main Phase is strong when the boss is present, but it is temporary and needs a specific partner (verified from text, reach inferred). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 1 LIGHT Fairy with 400 ATK; the text does not state tuner status and no material role appearances are recorded, so material value is inferred and modest (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Two effects usable from hand and field, each once per turn, with redundant Memento search targets; no hand-trap resistance data (verified from text, inferred spread). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One copy per deck on average with a 3-copy limit assumed, no garnet cost, and a light restriction to the Memento boss shell (observed deck counts, verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in all 400 sampled Memento decks at one copy each
- Search effect converts a Level 1 body into a Memento card without a graveyard requirement
- Hand-discard steal of an opponent monster when the boss is on the field
- Two effects each once per turn, usable from hand and field
Weaknesses
- Steal is temporary (until End Phase) and needs Mementoal Tecuhtlica on the field
- Search is card-neutral, not card advantage
- Generic-looking value only inside the Memento shell (archetype-locked)
- No observed role tags in combos despite 100% appearance
Counters / choke points
- Opponent monster-control responses in response to the steal
- Board-wide negation or hand traps that stop the discard cost
Best use
Searcher/Tutor with a conditional steal. Decks: Memento (Mementoal Tecuhtlica core). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect 1: discard to take control of an opponent face-up monster during the opponent's Main Phase, requires Mementoal Tecuhtlica - Combined Creation, once per turn; Effect 2: destroy 1 Memento monster you control to add 1 Memento card except Mementotlan Mace, once per turn; Deck inclusion 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.02 average copies
- Observed: 100% co-occurrence with Mementoal Tecuhtlica - Combined Creation in sampled decks; Appears in 7 of 7 recorded combos with average power index 34.9
- Inferred: Search route is live in hand because the card is on the field after a summon or can be used from hand via the steal; Level 1 body is usable as material but the text does not confirm tuner status
- Data gaps: no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo role tags are all zero despite starterCount 1 in examples, so role-based conversion cannot be confirmed no rulings or Master Duel/Duel Links legality data for this card tuner or material compatibility not stated in evidence no top-card ranking, so popularity is not used for scoring