LIGHTMoon of the Closed Heaven
ATK:
1200
LINK-2
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2 Effect Monsters You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls this card points to; this turn, if you Link Summon a Link-5 monster using this card you control, you can also use that monster your opponent controls as material. You can only use this effect of "Moon of the Closed Heaven" once per turn.
Moon of the Closed Heaven — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49.3 · Deck: 49.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Moon of the Closed Heaven is a Link-2 body (1200 ATK, Top and Top-Right arrows) whose only effect is a once-per-turn material steal that needs a Link-5 summon, so it converts access into little beyond a cheap Link-2 body. Its score comes from being a single-copy slot that appears in 75 archetypes, not from its ATK or its 400-deck count, which is pre-filtered to decks that already run it. The combo evidence shows it on 100% of 52 boards but never as starter, searched, material, or payoff, so combo conversion and effect interaction stay low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Runs as a single copy in all 400 matched decks, usually beside staples such as Fiendsmith Engraver (79% co-occurrence), but it is never tagged as a starter or searched card in combos (observed, with inference on access routes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Its text only converts an opponent's Link-5 material window, and the 52 boards show zero starter, searched, material, or payoff roles, so the 78.5 average power index is board context, not this card's conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | No card advantage, recursion, or refuel appears in the text or the combo stats, so it is roughly a one-for-one body (verified text, observed absence of advantage). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | The effect steals an opponent monster as material; it is not a negation, removal, or disruption effect, and no interaction role is observed (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Link-2 with Top and Top-Right arrows is a usable Link material for the Link summons it enables, and the text lets it take an opponent monster as material; it is not tagged as material in any board (verified text, inferred use). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Single copy, once-per-turn effect, and no recursion, so one interruption ends its value; it spans several archetypes, which adds some portability (verified text, observed archetype spread). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Single copy with no garnet, lock, or restriction in the evidence, so it is cheap to run; the TCG/OCG legal-copy count of 0 is noted as a format issue, not a deck cost (verified data, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49.3, Deck ≈ 49.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Format legality gap (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Single-copy Link-2 body that fits 75 archetypes, so it is portable across homes
- Its once-per-turn text can take an opponent's monster as material when a Link-5 is summoned
- Cheap to run: one copy per deck with no garnet or lock cost in the evidence
Weaknesses
- Narrow effect: it needs a Link-5 summon in the same turn and works once per turn
- No observed starter, searched, material, or payoff role across 52 boards
- Easily replaced by other Link-2 bodies; its value depends on the deck around it
Counters / choke points
- Guide 1250 says a single Droll & Lock Bird slows the Mitsurugi deck overall; this is not card-specific evidence
- Hand traps and generic negation in the wider meta; no specific counter is recorded in the evidence
Best use
Link-2 material and Link-5 steal utility body. Decks: Fiendsmith, Tearlaments, Mitsurugi. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: Link-2 with 1200 ATK, arrows Top and Top-Right, once-per-turn effect that needs a Link-5 summon to steal an opponent monster as material; legal copies is 0 for TCG and OCG in the evidence
- Observed: 400 matched decks, one copy each, across 75 archetypes; 87% are gameplay type 4; Top partners co-occur in 56% to 79% of decks; 52 combos with 100% appearance but zero starter, searched, material, or payoff tags; average starter count 0.85
- Inferred: Its main role is a Link-material utility body with a narrow Link-5 steal window; Its portability comes from being a generic Link-2 slot rather than from its effect
- Data gaps: deck data is pre-filtered to decks containing this card (400 of 400 run it), so inclusion cannot be measured from it combo data shows zero starter, searched, material, and payoff tags, so the combo role split cannot confirm the primary role legal copies is 0 for TCG and OCG while the card is listed as MasterDuel-legal; the format status is unclear No card rulings or FAQ text in the evidence role hints are all false, so the role rests on the text alone top-card data has no ranking data