LIGHT
Number 104: Masquerade V
Archetype:
Masquerade
ATK:
2700
DEF:
1200
View:
477
3 Level 4 monsters Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; add 1 "Barian's" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can only use the following effect of "Number 104: Masquerade V" once per turn. An Xyz Monster that was Summoned using this card on the field as material gains this effect. ● If this card is Xyz Summoned: Activate this effect; your opponent can banish 4 monsters with different Attributes and 1 Spell from their Deck. If they did not, you banish the top 10 cards of their Deck.
Number 104: Masquerade Vain — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 61 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Number 104 is a Rank 4 Xyz whose value comes from two once-per-turn effects: detaching a material to search a Barian's Spell/Trap, and an on-summon choice that either forces the opponent to banish 4 monsters of different Attributes plus 1 Spell or banishes 10 cards from their Deck. Its 87-deck presence and strong partner overlap confirm it is a real, playable line, but the score does not rest on its 2700 ATK, which earns nothing on its own. The lack of recorded combos means conversion is inferred from text only, which caps confidence at Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs three Level 4 materials to Xyz Summon, and its search needs a material to detach; decks show 1.62 average copies across 87 decks, but no as_starter or as_searched data is supplied (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The on-summon effect can deliver a large swing, but the opponent chooses the banish option, and there are no recorded boards to confirm it (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Detaching a material for a Barian's Spell/Trap is roughly card-neutral, and the on-summon 10-card banish is a deck-thinning cost to the opponent rather than card advantage for you (verified, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | The on-summon effect is an opponent-choice punishment, not a negation or removal, so it is soft interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Its material-gain clause lets the monster it Xyz Summons gain the search effect, so the body still converts as material (verified, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Two once-per-turn effects with no negation or protection text, but it is spread across 21 archetype homes (verified, observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Runs 1 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock clause, though it depends on Level 4 materials and Barian's support (observed, verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches a Barian's Spell/Trap from the Deck at the cost of one material, once per turn
- On-summon choice forces a costly banish or deck-thinning for the opponent
- Material-gain clause converts the Xyz it summons into a search body
- Runs in 21 archetype homes at 1 to 3 copies
Weaknesses
- Needs three Level 4 materials to summon
- No recorded combos, so conversion is text-only
- Opponent chooses the on-summon option, so the banish may be avoided
- Two once-per-turn effects limit repeat use
Counters / choke points
- Opponent's monster-effect negation or hand traps during Xyz Summon (inferred from text; no counter data supplied)
Best use
Searcher/Xyz boss in Barian's-style Xyz decks. Decks: Umbral Horror, Ryzeal, Utopia. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: detach 1 material to add a Barian's Spell/Trap from Deck to hand, once per turn; Card text: on Xyz Summon, opponent may banish 4 different-Attribute monsters and 1 Spell, otherwise 10 cards are banished from their Deck; Card text: material monster gains the search effect when Xyz Summoned using this card; Card text: both effects are once per turn
- Observed: 87 recent decks run it, averaging 1.62 copies; Top partners include Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (92%) and Seventh Tachyon (89.7%); Umbral Horror inclusion at 60% over the usage_statistics sample
- Inferred: Primary role is Searcher/Tutor, with Boss/End-board as the secondary role; Score is capped by the opponent's choice on the on-summon effect; Barian's searcher targets (e.g. Barian's Hope, Barian's Seal) are plausible but not confirmed as searched by combo data
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed (unlimited) legal_copies empty for TCG and OCG no as_starter or as_searched data to confirm practical access