LIGHT
Number 39: Utopia Rising
Archetype:
Number
ATK:
0
DEF:
2000
View:
5602
2 Level 4 monsters If this card is Special Summoned: You can target 1 "Number" Xyz Monster in your GY, except "Number 39: Utopia Rising"; Special Summon it in Defense Position, then you can detach all materials from this card and attach them to that monster. If you Xyz Summon (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your GY, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of "Number 39: Utopia Rising" once per turn.
Number 39: Utopia Rising — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Extender, Material body
Why it scores here
The card's value is its recursion: it revives itself from the GY after an Xyz Summon, and its first effect moves the materials from its own field to a Number Xyz in the GY, so the player keeps an Xyz body after the main board is spent. Its reliability comes from deck presence (400 of 400 sampled decks, one copy each) rather than from stats. The 0 ATK and 2000 DEF earned no points, and the lack of any negation or removal keeps effect_interaction very low. No combo data was supplied, so the combo and starter contribution is inferred from text only.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 78 | Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, mostly Utopia, Onomat and Gagaga, and it is a Rank 4 Xyz that is reachable through the Number ecosystem (observed, deck data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The text converts one Number Xyz in the GY into a Defense-position body and moves materials to it, but no combo boards were supplied to confirm a full-board conversion (inferred, text only). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The GY revival and the material transfer give repeated value without spending another card, but there is no direct draw, search or banish-cost refuel (verified from text, inferred for value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect, so opponent interaction is essentially absent (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 30 | No evidence shows whether this Rank 4 Xyz can be used as material in other summons, so its body value is weakly supported (inferred, gap). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Two once-per-turn effects give some recovery across the GY and field, and the GY revival is a second zone to use, but the card is easy to shut off with one negate (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It runs as a single copy in each deck with no garnet, lock or brick restriction, which keeps the slot cost low (observed, deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Appears in every sampled deck and is reachable through several Number-based archetypes
- Revives itself from the GY after an Xyz Summon, giving a second use
- Moves materials to a GY Number Xyz, which keeps a body on the field
Weaknesses
- No negation, removal or hand-trap effect
- Effect targets only Number Xyz monsters, so it is narrow outside that ecosystem
- 0 ATK and 2000 DEF add no power
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the effect activation (a generic negate shuts off both effects)
- Interaction that removes the Number Xyz monster it targets
Best use
Recovery / Recursion (GY Number revival and material transfer). Decks: Utopia, Onomat, Gagaga. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: GY revival after Xyz Summon, banish on leaving the field, and material transfer on Special Summon; Each effect is once per turn; Card text has no negation or removal effect
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, one copy each; Gameplay type 7 in 89.5% of decks; Top partners include Number F0 at 92.8% co-deck rate
- Inferred: Recursion is the primary role, with Extender as secondary; Interaction is essentially absent; Recursion adds value without card advantage
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no evidence on whether the card works as an Xyz material for other summons