LIGHT
Number S38: Titanic Galaxy
Archetype:
Galaxy
ATK:
3000
DEF:
2500
View:
4208
3 Level 9 LIGHT monsters You can also Xyz Summon this card by using "Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy" you control (transfer its materials to this card). Gains 200 ATK for each material attached to it. Once per turn: You can target up to 2 Spells/Traps your opponent controls; attach them to this card as material. Neither player can activate those cards or their effects in response to this effect's activation. You can detach 1 material from this card; until the end of this turn, this card's original ATK becomes 1500, also it can attack directly.
Number S38: Titanic Galaxy — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Removal/Negation
Why it scores here
Titanic Galaxy converts its Xyz body into value mainly through its once-per-turn effect, which attaches up to 2 opponent Spells/Traps as material with no response window, and then through a 1-material detach that gives a direct-attack route. Its ATK gain (+200 per material) and base 3000 ATK earned no points on their own. Deck evidence (400 of 400 decks at 1 copy, 65 distinct archetypes) supports a real, practical role and a low-cost Extra Deck slot, but it confirms accessibility rather than adding power. Combo evidence is absent, so combo conversion stays at a text-only estimate.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs 3 Level 9 LIGHT monsters or a Number 38 under the rubric's alternate Xyz route; it appears in 400 of 400 decks, but no starter or searcher data was supplied (verified text, observed deck count). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The text shows one-card board impact (backrow attachment plus direct attack), but no combo boards were recorded to confirm a full disruptive board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | Attaching up to 2 opponent Spells/Traps as material converts their cards into this card's resources, and detach-for-direct-attack costs one material (verified text, inferred net advantage). |
| Effect & Interaction | 75 | Once-per-turn backrow removal that neither player can respond to is strong and hard to play around, though it reaches only Spells/Traps, not monsters (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | As a Rank 9 Xyz monster it has little value as a generic material for other summons, and an effect-negated body keeps only its stats (inferred from text, no material role data). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The backrow removal is hard to answer, but monster removal or negation of the summoning route ends its board presence, and the body is single-zone with no recursion (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One copy in each of 400 main decks with no garnets and a single Extra Deck slot is clean to run; support partners are not required beyond the Xyz route (observed deck data, inferred slot cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn Spell/Trap attachment that neither player can respond to
- Direct-attack route through a single material detach
- Single copy in every recorded deck with no garnet cost
- Broad usage across 65 distinct archetypes
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence to confirm board conversion
- Reaches Spells/Traps only, not monsters
- Weak as a generic material body
- Needs Level 9 LIGHT materials or a Number 38 to Xyz Summon
Counters / choke points
- Monster removal or negation of the Xyz Summon before the effect can be used (inferred)
- Opponent backrow that is not worth attaching, since the effect is optional (inferred)
Best use
Boss/End-board finisher with backrow removal. Decks: Galaxy Photon, Tachyon, Galaxy-Eyes. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Xyz monster, Rank 9, LIGHT Dragon, ATK 3000, DEF 2500, archetype Galaxy, legal in TCG and OCG; Text: once per turn, attach up to 2 opponent Spells/Traps as material with no response window; Text: detach 1 material to set original ATK to 1500 and allow direct attacks; 400 of 400 decks run 1 copy in the main deck
- Observed: Present in 65 distinct archetypes; Galaxy Photon at 35.8% of decks; Gameplay type 7 at 89.5% of decks; Number 38 partner at 97% co-occurrence, Ash Blossom at 80.5%
- Inferred: Backrow removal is a strong, hard-to-play-around effect; Material utility is weak for a Rank 9 Xyz body; Monster removal or summon negation is the realistic interruption
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material roles are text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No official rulings supplied for the attach-as-material and alternate Xyz Summon interactions usage statistics covers only one archetype (Crimson Dragon, gameplay 6), a very small sample No average starter count when present, so DeckResilience is estimated