LIGHT
2Overlay Eater
ATK:
300
DEF:
800
View:
2911
You can banish this card from your Graveyard; take 1 Xyz Material from a monster your opponent controls and attach it to an Xyz Monster you control as Xyz Material.
Overlay Eater — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 42 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Board breaker · Secondary: Negation/Interaction, Utility
Why it scores here
Overlay Eater is a niche disruption tool that steals Xyz materials from opponent's monsters to feed your own Xyz summons. While the effect is real and situationally powerful, it requires two conditions to be live: your card must reach the graveyard and your opponent must control an Xyz monster. Appearing in only four recorded decks across three archetypes (Dinos, Therions, Alien) as a one-of, the card's limited accessibility and narrow applicability cap its contribution. Without recorded combos and minimal deck integration, the score reflects a conditional tech piece rather than a core playable.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 30 | The card requires both graveyard position and an opponent's Xyz monster to be useful, limiting reliable activation in realistic game states (observed from zero combo appearances and four-deck niche inclusion). |
| Combo & Conversion | 15 | The card is purely reactive and situational, never appearing in recorded combo lines and not driving any combos—it only disrupts opponent's board as a responsive piece (verified from zero combos supplied; inferred from going-second tech role). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Banishing from graveyard (−1 card) to steal and attach one Xyz material achieves material parity while representing a tempo swing in your favor (verified from card text; inferred from Xyz material theft mechanic). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Material theft disrupts opponent's Xyz monsters by reducing their functionality, though it only applies when opponents control Xyz and is not a negation or removal (verified from card text; observed in Xyz-heavy deck partners). |
| Material Utility | 40 | As a Level 2 Reptile with 300 ATK / 800 DEF, it can serve as generic Synchro material or Xyz material, but offers no special synergy beyond basic level/attribute matching (verified from card stats and type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Once banished, the effect activates safely without negate risk; however, the card lacks flexibility outside specific Xyz-disruption scenarios (verified from banish-cost activation timing; inferred from narrow use case). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | Running one copy as a flex slot costs minimal deck space, but the card is dead weight in hand without prior milling setup, and all four recorded decks run exactly one copy (observed from deck evidence). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role: Board breaker. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 42, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: hand brick tendency (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Disrupts opponent's Xyz monsters by stealing materials, weakening their board
- Feeds own Xyz monsters with stolen materials, creating tempo advantage
- Effect is safe from negation once banished (cost is paid)
- Applicable across multiple Xyz-running archetypes (Dinos, Therions, Alien, others)
Weaknesses
- Requires being in the graveyard, making it a dead hand draw without milling support
- Only activates if opponent controls an Xyz monster, making it situational
- One-time-only disruption per copy, offering limited sustainability
- Niche with only four recorded deck inclusions, suggesting limited metagame relevance
- No search routes or synergistic mill effects recorded in available deck evidence
Counters / choke points
- Decks that don't run Xyz summons (rendering the effect unusable)
- Banish-disruption effects preventing graveyard access
- Cards that block or protect Xyz material count
Best use
Going-second tech; graveyard discard outlet. Decks: Dinos, Therions, Alien, any Xyz-heavy archetype. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card effect: banish from graveyard → steal 1 Xyz material from opponent's Xyz monster → attach to your Xyz monster; Appears in 4 real decks (2 Dinos, 1 Therions, 1 Alien); All 4 decks run exactly 1 copy in main deck; Level 2, Reptile, LIGHT; 300 ATK / 800 DEF; No banlist restriction detected (assumed unlimited copies)
- Observed: Appears across 3 distinct archetypes, all Xyz-capable; Top card partners are Xyz-running monsters, confirming Xyz-centric applicability; Deck inclusion span: 2025-03 to 2026-02 (recent); All four decks from multiple formats (TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks)
- Inferred: Primary role is board breaker / disruption (steals Xyz materials as tech); Accessibility is low due to dual conditions: graveyard position + opponent's Xyz; Combo conversion near-zero; effect is reactive, not a combo driver; Generic utility moderate but not truly splashable (Xyz-specific); Functions as situational flex slot in Xyz-heavy decks
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference, not empirically observed No guides supplied — no strategic context from experienced players or guides No banlist data per format — assumed unlimited, no detected restrictions No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from 4-deck sample only Thin evidence base — only 4 total decks limits statistical confidence on true archetype fit