LIGHT
5
1Performage Cup Tricker
Archetype:
Performage
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1400
View:
2165
[ Pendulum Effect ] You can target 1 "Performage" Xyz Monster you control; attach this card to it as material. If a card(s) is added to your Extra Deck (except during the Damage Step): You can add 1 face-up "Performage" Pendulum Monster from your Extra Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Performage Cup Tricker" once per turn. [ Monster Effect ] If this card is in your hand: You can target 1 Xyz Monster on the field; detach 1 material from it, and if you do, Special Summon this card, then make 1 Xyz Monster on the field lose 600 ATK. If this card is detached from an Xyz Monster and sent to the GY to activate that monster's effect: You can target 2 Xyz Monsters you control; attach 1 material from 1 of those monsters to the other. You can only use each effect of "Performage Cup Tricker" once per turn.
Performage Cup Tricker — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
The card converts a Performage Xyz's material into a fresh Level 5 body from hand, and its Pendulum effect can add a Performage Pendulum monster from the Extra Deck. Those routes are real but conditional, and the card has no recorded combos to confirm how far they convert. The 1200 ATK and the 600 ATK reduction earn almost nothing, since the reduction cannot negate or remove anything. Points come mainly from being cheap to run at 3 copies in 97 of 114 decks and from a usable Level 5 material body.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Hand start is live only when a Performage Xyz is on the field, and the 114-deck sample at 3 copies shows it is routinely drawn (inferred from text plus deck data; tiered as observed for the deck counts). |
| Combo & Conversion | 38 | No combo boards were recorded (appearances 0), so conversion rests on text-only inference of a summon plus material transfer (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Hand summon costs one detached material and the Extra Deck add is conditional, with no reliable net card gain (verified from card text, inferred for the net value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | The 600 ATK reduction is minor and there is no negate or removal, so opponent interaction is weak (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 62 | A Level 5 Spellcaster body that is usable as material even after its effect is blanked, although the exact fit is not tabled (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Each effect is once per turn and works from hand, Pendulum Zone and GY, which gives some spread but depends on an Xyz staying on the field (verified from text, inferred for resilience). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Runs at 3 copies in 97 of 114 decks with no garnet or lock cost, though it sits inside one archetype (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand Special Summon costs only one Xyz material, turning a board Xyz into a fresh body
- Pendulum effect can add a Performage Pendulum monster from the Extra Deck when a card is added there
- Runs at 3 copies in 97 of 114 decks with no garnet cost
Weaknesses
- The hand effect needs a Performage Xyz on the field and is dead without one
- No recorded combos, so conversion is text-only inference
- The 600 ATK reduction is minor and cannot negate anything
- Demand comes almost entirely from one archetype, so it does not travel
Counters / choke points
- Removing the Performage Xyz on the field before the hand effect is used
- Interaction with its once-per-turn hand or GY triggers
Best use
Extender. Decks: Performage. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: in-hand Special Summon by detaching 1 material, 600 ATK reduction, GY material transfer, and once-per-turn limits; deck data: 114 decks, 97 running 3 copies, 67.5% Performage and 23.7% Performapal
- Observed: usage statistics: Performage inclusion 100% at typical 3 copies; combo data: 0 appearances across 0 combos
- Inferred: Hand effect needs a Performage Xyz on the field to pay its material cost; Level 5 Spellcaster body is usable as Xyz or Synchro material; exact fit is not tabled; Pendulum add depends on Extra Deck additions occurring
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings available for the hand effect and Extra Deck add interaction