DARK
Performage Shadow Maker
Archetype:
Performage
ATK:
2600
DEF:
1000
View:
2199
3 Level 5 monsters When a card or effect is activated that targets this card (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; Special Summon 1 "Performage Shadow Maker" from your Extra Deck. You can only use each of the following effects of "Performage Shadow Maker" once per turn. You can detach 1 material from this card, then send 1 "Performage" monster from your Deck to the GY; add 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell from your Deck to your hand. If the last material(s) is detached from this card (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon 1 "Performage" monster from your GY.
Performage Shadow Maker — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 59.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Shadow Maker's value is mostly support and recursion for the Performage Xyz engine: its text searches a Rank-Up-Magic from the Deck and can Special Summon a Performage from the GY once its last material leaves. Its live presence in 124 of 124 sampled decks (average 2.15 copies) confirms it is reliably accessible and cheap to run, and this is what earns its score. Its 2600 ATK and Rank 5 stats earn no points, and the Extra Deck self-summon reply is a body replacement rather than real negation, so it scores low on interaction.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Runs in 124 of 124 sampled decks at about 2.15 copies each, and Performage Level 5 monsters give it several Xyz routes (observed; route count inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No combo boards were supplied, so conversion is text-only: a material-cost search for Rank-Up-Magic and a GY summon are support rather than a board-building start (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Detaching one material to send a Performage from Deck to GY and search a Rank-Up-Magic is roughly card-neutral with a GY-recursion follow-up (verified from card text; inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Its quick effect Special Summons a fresh copy from the Extra Deck when targeted, which offers a body replacement rather than negation or removal (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | As a Rank 5 Xyz it has no Level for Synchro or Fusion and is only useful as Xyz material in limited ways; no material-conversion evidence was supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Its targeted-response effect and the GY-summon effect give it recovery across the Extra Deck and GY zones over multiple turns (verified from card text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | A single Extra Deck copy with a typical 2-copy line, no garnets and no banlist restriction in the evidence (observed from decks and usage statistics). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 59.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in essentially every sampled Performage and Performapal deck at a stable 2-copy line
- Searches the Performage Rank-Up-Magic engine and recurs a Performage from the GY
- Cheap Extra Deck slot with no garnet or lock cost
Weaknesses
- Rank 5 Xyz with no Level, so limited as material outside Xyz routes
- Targeted-response effect is a body replacement, not real protection or negation
- Support card with no measured combo-board contribution
Counters / choke points
- Mass Extra Deck or GY hate would cut both its summon and recursion routes (inferred)
Best use
Searcher/recursion support in the Performage Xyz engine. Decks: Performage, Performapal. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Searches a Rank-Up-Magic from the Deck (card text); Quick effect Special Summons a copy from the Extra Deck when targeted (card text); Recurs a Performage from the GY when its last material is detached (card text)
- Observed: Present in 124 of 124 sampled decks, 95.2% in gameplay type 7, average 2.15 copies; Performage archetype inclusion 100% in usage statistics, typical 2 copies; Top partners co-occur in 88-98% of decks
- Inferred: Xyz routes into it are plentiful given the Performage Level 5 pool; Its value is support and recursion rather than a board-building starter
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No dated metagame sample, so meta_power is null