LIGHT
4Performapal Uni
Archetype:
Performapal
ATK:
800
DEF:
1500
View:
2851
Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if this card was Normal or Special Summoned this turn: You can Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower "Performapal" monster from your hand in Attack Position. During your opponent's turn: You can banish 1 "Performapal" monster, except "Performapal Uni", and this card from your Graveyard; the next time you would take battle damage this turn, you do not (this is a Quick Effect).
Performapal Uni — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Performapal Uni earns a mid-range score as a genuine extender within Performapal and Pendulum strategies: once Summoned, it bridges a Level 3 or lower Performapal from hand to the field, enabling Synchro or Xyz plays that its top partners — Skullcrobat Joker and Wisdom-Eye Magician — set up. Its accessibility is bolstered by being searchable by Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, which co-appears in 81% of its decks, but the main effect is dead if no eligible Performapal is in hand, and zero combo evidence means its actual board contribution is fully inferred. The GY Quick Effect offers marginal defensive utility — it prevents one instance of battle damage by banishing itself and another Performapal from the GY — but this is card-negative and rarely game-deciding. High ATK did not earn any points; the score rests entirely on its extension role and archetype spread.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Performapal Skullcrobat Joker (co-appearing in 81.2% of decks) searches Level 4 or lower Performapals including Uni, providing a consistent search route within Pendulum strategies (inferred from card text + deck partner data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | By text, once Summoned Uni Special Summons a Level 3 or lower Performapal from hand, enabling Level 7 Synchro or Rank 4 Xyz plays; Clear Wing Synchro Dragon co-appears in 50% of decks, supporting this line, but no combo appearances exist to corroborate actual board output (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The main effect is hand-neutral extension (one body in, one body out from hand); the GY Quick Effect costs two Performapals for a single damage prevention, making it net card-negative, keeping overall economy roughly even (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 18 | The only opponent-turn interaction is a GY Quick Effect that prevents battle damage once, requiring banishing two Performapals; this does not negate attacks or effects, placing it at the low end of interaction quality (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 52 | Level 4 LIGHT Beast-Warrior provides a standard Rank 4 Xyz platform and fits Synchro play as a non-Tuner body; no exceptional attribute or level synergy beyond generic Level 4 utility (verified from card stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 42 | The on-Summon effect is ended by a single Effect Veiler or Infinite Impermanence, and the low 800 ATK leaves it fragile; the GY effect provides minor residual utility but requires two Performapals in GY (verified from card text; Infinite Impermanence co-appears in 50% of decks). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 63 | Runs at 1–2 copies (avg 1.19) across 8 distinct archetypes without taking up a Pendulum scale slot; the main effect requires a Level 3 or lower Performapal in hand, introducing a mild hand-requirement dependency but no severe garnet risk (observed from deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked effects (-2); Hand requirement for main effect (-1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searchable by Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, one of the most prominent searchers in Pendulum strategies
- Extends play by Special Summoning a Level 3 or lower Performapal from hand, facilitating Synchro and Xyz output
- Versatile across 8 distinct archetypes including Pendulum Magician, Odd-Eyes, Diabellstar, and Silent Magician
- GY Quick Effect provides a low-cost safety net against fatal battle damage on opponent's turn
Weaknesses
- Main extension effect is a dead card if no eligible Performapal (Level 3 or lower) is in hand
- 800 ATK body is fragile and contributes nothing meaningful if the on-Summon effect is negated
- GY Quick Effect is card-negative, consuming two Performapals for a single-use damage shield
- No combo evidence available — actual board contribution and power index remain unverified
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring — negates the Special Summon from hand
- Effect Veiler / Infinite Impermanence — negates the on-Summon effect, turning Uni into a vanilla 800 ATK body
- Maxx "C" — punishes the Special Summon chain Uni initiates
Best use
Extender that converts a Level 3 or lower Performapal from hand into an extra body, enabling Synchro or Xyz plays during Main Phase. Decks: Pendulum Magician, Odd-Eyes, Performapal. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 LIGHT Beast-Warrior Effect Monster with 800 ATK / 1500 DEF; Once-per-turn Main Phase effect: if Normal or Special Summoned this turn, Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower Performapal from hand in Attack Position; GY Quick Effect on opponent's turn: banish 1 Performapal (not Uni) + Uni from GY to negate next battle damage this turn; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks formats; 16 decks all running Uni in the Main Deck; avg 1.19 copies, max 2
- Observed: Appears across 8 distinct archetypes, predominantly Pendulum Magician (25%) and Odd-Eyes (37.5% combined); Performapal Skullcrobat Joker co-appears in 81.2% of Uni decks; Wisdom-Eye Magician in 68.8%; Performapal Corn in 56.2%; Clear Wing Synchro Dragon co-appears in 50% of decks, consistent with Level 7 Synchro lines; Infinite Impermanence and hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Effect Veiler) present in ~44% of co-decks, consistent with a combo deck shell
- Inferred: Performapal Skullcrobat Joker can search Uni (Level 4 or lower Performapal), giving it a reliable search route; The Summoned Performapal + Uni likely form the two-card core for a Level 7 Synchro (e.g., Clear Wing) or Rank 4 Xyz play; Uni is a link or Xyz material body after its effect resolves, providing additional board presence
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion and actual board power are text-only inference No guides supplied — human judgment on the card's role is unavailable No banlist token — assumed unlimited (3 copies) in all formats No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion percentages are inferred from the 16-deck sample only