LIGHT
1Purrely
Archetype:
Purrely
ATK:
100
DEF:
100
View:
8525
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can excavate the top 3 cards of your Deck, and if you do, you can add 1 excavated "Purrely" Spell/Trap to your hand, also place the rest on the bottom of the Deck in any order. Once per turn: You can reveal 1 "Purrely" Quick-Play Spell in your hand, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Xyz Monster that mentions it from your Extra Deck, by using this face-up card you control as material, and if you do, attach the revealed card to the Summoned monster as additional material. (This is treated as an Xyz Summon.)
Purrely — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 57.3 · Deck: 64.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Material body
Why it scores here
Purrely is a Level 1 Fairy body whose value is the engine it starts: its on-summon effect digs the top 3 cards for one Purrely Spell/Trap, and its once-per-turn effect turns it into Xyz material while attaching a revealed Purrely Quick-Play Spell to the Xyz. It is in all 400 sampled decks and all 6 recorded boards, which confirms it is a live engine piece, not a forgotten pick, but that presence is not the score driver (guardrail 3). The 100 ATK and 100 DEF earn nothing; the score comes from the conditional search, the Xyz routing and the cheap, archetype-locked deck cost, and the card has no opponent interaction of its own.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 75 | Present in 400 of 400 decks at an average of 2.72 copies, and the search and Xyz routes are live from the opening hand when it is summoned (inferred from text plus decks_evidence; as_starter is 0 in combos, so no role-level confirmation). (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Appears in 6 of 6 recorded boards with average power index 73.2 and example boards at 76 to 100, but role_in_combo is empty, so the conversion is seen only as presence on boards, not as a labelled starter step. (observed) |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The dig adds one card and sends the rest to the bottom, so the on-summon is roughly card-neutral; the Xyz step reuses the revealed spell as material. Recorded examples show netCardAdvantage of 4 to 5, but these come from whole boards, not this card alone. (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal or hand trap effect of its own, so it scores near the floor for opponent interaction. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 65 | A Level 1 LIGHT Fairy is a clean Level 1 material, and the Xyz step uses this face-up card as material, which still works if its own effect is negated. (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The on-summon trigger is a single window that a summon negate stops, and the once-per-turn Xyz effect needs the card face-up on the field; there are three copies for redundancy. (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | Three copies is a normal count and there is no garnet, but the card is locked to the Purrely archetype family, so it only runs in Purrely-based decks. (verified) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor (Material body noted as secondary but not blended). Intrinsic ≈ 57.3, Deck ≈ 64.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in every sampled deck (400 of 400) at 2.72 average copies, so it is reliably accessible.
- On-summon conditional search for a Purrely Spell/Trap plus a once-per-turn Xyz route that converts the body into board.
- Appears in all 6 recorded boards with average power index 73.2, so it is a real engine piece.
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction of its own; the only defence is the engine it starts.
- The on-summon trigger can be stopped by a summon negate, and the search is conditional on the top 3 cards.
- Locked to the Purrely archetype family, which limits deck flexibility.
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is the commonly seen answer in the sampled decks (co-appears in 88.5% of them), which stops the on-summon trigger or the search (inferred from decks_evidence co-occurrence, not a measured counter rate).
Best use
Engine starter: summon to dig a Purrely Spell/Trap, then convert the body into the Purrely Xyz route as material. Decks: Purrely (archetype 958, gameplay 7), Purrely (archetype 1364, gameplay 4), Purrely (archetype 1166, gameplay 6). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 LIGHT Fairy Effect Monster, ATK 100 and DEF 100 (card text).; On-summon top-3 dig adds one Purrely Spell/Trap to hand, rest to the bottom (card text).; Once per turn: reveal a Purrely Quick-Play Spell to Special Summon a Xyz that mentions it, using this card as material (card text).; Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 2.72 average copies (decks_evidence).
- Observed: Appears in 6 of 6 recorded combos with average power index 73.2 (combos_evidence).; Inclusion 100% in three Purrely archetypes in usage_statistics (usage_statistics).; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring co-appears in 88.5% of decks (decks_evidence.top_partners).
- Inferred: Dig is roughly card-neutral: +1 card to hand, the rest to the bottom of the Deck.; Negated body still functions as Xyz material because the Xyz step uses the card as material, not its effect.; Primary role is Starter/Combo enabler with Searcher/Tutor secondary, based on text plus the 0 as_starter count.
- Data gaps: combos_evidence has role_in_combo empty and as_starter, as_searched and as_material all at 0 counts, so the role split is inferred from text. Only 6 recorded combos; the sample is too small to measure conversion rate reliably. No rulings or Xyz monsters that mention Purrely are listed in the evidence, so the Xyz route is confirmed from text only. Only one guide mention, which is a control-deck context rather than a Purrely engine guide. top_card_context is empty; no current ranking supports or refutes the engine strength.