DARK
1Relinquished
Archetype:
Eyes Restrict
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
View:
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You can Ritual Summon this card with "Black Illusion Ritual". Once per turn: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; equip that target to this card (max. 1). This card's ATK/DEF become equal to that equipped monster's. If this card would be destroyed by battle, destroy that equipped monster instead. While equipped with that monster, any battle damage you take from battles involving this card inflicts equal effect damage to your opponent.
Relinquished — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 64 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Board Breaker, Boss/End-board, Material Body
Why it scores here
Relinquished scores as a control-focused removal piece that uniquely freezes opponent monsters via equipment theft, not raw power output. The Level 1 ritual body offers solid accessibility through broad deck support (56 distinct archetypes, 72.2% include its ritual spell), and once fielded it provides multi-layered interaction: battle protection, damage reflection, and turn-by-turn re-equipment. However, the 0/0 base stats, lack of resource generation, and no combo sequence development (zero combos data) pull the score lower—it is sustainable defense, not offensive advantage, and requires opponent monsters to function.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Ritual requirement necessitates Black Illusion Ritual or similar, present in 72.2% of partner decks; Level 1 unusual status enables alternative summon routes across 56 archetypes (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No combos supplied; card text contains no summon generation or self-extension—equipment steal is a state effect, not a sequence builder (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Ritual summon cost plus zero draw/search/recovery effects; damage reflection trades resources but generates no net card advantage (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 72 | Equipment steal provides continuous soft removal; battle redirection and damage reflection enable multi-turn disruption of opponent's field and resources (verified) |
| Material Utility | 42 | Level 1 Spellcaster enables ritual/fusion/synchro routes; base 0/0 stats severely limit material value when effect is negated (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 68 | Battle protection redirects destruction; re-equipment each turn sustains field presence; vulnerable only to direct non-battle removal (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 58 | Ritual spell dependency is offset by ubiquitous support (72.2% co-inclusion) and broad home compatibility; 56 distinct archetypes dilute reliance on any single line (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary: Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 64, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Equipment steal uniquely locks down opponent's strongest monsters
- Battle protection redirects destruction, sustaining presence across turns
- Damage reflection converts blocked damage into opponent effect damage
- Re-equipment mechanic enables turn-by-turn adaptability against new threats
- 56 distinct archetype homes demonstrate broad deck compatibility
Weaknesses
- 0/0 base stats offer zero offensive pressure without equipped monster
- Ritual summon requirement adds setup cost and vulnerability to hand traps
- Once-per-turn equipment limit delays multi-monster lockdowns
- No card advantage generation or resource refuel mechanisms
- Vulnerable to direct removal effects bypassing battle protection
Counters / choke points
- Direct removal effects (Raigeki, Dark Hole, etc.) bypass battle protection
- Hand traps targeting ritual summon (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, etc.)
- Non-battle destruction of equipped card leaves Relinquished unprotected
- Effect-damage immunity prevents damage reflection strategy
Best use
Board-locking control piece; steals and neutralizes opponent key monsters. Decks: Relinquished, Eyes Restrict, Branded, Predaplant, Phantom Beast.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 1 Ritual Spellcaster with 0/0 base stats (card text); Once-per-turn equipment steal effect targeting opponent monsters (card text); Battle protection: if destroyed by battle, destroy equipped card instead (card text); Damage reflection: battle damage inflicts equal effect damage to opponent (card text); Black Illusion Ritual is required summon spell; 72.2% co-inclusion in decks (deck data); Runs in 400 total decks across 56 distinct archetypes (deck data); Primary home Relinquished archetype represents 30.8% of deck sample (deck data)
- Observed: 89.2% of decks using this card are format 7 (anti-meta control) (deck data); Average 1.61 copies per deck; distribution: 1 copy (61%), 2 copies (17.2%), 3 copies (21.8%) (deck data); Top 5 partners are Eyes Restrict thematic cards: Thousand-Eyes Restrict, Millennium-Eyes Restrict, Relinquished Fusion, Millennium-Eyes Illusionist (deck data); Fusion support cards (Super Polymerization 62.5%, Polymerization 51.8%) appear frequently alongside (deck data)
- Inferred: Once-per-turn equipment enables re-equipping new monsters each turn for sustained lockdown (card rules); 0/0 base stats make it exceptionally weak material when effect is negated (card text interaction); Level 1 status enables low-cost ritual summons and Synchro/Fusion material routes (card type mechanics); Battle redirect protection creates multi-turn field presence (card effect sequence); Damage reflection creates resource trade rather than card advantage (card effect logic); No card text indicates combo sequence generation—pure control piece (text absence)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied—combo conversion scored entirely from text; no observed board sequences or power indices available No StatisticsCard data—archetype inclusion percentages inferred from 400-deck sample only; broader historical patterns unknown No top-card ranking—card is not ranked in any format, limiting competitive meta context No banlist token—assumed unlimited copies (3 per deck); would need banlist data to adjust for restricted status