Spell
NormalShadow Toon
Archetype:
Toon
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If you control "Toon World": Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of that face-up monster. You can only activate 1 "Shadow Toon" per turn.
Shadow Toon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 35 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 33 · Deck: 37 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Removal, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Shadow Toon is a conditional burn spell that only converts anything when you already control "Toon World", so it is not a starter, not a material body, and not a combo piece — the single recorded combo shows 0 end-board monsters, 0 disruption, net card advantage 0 and a power index of 26. It is searchable through Toon support and cheap to slot into Toon decks, but it produces no bodies, no card advantage and no removal: it only converts the opponent's ATK stat into damage once. The large ATK numbers it can ping with earn it nothing here; the score is driven by the hard Toon World condition, the one-shot once-per-turn nature, and the absence of any board impact.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 52 | It is fetchable via Toon Table of Contents (co-deck 95.4%) and Toon Bookmark (94.3%) but is only live while "Toon World" is on the field, and combo data records 0 as_started/0 searched-for role appearances (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 12 | The only recorded combo (power index 26) ends with 0 monsters, 0 bosses and netCardAdvantage 0, confirming it builds nothing on its own (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 28 | It is a pure -1 that resolves itself into damage without searching, drawing or recurring anything, and combo netCardAdvantage is 0 (observed). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | Text inflicts damage equal to the target's ATK but removes and negates nothing, so it applies no real disruption to the opponent's board (verified). |
| Material Utility | 3 | It is a Normal Spell with no ATK/DEF and cannot be used as material for any summon (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 22 | Activation is gated on controlling "Toon World" and limited to 1 per turn, so it is dead in most spots and gives no multi-zone or multi-turn value (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 52 | It is a low-slot 1-of (avg 1.32 copies, 129 of 175 decks run a single copy) that requires no extra garnet beyond the Toon World the deck already plays (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility default (no clear role): A .18, C .16, R .12, E .14, M .14, F .14, D .12. Intrinsic ≈ 33, Deck ≈ 37, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searchable through Toon support (Toon Table of Contents, Toon Bookmark) in its home deck
- Cheap slot: 1 copy is the norm (129/175 decks run exactly 1)
- Converts the opponent's own ATK stat into direct damage as a finisher
- Requires no garnet beyond Toon World, which the archetype already plays
Weaknesses
- Completely dead without "Toon World" on the field
- Hard once-per-turn (only 1 "Shadow Toon" activation per turn)
- No card advantage, no removal and no negation — it does not answer the target
- Produces no bodies or material, so it never contributes to a board
Counters / choke points
- Removing "Toon World" / "Toon Kingdom" before activation
- Any monster or Spell/Trap removal response to the targeted monster's effect resolution
- Blanket Spell negation (e.g. a set Spell/Trap negate) trades it 1-for-1 with no value
- LP-gain or damage-prevention effects
Best use
Burn finisher / Utility. Decks: Toon. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: requires controlling "Toon World", targets 1 face-up opponent monster, inflicts damage equal to its ATK, and can only be activated once per turn; Card is a Normal Spell with no ATK/DEF and cannot be used as material
- Observed: 175 decks run it, all in the main deck, avg 1.32 copies (129 decks at 1 copy); Co-deck rates: Toon Table of Contents 95.4%, Toon Bookmark 94.3%, Toon Kingdom 82.9%; Combos evidence: 1 appearance, 0% as starter/searched/material/payoff, avg power index 26; Combo board summary: 0 end monsters, 0 bosses, netCardAdvantage 0
- Inferred: Because "Shadow Toon" contains "Toon" in its name it is a legal search target for Toon Table of Contents / Toon Bookmark, giving it practical access inside Toon builds; As an on-demand burn with no board impact, it functions as a finisher rather than a starter or interaction piece
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only combos evidence is effectively a single sample, so role signals (starter/searched/material/payoff) cannot be corroborated