LIGHT
3Silent Swordsman LV3
Archetype:
Silent Swordsman
ATK:
1000
DEF:
1000
View:
4811
Negate your opponent's Spell effects that target this card. During your Standby Phase: You can send this face-up card to the Graveyard; Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman LV5" from your hand or Deck. You cannot activate this effect the turn this card is Summoned or flipped face-up.
Silent Swordsman LV3 — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49.5 · Deck: 47.7 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Silent Swordsman LV3 converts into value slowly: it must survive until your next Standby Phase before it can trade itself for Silent Swordsman LV5 from the hand or Deck, and no combo evidence records it building a board in any line. Its only interaction is negating opponent Spell effects that target this specific card, so it offers no proactive disruption. Its 1000 ATK/DEF and Level 3 LIGHT Warrior typing earn no points by themselves; they matter only as a clean Rank 3 / Warrior-link body and as the searchable bottom rung of the Silent Swordsman ladder. It is a functional but low-ceiling archetype enabler, which is why it lands near the middle-lower band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | 36 recent decks run it at an average of 1.64 copies, but 21 of those run only 1 copy and no combo evidence shows it as a starter, so it functions as a drawn/Summoned ladder piece rather than a reliably tutored one (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | On its own it does nothing the turn it is Summoned, and only in the following Standby Phase can it swap itself for Silent Swordsman LV5 from hand or Deck (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Sending itself to the Graveyard to Special Summon Silent Swordsman LV5 from hand or Deck is roughly an even-to-plus body exchange, but it is delayed a full turn and provides no repeatable refuel (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | It only negates opponent Spell effects that target this card, a narrow reactive protection with no proactive disruption of the opponent's plays (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | As a Level 3 LIGHT Warrior with no self-lock, it remains a clean Rank 3 / Warrior-link material even when its effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Any non-targeting removal or monster effect ends it before the Standby Phase upgrade, since its negation covers only Spells that target it (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | At 1–3 copies with no garnet requirement it slots cheaply into its ladder deck, though the 'cannot activate this effect the turn this card is Summoned or flipped face-up' clause adds timing cost (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49.5, Deck ≈ 47.7, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searchable, non-garnet Level 3 LIGHT Warrior that fits cheaply into the Silent Swordsman ladder deck
- Trades itself for Silent Swordsman LV5 from hand or Deck, giving a fetch from deck for the next rung
- Innate protection against opponent Spell effects that target it, which can matter versus removal Spells
- Clean generic Rank 3 / Warrior-link material even if its effect is negated
Weaknesses
- Effect cannot be activated the turn it is Summoned or flipped face-up, so the upgrade is a turn behind
- Does nothing on its own the turn it hits the field; no measurable combo conversion
- Only interaction is negating Spells that target this exact card — no coverage versus monsters, traps, or non-targeting removal
- 1000 ATK body is trivially outclassed in combat
Counters / choke points
- Non-targeting removal (e.g. mass destruction) bypasses its Spell-targeting negation
- Monster effect removal, which it cannot negate
- Effect negation or banishment before the Standby Phase upgrade resolves
- Hand disruption of the Silent Swordsman LV5 it intends to Summon
Best use
Ladder enabler / low-level material body. Decks: Silent Swordsman. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: negates opponent Spell effects that target this card; Card text: during your Standby Phase you can send this face-up card to the Graveyard to Special Summon 1 'Silent Swordsman LV5' from your hand or Deck; Card text: this effect cannot be activated the turn this card is Summoned or flipped face-up
- Observed: 36 recent decks run it, 36 in the main deck, averaging 1.64 copies (distribution 21x1, 7x2, 8x3); Co-deck rates: Silent Swordsman LV7 in 94.4%, Silent Swordsman LV5 in 88.9%, Silent Magician LV8 in 80.6%; Zero combo appearances recorded across the combos sample
- Inferred: As a Level 3 LIGHT Warrior it is reachable by generic Warrior search effects and usable as generic Rank 3 / Warrior-link material (rules inference, not shown in evidence); Its Spell-targeting negation is a fringe defensive benefit rather than a planned line of play
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no average power index when present or starter-count data, so deck synergy/resilience rest on coarse proxies