LIGHT
Starring Knight
Archetype:
Starry Knight
ATK:
1900
DEF:
1000
View:
3867
2 Level 4 monsters You can detach 1 material from this card; Special Summon 1 LIGHT monster from your hand. If this card is in your GY, except the turn it was sent there: You can target 1 Level 4 LIGHT Fairy monster you control; Special Summon this card, and if you do, attach that monster to this card as material. You can only use each effect of "Starring Knight" once per turn.
Starring Knight — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Starring Knight is a Rank 4 LIGHT Fairy Xyz whose text converts one of its own Xyz materials into a LIGHT monster from hand, and whose GY effect re-summons itself by spending a Level 4 LIGHT Fairy as material. That is a moderate extender and recursion engine with no interaction, so the score sits near the middle. Its 1900 ATK and Rank 4 body earn nothing on their own. The 400-deck staple count (single copy, spread across 72 archetypes) confirms it is playable, not that it is powerful, so the deck-level read is held to the card's text and the lack of combo data.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs two Level 4 monsters for Xyz summon and a LIGHT or Level 4 LIGHT Fairy target for its effects, but it is run in 400 of 400 sampled decks, so routes are live (observed; the Xyz requirement is verified from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Text gives one material-for-LIGHT-monster conversion and one GY self-revival with a material attach, but no combo boards were supplied to confirm what it builds into (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Detaching a material for a hand summon and returning from GY by attaching a monster is roughly card-neutral rather than a refuel; no netCardAdvantage data (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negate, removal, or hand-trap effect in its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 20 | As a Rank 4 Xyz it is not a Level-based material for Synchro, Fusion, or Link, and its text only adds itself back as material, so its material value is narrow (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It works from the field and from the GY, which gives two zones, but both effects need materials or a Level 4 LIGHT Fairy already on board, and the 1-per-turn limits restrict repeat use (verified from text, partly inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | A single copy in most decks, no garnet or self-lock in its text, and the archetype-agnostic LIGHT Fairy requirement keeps it splashable across homes (observed from deck counts, verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Two live zones: a hand summon from the field and a GY self-revival
- Runs as a single-copy staple across 72 archetypes, so accessibility in practice is good
- Low deckbuilding cost: one copy, no garnets, no self-lock
Weaknesses
- Low ATK and no interaction; the body contributes little on board
- Both effects spend a material or a Level 4 LIGHT Fairy, so they depend on a prior board state
- No combo data supplied, so combo conversion rests on text alone
- Once-per-turn limits on each effect cap repeat use
Best use
Extender / recursion body for Rank 4 Xyz lines. Decks: Starry Knight, generic Xyz decks with Level 4 LIGHT Fairy monsters. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Rank 4 LIGHT Fairy Xyz with 1900 ATK, requiring two Level 4 monsters (card text); Hand summon effect: detach 1 material to Special Summon a LIGHT monster from hand (card text); GY effect: Special Summon itself and attach a Level 4 LIGHT Fairy you control as material, not on the turn it was sent to GY (card text); No negate, removal, or hand-trap effect (card text); Run in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 1 copy average (decks evidence)
- Observed: Partners are generic staples (Ash Blossom, Called by the Grave, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird), suggesting the card fits many lines rather than one combo core (deck partner counts); 72 distinct archetypes in the sample (decks evidence)
- Inferred: Acts mainly as an Extender with a recursion secondary role (text analysis); Narrow material value because it is a Rank 4 Xyz rather than a Level-based body (text analysis)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied usage_statistics covers only 2 archetypes (Megalith, Starry Knight), so the historical sample is thin no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited)