LIGHT
4Starry Knight Orbitael
Archetype:
Starry Knight
ATK:
400
DEF:
2100
View:
4294
(Quick Effect): You can target 1 LIGHT monster you control; Tribute it, and if you do, Set 1 "Starry Knight" Spell/Trap directly from your Deck. If a face-up Level 7 LIGHT Dragon monster you control returns to the hand, while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Starry Knight Orbitael" once per turn.
Starry Knight Orbitael — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Starry Knight Orbitael converts a LIGHT monster it can tribute into a Starry Knight Spell/Trap set from the Deck, and it can be Special Summoned from the GY when a face-up Level 7 LIGHT Dragon returns to hand. Its 400 ATK and 2100 DEF earn no points. The score comes from the conditional tribute-to-set and GY revival text, and from the fact that it is in all 120 sampled Starry Knight decks at about 3 copies. Deck inclusion confirms the card is a live archetype staple but does not prove it is strong, so combo conversion stays moderate because no recorded boards show it doing anything.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Present in 120 of 120 sampled decks at about 3 copies, but no combo starter or search data shows how it reaches the hand, so it needs another Starry Knight piece to be live (observed for deck inclusion, inferred for route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Quick effect sets a Starry Knight S/T from the Deck at the cost of a tribute, a fair conversion, but there are zero recorded combo appearances to confirm it builds a board (inferred from card text). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Tributing a LIGHT monster is a -1 cost and setting from the Deck is a +1, roughly even, with a GY Special Summon adding recursion; no netCardAdvantage data exists (inferred from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal, or disruption effect, so interaction is essentially zero (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 4 LIGHT Fairy with no Tuner status is a usable but generic material and tribute body; it has no effect that survives negation of interest (inferred from card text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The GY Special Summon works from the GY across turns, and each effect is once per turn, but it depends on a Level 7 LIGHT Dragon bounce, so one negate can end the line (inferred from card text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Three copies in a Starry Knight shell with no garnet or lock restriction, but it is archetype-locked and so only playable in Starry Knight decks (observed from deck copies, inferred from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Present in all 120 sampled Starry Knight decks at about 3 copies, so accessibility inside the archetype is established
- Tribute-to-set from the Deck converts one LIGHT body into a Starry Knight Spell/Trap
- GY Special Summon gives recursion that is not limited to the field
Weaknesses
- Zero recorded combo appearances, so board conversion and starter role are unverified
- Needs a LIGHT monster to tribute and a Level 7 LIGHT Dragon bounce for its GY effect, both conditional
- No interaction or disruption effect
- Archetype-locked, so it has no value outside Starry Knight decks
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the quick effect or the GY trigger, which costs the card its only conversion
- Opponent handtraps or removal that stop the tribute cost from being paid
Best use
Searcher/Tutor with GY recursion as a Starry Knight support body. Decks: Starry Knight (archetype 860), Starry Knight (archetype 1069). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Quick effect: target and tribute a LIGHT monster you control to set a Starry Knight Spell/Trap from the Deck; GY effect: Special Summon from the GY if a face-up Level 7 LIGHT Dragon returns to hand; Each effect is once per turn; Level 4 LIGHT Fairy, ATK 400, DEF 2100
- Observed: In 120 of 120 sampled decks, typically 3 copies (average 2.67); Usage statistics: 100% inclusion at 3 copies in archetype 860; Top partners include Starry Night, Starry Dragon and Starry Knight Balefire at 100% co-occurrence
- Inferred: Acts as a Searcher/Tutor by setting a Starry Knight S/T from the Deck; Recursion value from the GY effect depends on Level 7 LIGHT Dragon support; Deck inclusion reflects archetype staple status, not intrinsic strength
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, so 3 copies assumed (unlimited) no combo starter, search, or material data to confirm the accessibility route