LIGHTSteel Star Regulator
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1000
LINK-3
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3 non-Link Monsters Gains ATK equal to the combined original Levels/Ranks of monsters used for its Link Summon x 100. You can target 1 non-Link Monster your opponent controls with ATK less than or equal to this card; destroy it, then if this card was Link Summoned using an Xyz Monster as material, inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the destroyed monster's original ATK. You can only use this effect of "Steel Star Regulator" once per turn.
Steel Star Regulator — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59.2 · Deck: 57.8 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation
Why it scores here
Steel Star Regulator is a once-per-turn, one-for-one destruction effect on a 3-material Link body. Its ATK ceiling (the target's ATK must be at or below this card's ATK) and the Link Summon cost of three non-Link monsters both limit it, and the Xyz-conditional damage is a small bonus, not a main source of value. The score is held near the middle by a broad, real deck footprint (175 decks across 67 archetypes at about one copy each) and a cheap slot cost, not by the card's 1000 base ATK or its high-ATK-boost potential. No combo data exists, so the conversion axes are text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Needs three non-Link monsters to Link Summon, and 175 recent decks run it at a 1.13 average copy count, which confirms it is live in play, but there is no starter or searcher data to confirm a reliable route (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Its text converts one Link Summon into one targeted destruction and an optional damage bonus, with no recorded board examples to show a fuller conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Three monsters are spent on the Link Summon and one opposing monster is destroyed, which is roughly even at best, with no recursion or refuel in the text (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | A targeted, once-per-turn destruction that cannot hit any monster with ATK above this card's ATK, with no negation or hand-trap reach (verified). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Link-3 body with three Link Arrows can serve as Link material, but no material role combo data exists, so the value is usable but unproven (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Its once-per-turn effect is easy to shut down, and the body stays on field as a Link material only if the effect is blanked, so recovery depends on the rest of the board (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Average 1.13 copies, 162 of 175 decks run a single copy, and it is an Extra Deck Link monster with no garnet or brick restriction in the evidence (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Removal / Negation profile only; no secondary role blended. Intrinsic ≈ 59.2, Deck ≈ 57.8, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Targeted monster removal with a clear, bounded condition in the text
- Broad deck footprint: 175 decks across 67 archetypes
- Single-copy, low-cost slot in most decks
Weaknesses
- Once-per-turn limit and an ATK ceiling on targets
- Three non-Link monsters are needed to Link Summon it
- No combo, starter, or searcher evidence to show a reliable conversion route
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation of its activation before resolution (inferred from text, not from evidence)
- Effects that remove it from the field before its effect is used (inferred from text)
Best use
One-for-one removal on a Link body in a deck with reliable Link Summon fodder. Decks: Machina, Therions, Gadgets. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once-per-turn targeted destruction limited to monsters with ATK at or below this card's ATK; Link Summon requires three non-Link monsters as material
- Observed: 175 recent decks run it, 67 distinct archetypes, average 1.13 copies; Top partners are high-frequency staples, so they show it is played but not that it is strong
- Inferred: Only a partial route to value without combo data; Generic removal role with a modest combo ceiling
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only legal copies lists only duellink, so per-format legality is unconfirmed for TCG, OCG and MasterDuel format ids are not mapped to formats, so per-format usage is unknown