LIGHT
1The Fabled Catsith
Archetype:
Fabled
ATK:
800
DEF:
600
View:
3020
If this card is discarded to the GY: Target 1 face-up card on the field; destroy that target.
62± 6/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
62
Deck
63
The Fabled Catsith — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62.3 · Deck: 62.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Removal, Extender
Why it scores here
The Fabled Catsith converts into a clean Level 1 LIGHT Beast Tuner body plus a conditional spot removal, but both halves need help: the destruction only happens if something else discards it to the GY, and a drawn Catsith without a discard outlet is only an 800-ATK Tuner. Its real value is that it is a free, unrestricted Level 1 Tuner inside the Fabled discard engine (45% of its 318 decks) that also pops a face-up card on the way to the GY, and it stays useful as a 1-of in engine-hybrid lists such as Fiendsmith (32.7%). The 800/600 stat line and the card's popularity earn nothing here; the score is driven by generic Tuner material value and cheap slot cost, held down by a conditional, targeting, face-up-only removal and a thin combo sample.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | A Level 1 LIGHT Beast Tuner with no summon restriction, run as a 1-of in 301 of 318 decks (avg 1.1 copies) and listed among Fabled core monsters in guides, though it needs a separate discard outlet to use its trigger (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 48 | Combo evidence is thin (8 combos) yet shows 37.5% starter role and an average board power index of only 56 with average starter count when present 1.62, so it contributes a body and a pop rather than a full board on its own (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | The discard that enables it is normally paid by another card's effect and the pop trades 1-for-1, with recorded netCardAdvantage of +2 to +4 in example boards coming from the wider Fabled engine rather than this card alone (observed). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | It provides only targeted destruction of a face-up card, only when discarded to the GY, and cannot touch face-down backrow or protected boards (verified). |
| Material Utility | 75 | As a Level 1 LIGHT Beast Tuner with no lock or restriction it is clean Synchro material and still converts even if its effect is blanked or it is never discarded (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Its effect works from the GY rather than the field, so it dodges on-field removal, but it is shut off by GY negation such as Called by the Grave, which appears alongside it in 82.4% of partner lists (observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 62 | It costs a single slot with no garnet lock and no self-locking restriction, and it is usable both as a body and as discard fodder, which is why 301 decks run exactly one copy (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Removal (Extender role folded into the material/combo axes). Intrinsic ≈ 62.3, Deck ≈ 62.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 1 LIGHT Beast Tuner with no summon restriction or lock — clean, generic Synchro material.
- Destruction triggers from the GY when discarded, so the removal is often gained without spending the Normal Summon on it.
- Compact one-slot utility: usable as a board body and as discard fodder for the Fabled engine.
- Widely played inside its own archetype (45% of its 318 decks) and splashed into engine mixes such as Fiendsmith (32.7%).
- Unaffected by on-field removal for the purpose of its trigger, since the effect activates after it reaches the GY.
Weaknesses
- The removal is conditional: it only fires if another effect discards it, so a drawn Catsith without a discard outlet is just an 800-ATK Tuner.
- Targets and destroys only one face-up card — face-down backrow, untargetable and destruction-protected cards are unaffected.
- Blanked by GY negation such as Called by the Grave, which co-occurs with it in 82.4% of partner lists.
- Deck sample is dominated by Fabled/Fiendsmith; outside a discard engine its payoff shrinks to plain Tuner material.
- Combo evidence is very small (8 combos), so its observed role tags are noisy.
Counters / choke points
- Called by the Grave
- D.D. Crow / GY negation
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring negating the effect that would discard it
- Untargetable or destruction-immune boards
- Decks with no discard outlet (card becomes a vanilla Tuner)
Best use
Level 1 Tuner / discard-trigger removal. Decks: Fabled, Fabled-Fiendsmith. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: "If this card is discarded to the GY: Target 1 face-up card on the field; destroy that target." — removal requires a discard and only hits a face-up card.; Level 1 LIGHT Beast Tuner, 800 ATK / 600 DEF, archetype Fabled, legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links.; No banlist token in the evidence pack; assumed unlimited at 3 copies.
- Observed: 318 recent decks run it, with Fabled at 45% and Fiendsmith at 32.7% of those decks.; Copy count is a 1-of in practice: 301 of 318 decks run exactly 1 copy (avg 1.1).; In 8 recorded combos it appears in 100% of them, is tagged starter role in 37.5%, is never material role/payoff role/end-board, and sits at an average board power index of 56 with average starter count when present 1.62.; Called by the Grave co-occurs in 82.4% of its partner lists, showing GY negation is a live risk in its own shells.; Fabled guide sections list it under archetype core monsters.
- Inferred: As an unrestricted Level 1 LIGHT Beast Tuner it can be slotted as generic Synchro material in lists that are not pure Fabled, which is consistent with its presence in Fiendsmith, Sky Striker, Azamina and Melffy samples.; Because material role and payoff role are 0% in the tiny combo sample while starter role/end-hand appearances are 37.5%, its practical identity is a small engine body plus a discard-trigger pop rather than a payoff piece.; Its destruction is soft interaction: targeting plus face-up-only means it rarely answers a set backrow or a protected board.
- Data gaps: No banlist token in the evidence pack — copies assumed unlimited (3). No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) rows; archetype inclusion is inferred from the 318-deck sample only. Combo evidence is very small (8 combos), so starter role/material role role tags are noisy and share of combos (100%) is not meaningful at that sample size. No dated metagame sample is supplied, so meta power is null and the score is provisional on format context. No explicit ruling notes on how the GY trigger interacts with common negations were provided.