DARK
12The First Darklord
Archetype:
Darklord
ATK:
4000
DEF:
4000
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3 DARK Fairy monsters Your opponent cannot target Fairy monsters you control with card effects. You can only use 1 of the following effects of "The First Darklord" per turn, and only once that turn. If this card is Fusion Summoned using "Darklord Morningstar" as material: You can destroy all cards your opponent controls. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can pay 1000 LP; Special Summon 1 Fairy monster from your hand or GY in Defense Position.
The First Darklord — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 61 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion, Removal
Why it scores here
The First Darklord converts a Darklord-oriented board into a 4000/4000 Level 12 Fairy that shields every Fairy you control from targeting and, when Fusion Summoned with Darklord Morningstar, wipes the opponent's entire board; a repeatable Quick Effect then rebuys a Fairy from hand or GY each Main Phase for 1000 LP. Its high ATK and DEF earn nothing here — the score comes from the conditional board wipe, the blanket targeting protection for the Fairy engine, and the recurring revival loop that trades LP for card presence. It is not a starter (0% starter role, 0% searched-for role in combo evidence) and the 3-DARK-Fairy Fusion requirement plus the Morningstar-specific payoff keep it a payoff rather than an engine, so it lands in the solid-but-not-elite band. Combo evidence is thin (9 appearances, avg power index 51.8) and the boards it appears in show no disruption contribution, which caps the ceiling.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Combo evidence records 0% starter role and 0% searched-for role — it is a Fusion end-goal requiring 3 DARK Fairy materials, though it is a near-mandatory Extra Deck inclusion in Darklord builds (100% inclusion in three Darklord usage rows) (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 58 | It converts a resolved Darklord line into a 4000/4000 body plus a board wipe, yet the 9 recorded combos only credit it as payoff/end-board 11.1% of the time with an average power index of 51.8 (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | The Quick Effect pays 1000 LP to Special Summon 1 Fairy from hand or GY every Main Phase, an ongoing recursion engine that offsets LP for board presence, and recorded example boards show netCardAdvantage 5 (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 60 | If Fusion Summoned using Darklord Morningstar it destroys all cards the opponent controls — a full, hard-to-play-around board wipe — but it is material-conditional and the card provides no negation, and example sub-scores list disruption at 0 (verified). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Blanked or not, it is a Level 12 DARK Fairy Fusion that itself cannot easily serve as material for the Extra Deck summons that matter, so its body value is mostly the boss stats and the Fairy typing, not material conversion (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | The continuous effect prevents the opponent from targeting any Fairy you control with card effects, covering itself and the engine, but non-targeting removal still answers it and the two effects are mutually exclusive once per turn (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 62 | It occupies only an Extra Deck slot with no main-deck cost and is run at an average of 1.68 copies across 400 decks, though the line depends on the archetype's Darklord material package including Darklord Morningstar (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Conditional full board wipe when Fusion Summoned using Darklord Morningstar as material.
- Continuous protection: opponent cannot target any Fairy monster you control with card effects, covering the whole engine.
- Once-per-turn Quick Effect Main Phase revival of any Fairy from hand or GY in Defense Position for 1000 LP, creating a repeatable recursion loop.
- 4000 ATK / 4000 DEF Level 12 DARK Fairy boss body that also feeds DARK Fairy typing for future plays.
- Extra Deck slot — zero main-deck investment, with average 1.68 copies across the 400 sampled decks.
Weaknesses
- Requires 3 DARK Fairy monsters as Fusion Material; not a starter (0% starter role, 0% searched-for role in combo evidence).
- The board wipe is conditional on using Darklord Morningstar as material, not a default effect.
- Only one of the two effects may be used per turn, and only once that turn — wipe and revival compete.
- Provides no negation or interaction outside the material-conditional wipe; average power index when present is only 51.8.
- The revive costs 1000 LP each use and is limited to the Main Phase, not a full-chain quick effect.
Counters / choke points
- Non-targeting removal (Dark Hole, Raigeki, Lightning Storm, Forbidden Droplet, Dark Ruler No More) bypasses the Fairy targeting protection.
- Tributing effects such as Kaiju or Lava Golem remove the body without targeting.
- Negating or stopping the Fusion Summon itself (Solemn Judgment, Super Polymerization lines) prevents the board wipe trigger.
- Graveyard hate (D.D. Crow, Called by the Grave) removes the revival targets and blunts the Quick Effect loop.
- Removing or denying Darklord Morningstar as material downgrades it to a vanilla 4000 body with a revive.
Best use
Boss/End-board payoff and recurring Fairy revival engine. Decks: Darklord, Despia/Darklord, Fairy engines (Power Patron, Solfachord, Melodious splashes). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: 3 DARK Fairy monsters as Fusion Material, Level 12, 4000 ATK / 4000 DEF.; Card text: opponent cannot target Fairy monsters you control with card effects.; Card text: only 1 of the two listed effects per turn, and only once that turn.; Card text: if Fusion Summoned using Darklord Morningstar as material, you can destroy all cards your opponent controls.; Card text: Main Phase Quick Effect, pay 1000 LP to Special Summon 1 Fairy from hand or GY in Defense Position.
- Observed: 400 sampled decks run it, all in the main deck, averaging 1.68 copies (max 3).; 100% inclusion in three separate Darklord usage-statistics rows and 100% in Ars Magna and Nimble rows.; Combo sample of 9 appearances: 0% as starter, 0% as material, 11.1% as payoff, 11.1% in end board, average power index 51.8.; Top partners are Darklord cards at 97-99% co-deck rates, led by Darklord Gulgolet, Banishment of the Darklords and Darklord Ixchel.
- Inferred: Primary role is Boss/End-board payoff with a secondary Recovery/Recursion function from the Quick Effect revive.; Because targeting protection only blocks targeted effects, non-targeting removal is the practical answer.; Its body has limited material utility since it is itself a Level 12 Fusion that rarely becomes material.; The board wipe's full strength depends on having Darklord Morningstar in the Fusion materials.
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo data is thin: only 9 recorded combos, so appearance/role percentages are low-confidence no dated metagame sample, so meta power is null and the score is provisional deck data lists three separate archetype rows all named 'Darklord', so the 36 distinct archetypes figure is likely inflated by label noise no rulings or cost/timing clarifications supplied for the Quick Effect's interaction with the once-per-turn clause