LIGHT
8Timaeus the United Dragon
Archetype:
Legendary Knight
ATK:
2800
DEF:
1800
View:
10577
You can send 1 Spellcaster monster, or 1 Spell/Trap that mentions "Dark Magician", from your hand or face-up field to the GY; Special Summon this card from your hand. During your Main Phase: You can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as material, including a Spellcaster monster. You can only use each effect of "Timaeus the United Dragon" once per turn.
Timaeus the United Dragon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 66 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62.6 · Deck: 67.8 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Timaeus turns a Spellcaster or Dark Magician-named Spell/Trap from hand into a Level 8 body on the field, then a Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck, so its score rests on accessibility and conversion inside Dark Magician shells, where all 400 sampled decks run it at about 1.8 copies. The 2800 ATK earns nothing. The combo power index of 93.8 describes whole boards it appears in, not this card alone, and no board tags it as starter, searched, material, or payoff, so that index is treated as context only. The score is held back by zero opponent interaction and by the need for a second card to pay the hand Special Summon cost.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | The hand Special Summon needs a Spellcaster or Dark Magician-named Spell/Trap to send, and most sampled decks carry Dark Magician partners such as Dark Magician and Magicians' Souls (observed for the deck data, verified for the cost wording). |
| Combo & Conversion | 72 | The text gives two once-per-turn conversion effects, a hand Special Summon and a Main Phase Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck; the average board power index of 93.8 is board-level and not credited to this card alone (verified for the effects, observed for the boards). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The hand Special Summon sends one card to the GY as cost, the Fusion step consumes hand or field materials, and the text shows no draw, search, or GY refuel (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect appears in the supplied text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 8 LIGHT Dragon with 2800 ATK is a practical material body, although the text never names it as material (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 58 | The two effects work from hand, field, and Extra Deck and each is capped at once per turn, but the evidence says nothing about resisting negation (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 66 | It is a single-slot card with no garnet or lock, but it needs Spellcaster or Dark Magician Spell/Trap support, and the Dark Magician archetype typically runs 3 copies (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 62.6, Deck ≈ 67.8, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Two independent once-per-turn effects: a hand Special Summon and a Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck
- Level 8 LIGHT Dragon body gives usable material value
- Present in all 400 sampled decks, with its Dark Magician partners appearing in most of them
Weaknesses
- The hand Special Summon needs another card (a Spellcaster or Dark Magician-named Spell/Trap) to send
- The Fusion step requires a Spellcaster as material
- No opponent interaction
Best use
Starter / Combo enabler: Dark Magician Fusion-engine starter. Decks: Dark Magician (archetype 670), Dark Magician (archetype 5), Red-Eyes (archetype 618). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon: sends 1 Spellcaster or Dark Magician-named Spell/Trap as cost (card text); Main Phase Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck with a Spellcaster as material; once per turn per effect (card text); Level 8 LIGHT Dragon, 2800 ATK / 1800 DEF (card stats); No negation, removal, or hand-trap text (card text)
- Observed: Runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks; average 1.84 copies, 138 decks at 3 copies (deck stat); Top partners: Illusion of Chaos 97.2%, Dark Magician 97%, Magicians' Souls 96% (deck stat); Dark Magician archetype (5) inclusion 100%, typical 3 copies (usage statistic); Appears in 6 of 6 recorded combos, average power index 93.8 (combo stat)
- Inferred: Primary role Starter / Combo enabler, secondary Material body (text and stats; combo role counts are all zero); Level 8 body is a practical Fusion or Synchro material (from stats); Reads as a Dark Magician-network engine rather than a standalone board-maker
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) from evidence Combo role counts (starter role, searched-for role, material role, payoff role) are all zero and combo role is empty in every example, so the role is not corroborated by combos Timing wording for the hand Special Summon is not in the supplied description No rulings or format-specific text supplied Guide snippets do not name Timaeus; neither guide's co_card_ids includes passcode 3078380 Board-level power index cannot be attributed to this card alone