DARK
4Time Thief Bezel Ship
Archetype:
Time Thief
ATK:
1000
DEF:
2000
View:
3467
(Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card, then target 1 "Time Thief" Xyz Monster you control; attach 1 card from your opponent's GY to that monster as material. If this card is in the GY: You can detach 1 material from an Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of "Time Thief Bezel Ship" once per turn.
Time Thief Bezel Ship — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53.8 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
The card's value is that it converts the opponent's graveyard into Xyz material for a Time Thief Xyz, and that it comes back from the graveyard by detaching one material from an Xyz monster. Its 1000 ATK and Level 4 body earn nothing by themselves. Its score comes from recursion and from being a clean Level 4 Dark Machine material, which it still is when its effects are negated. It is played in 400 of 400 sampled decks and appears in all 4 recorded combos, but only as a material piece, so the evidence does not show it starting combos.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Live only once a Time Thief Xyz is on the field with a material to detach, and it is never a starter or searched card in the recorded boards (observed, 0% starter role and 0% searched-for role; text, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | Its recorded combos are 2-card lines with power index 100 where it is the material, and the average power index when present is 88 (observed, 4 combos). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The tribute-and-attach effect is a self-cost that adds an opponent's graveyard card as material, and the GY effect is a free special summon for one material (text, verified; net advantage is not isolated in the combo data, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | It takes an opponent graveyard card, which denies some graveyard-dependent plays, but it has no negation or removal of field cards (text, verified; inferred impact). |
| Material Utility | 60 | It is a Level 4 Dark Machine body that appears as material in 75% of its recorded combos and keeps that material value when its effects are negated (observed, 3 of 4 combos; text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | It works from both the field and the graveyard, with each effect limited to once per turn, so it has two spots but is tied to Time Thief Xyz monsters (text, verified; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 62 | It is a single-copy-friendly card with no garnet or lock; the average is 1.88 copies per deck, with 152 decks running 3 (observed, 400 decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 53.8, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts an opponent's graveyard card into Xyz material for a Time Thief Xyz on demand
- Recurs from the graveyard by detaching one material from an Xyz monster
- Stays a usable Level 4 Dark Machine material even when its effects are negated
- Widely run in Time Thief builds (400 of 400 sampled decks; 99.5% with Time Thief Winder)
Weaknesses
- Its effects need a Time Thief Xyz monster on the field, so access depends on the Xyz line being live
- Its tribute cost removes the card from the field in exchange for one material
- Its negation and removal value is near zero, so it does nothing against interaction on its own
- Its recorded combos show it as a material piece only, so the evidence does not show it starting a combo
Counters / choke points
- Inferred: opponent effects that remove or banish cards in the graveyard, or that stop Special Summons from the graveyard, would shut off its recursion
Best use
Graveyard recursion and Xyz material for Time Thief. Decks: Time Thief.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: a Tribute cost plus a target of a Time Thief Xyz monster, attaching one opponent graveyard card as material; Card text: Special Summon from the graveyard by detaching one Xyz material, banished when it leaves the field; Card text: each effect is once per turn; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks
- Observed: 400 of 400 sampled decks run it, average 1.88 copies, 152 decks at 3 copies; Appears in 4 of 4 recorded combos: 3 as material, 0 as starter, searched, payoff or end-board; Average power index when present is 88; Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in 5 Time Thief-related archetypes
- Inferred: Its recursion matters most in Time Thief and Xyz-material lines; Its graveyard denial is incidental, not a designed interaction
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Only 4 recorded combos, so the role split is thin No top-card ranking data and no rulings Guide snippets describe the archetype rather than this card's exact role