DARK
Timestar Magician
ATK:
2400
DEF:
1200
View:
4430
2 Level 4 "Magician" Pendulum Monsters Must first be Xyz Summoned with the above Xyz Materials. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; add to your hand, 1 DARK Spellcaster-Type monster from your Deck, Graveyard, or face-up from your Extra Deck. Once per turn, if a Pendulum Monster Card(s) in your Monster Zone or Pendulum Zone would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can send 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from your Deck to the Graveyard instead.
Timestar Magician — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 65 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Timestar Magician's value is its once-per-turn search: detaching one Xyz Material adds a DARK Spellcaster from Deck, Graveyard, or face-up Extra Deck to hand, which turns a spent material into a card and reaches several zones. Its pendulum-protection clause is a niche defensive effect and does not negate anything, so it earns little interaction credit. The 400-deck sample shows it is in nearly every deck in this sample, but that reflects a staple slot in the Magician ecosystem rather than intrinsic strength, so the deck score is kept moderate. No combo evidence exists, so conversion and starter credit rest on text inference alone.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | It needs a two-material Level 4 Magician Pendulum Xyz Summon, but it appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 43 archetypes, and the search works from Deck, Graveyard, or Extra Deck (observed deck stats; text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The search converts one material into one DARK Spellcaster per turn, but there are no recorded boards to confirm a practical starter-to-board line (inference from text; no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | Detaching a material to add a card is a net +1 card for an otherwise spent resource, limited to once per turn (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The pendulum-protection effect substitutes a Graveyard send for destruction on pendulum monsters only; it is not negation or removal (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | It is a Rank 4 Xyz body with no clear use as material for other summons, so its material value is limited (inference from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The search works from three zones and only costs one material, but it is once per turn and the body is a single 2400-ATK Xyz (inference from text plus deck spread). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It runs a 1.11 average copy count with no garnet or lock, and the Extra Deck slot fits the Magician ecosystem cleanly (observed deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 65, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches a DARK Spellcaster from Deck, Graveyard, or face-up Extra Deck for one detached material
- Present in all 400 sampled decks across 43 archetypes, which confirms a real and practical role
- Low copy count (avg 1.11) and no garnet or lock cost
Weaknesses
- Needs two Level 4 Magician Pendulum monsters before the search becomes available
- Once-per-turn search, and the search costs an Xyz material
- Pendulum protection is narrow and does not stop opposing interaction
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps or negations that stop the Xyz Summon before the search is available
- Board breakers that remove the Xyz material before the detach
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (Xyz) for DARK Spellcaster staples, with pendulum protection as a secondary effect. Decks: Pendulum Magician, Supreme King, Performapal, Magician Girls, Odd-Eyes, Dark Magician. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once per turn, detach 1 Xyz Material to add a DARK Spellcaster-Type monster from Deck, Graveyard, or face-up Extra Deck to hand; Once per turn, pendulum protection replaces destruction by battle or card effect by sending a Spellcaster from Deck to Graveyard; Rank 4, DARK Spellcaster, 2400 ATK / 1200 DEF
- Observed: Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks (100%), with 43 distinct archetypes; Average copies per deck 1.11; 366 decks run one copy, 25 run two, 9 run three; Top partners appear in 69% to 91% of decks that run this card
- Inferred: The search is a practical Xyz-deck tutor because it reaches the Extra Deck and Graveyard; The pendulum protection is a secondary defensive effect with limited interaction value
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only