EARTH
8Toon Black Luster Soldier
Archetype:
Toon
ATK:
3000
DEF:
2500
View:
4821
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing Toon monsters from your hand or field, whose total Levels equal 8 or more. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon monsters, this card can attack directly. Once per turn, if you control "Toon World": You can target 1 card on the field; banish it, also this card cannot attack the turn this effect is activated.
Toon Black Luster Soldier — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48.2 · Deck: 49.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Removal/Negation
Why it scores here
The card converts Toon support into a single 3000-ATK body with a once-per-turn banish of any field card, but only once Toon World is in play and the summon is paid by tributing Toon monsters worth at least Level 8. Its 3000 ATK and the 400/400 deck inclusion earned no points by themselves; the score rests on the Toon-only summon gate, the Toon World dependency for both direct attack and banish, and the card-economy cost of the tribute. Combo evidence is absent, so combo conversion is text-only inference and is capped at a medium score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Special Summon from hand requires Toon tributes totalling Level 8, and Toon Table of Contents and Toon Bookmark appear in 99.8% of decks, so the enabling pieces are routinely present (observed; the summon route itself is verified from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Text shows a 3000-ATK body that can attack directly under Toon World, but there are zero recorded combo boards, so conversion is inferred only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | The summon costs at least one Toon (often two) on the tribute side and the banish gives no card advantage, so the net is a card-for-body trade (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Once per turn it banishes any one card on the field, which is flexible targeted removal, but it is gated on Toon World and cannot attack the turn it is used (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 8 Earth Warrior body is a usable material by level and attribute, but no material role combo data exists to confirm conversion (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | A single body with a once-per-turn effect and a Toon World dependency for both direct attack and banish gives little redundancy against interruption (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 35 | The card only enters Toon-heavy builds and cannot be Normal Summoned, which locks the deck into a Toon shell, though it is run at about 2 copies on average (verified from text; observed from copies per deck). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 48.2, Deck ≈ 49.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- 3000-ATK body that can attack directly while Toon World is in play and the opponent controls no Toon monsters
- Once-per-turn banish of any one card on the field, which gives flexible targeted removal
- Present in all 400 sampled decks, mostly at 2–3 copies, with Toon Table of Contents and Toon Bookmark as near-universal partners
Weaknesses
- Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set; requires tributing Toon monsters totalling Level 8 or more
- Direct attack and banish both require Toon World to be controlled
- Cannot attack on the turn its banish effect is activated
- No recorded combo boards, so its conversion value is unverified
Counters / choke points
- Opponent Toon monsters block its direct attack (from card text)
- Removing or preventing Toon World stops both direct attack and the banish effect (from card text)
Best use
Boss/End-board with a secondary removal effect. Decks: Toon, Toons, Toon (archetype 294), Black Luster Soldier. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Special Summon requires tributing Toon monsters whose total Levels equal 8 or more; Normal Summon and Set are prohibited; Direct attack requires controlling Toon World and the opponent controlling no Toon monsters; Once per turn with Toon World: banish 1 targeted field card and this card cannot attack that turn
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, average 2.16 copies per deck (distribution 1:117, 2:102, 3:181); Toon archetype accounts for 49.8% of decks; top partners Toon Table of Contents and Toon Bookmark appear in 99.8% of decks; Two guides mention the card's Toon shell; no combo boards recorded
- Inferred: Level 8 Earth Warrior body is a usable material, though no material role data exists; Combo conversion is likely bounded by the Toon World requirement, but untested in recorded boards
- 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 format values are unmapped to format names no ruling or FAQ text supplied for the Toon World interaction