Spell
NormalToy Parade
Archetype:
Frightfur
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(This card is always treated as a "Frightfur" card.) Target 1 DARK monster you control Special Summoned from the Extra Deck; for the rest of this turn, you cannot declare attacks except with that monster, also each time that monster destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the GY, it can attack again in a row. If you control a Fairy monster, except the turn this card was sent to the GY: You can banish this card from your GY; add 1 Level 4 or lower DARK monster from your GY to your hand. You can only use 1 "Toy Parade" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
Toy Parade — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53.5 · Deck: 57.4 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Toy Parade is a conditional battle extender: after a DARK monster is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, it lets that monster be the only attacker for the turn and lets it attack again after each battle destruction. Its second effect is a GY recursion that banishes itself to return a Level 4 or lower DARK monster, but only while you control a Fairy monster. The score comes from converting a single Extra Deck summon into extra battle damage and a recurring body, not from its absence of stats or from its presence in 66 of 66 sampled decks, which only confirms it is a reliably run staple. It has no interaction at all, and no combo evidence was supplied, so the combo and resilience scores rest on text inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Spell card that needs a DARK Extra Deck summon and, for the recursion, a Fairy on the field; it is run in 66 of 66 sampled decks at 1.23 average copies, but no starter or searched data was supplied (observed deck presence, inferred conditions). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Text says one Extra Deck DARK monster can attack again after each battle destruction, which converts one summon into a chain of attacks; no combo examples or power_index were supplied (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | The GY effect banishes itself to return a Level 4 or lower DARK monster to hand, a self-funded recursion with no card-advantage loss (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect is present in the text (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 15 | The card is a Spell and cannot be material; its recursion can return a Level 4 DARK body that may later be material, which is an indirect contribution only (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The main effect is a one-per-turn battle effect with conditional recursion, and a Spell has no protection against a single negate; the GY effect gives some recovery in a second zone (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Run at 1 copy in 53 of 66 decks with a light conditional cost and no garnet or lock; redundant copies are not needed (observed deck distribution, verified from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 53.5, Deck ≈ 57.4, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Turns one Extra Deck DARK summon into multiple battle destructions and attacks in a single turn
- Self-funded GY recursion of a Level 4 or lower DARK monster
- Runs in every sampled deck with strong partner overlap across 16 archetypes
Weaknesses
- No interaction, negation, or protection of its own
- Battle effect requires a DARK Extra Deck summon first
- Recursion needs a Fairy monster on the field and is limited to one Toy Parade effect per turn
Counters / choke points
- Negate effects in response to the Extra Deck summon or the attack-extension trigger
- Monster removal or destruction before the battle step
Best use
Extender for Extra Deck DARK monsters, with a GY monster recursion. Decks: Frightfur, Fluffal, Edge Imp. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Battle extension and once-per-turn limit come directly from the card text; GY banish-and-recover effect requires a Fairy monster and a Level 4 or lower DARK target, per card text; Present in 66 of 66 sampled decks at 1.23 average copies, with 53 decks at 1 copy
- Observed: Top partners include Edge Imp Chain at 84.8% and Frightfur Cruel Whale at 83.3% of decks; Spread across 16 archetypes and 3 gameplay types
- Inferred: Extender is the primary role because the battle-extension text is the main effect; GY recursion is secondary; Accessibility is moderate because the effect depends on a DARK Extra Deck summon and a Fairy on the field; Deck synergy is capped by the absence of combo evidence, so the causal link to strength is not proven
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only