LIGHT
6Trickstar Band Drumatis
Archetype:
Trickstar
ATK:
2000
DEF:
1000
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2 "Trickstar" monsters "Trickstar" Link Monsters you control that point to this card gain 1000 ATK. You can only use each of the following effects of "Trickstar Band Drumatis" once per turn. If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can add 1 "Trickstar" card from your Deck to your hand, with a different name from the cards you control and in your GY. If effect damage is inflicted (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; its ATK becomes 0.
Trickstar Band Drumatis — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Board breaker, Material body
Why it scores here
The card's main value is a Fusion Summon trigger that adds one Trickstar card from the Deck with a different name from your field and GY, which is a real search on a Fusion body that needs a second Trickstar monster and a Fusion route to reach the field. Its second effect (once per turn, after effect damage, sets one face-up monster's ATK to 0) is a soft, conditional board breaker rather than hard removal. The 2000 ATK and the Link ATK boost earn no points, and the 255-deck presence (about 99% co-occurrence with Trickstar staples) confirms accessibility in the archetype but is treated as frequency, not power. No combo boards were supplied, so conversion is scored from text only.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Fusion Summon with Trickstar material routes and a Fusion-summon trigger search; 255 of 255 sampled decks run it, but no combo starter data exists (observed for deck presence, inferred for routes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | The search and ATK-zero effect convert into a Trickstar board, but no combo examples were supplied so this is text-only inference. |
| Resource Economy | 60 | One search on Fusion Summon gives a net +1 card per successful trigger, with no refuel; supported by card text (verified) with the net gain inferred. |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Once-per-turn ATK-to-0 after effect damage is conditional and soft interaction, not negation or hard removal (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | A Level 6 LIGHT Fairy Fusion body that is only moderately useful as material, and mostly limited to Trickstar-related Fusion and Link routes (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The search trigger needs a Fusion Summon and the damage effect needs effect damage, so both are fragile to a single interruption; neither is multi-zone (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | One Fusion slot at 1.6 average copies in an archetype-committed deck; no garnet or lock, but it commits the deck to Trickstar (observed for copies, inferred for commitment). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Searcher/Tutor, no secondary blend applied to weights. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- A Fusion Summon trigger that searches a Trickstar card, which keeps the archetype's engine supplied
- Once-per-turn ATK-to-0 on effect damage gives a conditional answer to a boss monster
- Present in 255 of 255 sampled decks, almost all Trickstar-based, so its role is well established in its home
Weaknesses
- Only a Fusion route to the field, so it is dead without a second Trickstar and the Fusion setup
- Its effect damage clause is conditional and depends on the opponent taking effect damage
- Score is limited by the 21-archetype spread being mostly one archetype (72.9%) and by the lack of combo evidence
Counters / choke points
- Negating the Fusion Summon or the search trigger before it resolves
- Hard-removing or banishing the Fusion body before it can use the search or ATK effect
Best use
Searcher/Tutor on Fusion Summon, with a conditional ATK-zero answer. Decks: Trickstar Fusion engine decks. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Fusion Summon trigger: add 1 Trickstar card from the Deck with a different name from your field and GY (card text); Once per turn ATK-to-0 on effect damage, except during the Damage Step (card text); Link monsters pointing to it gain 1000 ATK (card text)
- Observed: Present in 255 of 255 sampled decks, with 72.9% in the Trickstar archetype; Copies per deck average 1.6, max 3; Top partners Trickstar Candina and Trickstar Light Stage at 99.2% co-occurrence
- Inferred: The search is a real, usable route in the Trickstar engine (no combo confirmation); Net card advantage is about +1 per successful Fusion trigger
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter/material shares are text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for archetype inclusion beyond the deck sample no metagame sample, so meta power is null