LIGHT
3
1Twilight Specter Rayrage
ATK:
1000
DEF:
1500
View:
279
[ Pendulum Effect ] If a Pendulum Monster(s) you control would be destroyed by an opponent's card effect, you can destroy this card instead of 1 of those Pendulum Monsters. You can only use this effect of "Twilight Specter Rayrage" once per turn. [ Monster Effect ] If this card is in your hand: You can target 1 Pendulum Monster you control; place that Pendulum Monster in your Pendulum Zone (neither player can activate its Pendulum Effects this turn), and if you do, Special Summon this card. (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card, then target 1 card in your Pendulum Zone; it cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects this turn. You can only use each effect of "Twilight Specter Rayrage" once per turn.
Twilight Specter Rayrage — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 43 ± 10 · Confidence: Low
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: — · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
The card is a Level 3, 1000 ATK Light Dragon whose hand effect only works when you already control a Pendulum Monster, so it converts a live Pendulum board into one extra body plus a Pendulum Zone placement, with no card advantage. Its 1000 ATK, 1500 DEF and Level 3 stats earned no points on their own. The Pendulum-destruction substitution and the once-per-turn Pendulum Zone protection are real but narrow, and with no deck or combo evidence the score is a text-only provisional read.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Hand activation requires a Pendulum Monster already controlled, and no searcher or deck evidence was supplied (verified text, inferred route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Summons itself and places one Pendulum Monster in the Pendulum Zone, which is a small one-for-one-body gain with no shown board expansion (inferred from text; no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | No draw, search or recursion; the Pendulum Zone protection effect costs the card itself by Tribute (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 40 | Substitutes its own destruction for an opponent-destroyed Pendulum Monster and grants Pendulum Zone protection from opponent effects, both once per turn (verified text, soft interaction). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 3 Light Dragon is a usable generic material body, with no Tuner or special material clause (inferred from stats and text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Works from hand, field and Pendulum Zone, but each effect is once per turn and the protection is a single-use Tribute (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Single-card, no garnet or lock, but it needs a Pendulum Monster in the deck to function, a mild restriction (inferred from text; legal copies not supplied). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ —, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: Intrinsic (no decks and no combos supplied; provisional, Deck = null)
Strengths
- Hand-activated Special Summon with no card cost beyond needing a Pendulum Monster on field
- Substitutes its own destruction for an opponent-destroyed Pendulum Monster, once per turn
- Quick Tribute effect protects a Pendulum Zone card from opponent card effects for the turn
- Level 3 Light Dragon body is a usable generic material
Weaknesses
- Needs a Pendulum Monster already controlled to do anything from hand
- Each effect is once per turn and the protection requires tributing the card itself
- 1000 ATK / 1500 DEF gives little board presence
- No draw, search or recursion, so no card advantage
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the hand effect before it resolves (inferred)
- Removing or negating the Pendulum Monster you would target (inferred)
- Opponent removal that bypasses the Pendulum-destruction substitution (inferred)
Best use
Extender / Pendulum Zone utility. Decks: Pendulum-monster decks (inferred from text; no deck evidence supplied). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand effect: target 1 Pendulum Monster you control, place it in the Pendulum Zone, and Special Summon this card if you do; Quick Tribute effect protects a Pendulum Zone card from opponent card effects this turn; Pendulum effect substitutes this card's destruction for an opponent-destroyed Pendulum Monster; Each effect is once per turn; Level 3, LIGHT, Dragon, ATK 1000, DEF 1500, scale 1
- Inferred: Primary role Extender from the hand Special Summon and Pendulum Zone placement; Accessibility is conditional on a Pendulum Monster already being controlled; Protective effects are narrow and single-use per turn, so interaction is soft; Deck and combo value cannot be measured without supplied evidence
- Data gaps: no decks supplied — deck/synergy signals unavailable 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