LIGHT
8Vylon Epsilon
Archetype:
Vylon
ATK:
2800
DEF:
1200
View:
2677
1 LIGHT Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters Equip Cards equipped to this card cannot be targeted by cards or effects. Once per turn: You can send 1 Equip Card equipped to this card to the Graveyard to target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target.
Vylon Epsilon — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Vylon Epsilon's value is a once-per-turn destruction effect that needs an Equip Card to send to the Graveyard, so its power depends on the equip support around it rather than on its 2800 ATK. The text itself is clear: it protects its equipped Equip Cards from targeting and converts one equip into one destroyed opponent monster. Its high deck inclusion (34 decks across 15 archetypes, with clustered partners such as Ash Blossom and Harpie's Feather Duster) confirms it is a real, portable Synchro in practice, but that is accessibility, not intrinsic strength, so it does not raise the score. The ATK and body size earn little because there are no combo records showing what it converts into on a board.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Synchro with a LIGHT Tuner requirement and played in 34 sampled decks across 15 archetypes, but no starter or searched observations are supplied (observed for deck spread, inferred for access routes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No recorded boards show the card, so any conversion beyond its once-per-turn destruction is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Its effect costs a sent Equip Card and returns no card advantage or refuel, so it is a roughly one-for-one trade at best (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 58 | Once-per-turn destruction of an opponent monster is real interaction, gated by needing an equipped Equip Card, and target protection covers its equips (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Level 8 LIGHT Fairy Synchro body can serve as material, but no material role records exist, so the value is inferred from its stats and attribute (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Equip-card protection and the single removal use are modest, but it is one main-deck body with no redundancy evidence (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Average 1.12 copies per deck with a maximum of 2, no garnet or lock restriction, and usable in multiple archetypes (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal / Negation + 0.3 Boss / End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clear, text-verified once-per-turn removal effect
- Protects its equipped Equip Cards from targeting
- Broad portability: 15 distinct archetypes in the sample
- Cheap to run at about one copy per deck
Weaknesses
- Effect requires an Equip Card on the field and sent to the Graveyard
- No combo evidence showing what it converts into
- Limited resource gain: a one-for-one trade with no refuel
- Strong-looking body (2800 ATK) earns no points on its own
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the effect or the equip card in response to activation
- Targeting-based removal or banish that removes the equip support first
Best use
Synchro removal body that converts an equip into one destroyed monster. Decks: Lightsworn, Tearlaments. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once-per-turn effect sends an equipped Equip Card to the GY to destroy one opponent monster; Equip cards equipped to it cannot be targeted by cards or effects; Synchro monster requiring one LIGHT Tuner plus one or more non-Tuners
- Observed: Present in 34 decks across 15 archetypes, average 1.12 copies, max 2; Top partners appear in 47–68% of its decks
- Inferred: Synchro access depends on Tuner and non-Tuner availability; Material value follows from Level 8 LIGHT Fairy stats
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no rulings supplied for the equip-card cost interaction