LIGHT
4Vylon Prism
Archetype:
Vylon
ATK:
1500
DEF:
1500
View:
2756
If this card is sent from the Monster Card Zone to the Graveyard: You can pay 500 Life Points, then target 1 face-up monster you control; equip this card to that target. If the equipped monster attacks or is attacked: It gains 1000 ATK during the Damage Step only.
Vylon Prism — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Vylon Prism is a Level 4 LIGHT Thunder Tuner whose only effect is a graveyard-trigger equip that costs 500 LP for a temporary +1000 ATK during the Damage Step. Its value is mostly as a clean Tuner body that appears in 66 sampled decks across 21 archetypes, which confirms it is practical but does not by itself earn power. The 1500 ATK and the Vylon name add nothing to the score, and the 66-deck presence is treated as accessibility, not strength. With no combo evidence and no card advantage or interaction in the text, the score stays near the middle of the range.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | Appears in 66 sampled decks across 21 archetypes, mostly Thunder Dragon, Bystial and Batteryman, but has no searcher and no combo starts, so it is drawn rather than fetched (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The equip effect adds only a Damage Step ATK boost for 500 LP and builds no board on its own, and there are zero combo appearances to confirm more (verified). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | No draw, search or banish; the only cost is 500 LP for a temporary ATK boost, so card advantage is absent (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap reach in the card text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 4 LIGHT Thunder Tuner is a clean material body that keeps its Tuner role even if its effect is negated, though no as_material stats are available (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The graveyard trigger fires after it leaves the field, so it survives some interruption, but the damage-step-only boost is narrow and it has no redundancy beyond copies (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Runs 1 copy in 57 of 66 decks, with max 3 copies and no garnet or lock restrictions, so it is cheap and easy to fit (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility (default) role weights; no combo data, so no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 LIGHT Thunder Tuner body that fits multiple archetypes
- Cheap to run: one copy in most decks, no garnet or lock restriction
- Graveyard trigger still works after the card leaves the field
Weaknesses
- No searcher, no combo starts and no card advantage
- Equip boost is narrow (Damage Step only) and costs 500 LP
- No negation or removal reach
Counters / choke points
- Monster-effect negation before the card reaches the graveyard, since the trigger depends on being sent from the Monster Zone (inferred)
Best use
Tuner body with a graveyard equip boost. Decks: Thunder Dragon, Bystial/Byssted, Batteryman. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: graveyard-trigger equip for 500 LP, +1000 ATK during the Damage Step only; Level 4 LIGHT Thunder Tuner, 1500 ATK / 1500 DEF; Runs 1 copy in 57 of 66 sampled decks, max 3
- Observed: 66 sampled decks across 21 archetypes, led by Thunder Dragon, Bystial/Byssted and Batteryman; Strong co-occurrence with engine cards such as Thunder Dragon and Batteryman Solar (about 59%)
- Inferred: Tuner body is clean material, but no as_material stats exist to confirm it; Narrow Damage Step boost means limited board impact
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for inclusion % across archetypes