LIGHT
2Vylon Tetra
Archetype:
Vylon
ATK:
900
DEF:
900
View:
2784
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 would be destroyed, you can destroy this Equip Card instead.
Vylon Tetra — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Vylon Tetra scores mainly as a Level 2 Tuner body that shows up in 34 recent decks across 10 archetypes, usually as a single copy. Its 900 ATK earns nothing. Its graveyard effect is a one-time protection (500 LP to equip it to a face-up monster and redirect one destruction), which is useful but narrow and does not convert into card advantage or interaction. No combo boards are recorded, so the score rests on text, deck placement and the Tuner role rather than observed conversion.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Present in 34 of 34 sampled decks at about 1.5 copies on average, but no combo evidence shows it being searched or started (observed; inferred for the search routes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No recorded boards; the only conversion is a body that feeds a Synchro or protects one monster from destruction (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Costs 500 LP and gives no draw, search or refuel; the equip protects a monster rather than gaining advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | Only protects the equipped monster from destruction; it does not negate, remove or disrupt the opponent (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 2 LIGHT Machine Tuner is a clean Synchro material, and its graveyard effect can still be used after it is sent as material (verified from text, observed in decks). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The effect works only from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard, so it is tied to being used or sent, but it does work from the graveyard across multiple turns (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Runs 1 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock restriction, and sits in 26 decks at a single copy (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 2 Tuner that is a clean Synchro material
- Present in 34 sampled decks across 10 archetypes, so it is a generic and portable body
- Cheap to run: 1 to 3 copies with no garnet restriction
- Graveyard effect still works after being sent as material
Weaknesses
- No recorded combo boards, so conversion is unproven
- The protection is one-time and costs 500 LP
- No interaction, negation or card advantage
- Works only when sent from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard
Counters / choke points
- Banish or negation of the monster it would protect, which leaves the equip shield unused
- Opponent destruction effects that happen before the equip is made
Best use
Level 2 Tuner body with a one-time graveyard protection. Decks: Synchro and Tuner-based builds, Fiendsmith, World Legacy and Mekk-Knight lists as observed in the sample. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 2 LIGHT Machine Tuner, 900/900; Graveyard effect: pay 500 LP, equip to a target face-up monster you control, and destroy the equip instead of the monster if it would be destroyed; Present in 34 of 34 sampled decks, 1.47 copies on average, distinct archetypes 10
- Observed: Copies distribution: 26 decks at 1 copy and 8 decks at 3 copies; Co-occurs with Fiendsmith Engraver, Ash Blossom and Fiendsmith's Requiem in 76.5% of decks; Archetype spread: Fiendsmith 23.5%, World Legacy 17.6%, Mekk-Knights 17.6%
- Inferred: Its main role is as a Tuner body, with the graveyard protection as a secondary use; The protection is one-time and fires only from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard; Deck inclusion is driven by generic Tuner value rather than by proven combo conversion
- 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); archetype inclusion inferred from the deck sample only legal copies is empty for all formats