Spell
EquipXyz Unit
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Equip only to a face-up Xyz Monster. It gains ATK equal to its Rank x 200. If the equipped monster you control would detach its Xyz Material to activate its effect: You can detach this card as 1 of the Xyz Materials.
Xyz Unit — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Xyz Unit is an Equip Spell that adds ATK equal to the equipped Xyz Monster's Rank x 200 and can be detached as one of that monster's Xyz Materials when the monster would pay a material cost. Its score comes from the material-saving clause and its low slot cost in Xyz decks, not from its ATK boost, which is text-only and unverified by combo data. It has no opponent interaction and no combo evidence, so combo conversion stays low. Deck inclusion (53 decks, 1.81 average copies, 18 archetypes) confirms it is a practical, portable support card, but that frequency does not raise the score beyond what the text and role support.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Runs in 53 of the sampled decks at 1.81 average copies, but it is a Spell that needs a face-up Xyz Monster to do anything, with no searcher or combo route recorded (observed for inclusion, inferred for the Xyz dependency). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | Text-only: the ATK gain and the material substitution do not build a board by themselves, and total combos is 0 (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | The clause swaps this card for a material the monster would otherwise detach, which saves one material once; there is no draw, search or recursion (verified from text, inferred for value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect is in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | It is an Xyz material substitute only while equipped to an Xyz Monster, and it does not function as a material body on its own; it is useful when the equipped monster would detach (verified from text, inferred for value). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | An Equip Spell is lost when the equipped monster leaves the field, and it depends on a single Xyz host, so it has limited redundancy across zones (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Low restriction and 1.81 average copies across 18 archetypes suggest a cheap, non-garnet slot; the Xyz Monster requirement is the only real restriction (observed for copies, inferred for restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility primary (0.7) blended with Material body secondary (0.3). Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Reliably included across many Xyz archetypes (18 distinct), not just one home
- Low-cost, low-restriction slot with 1.81 average copies
- Material-saving clause protects an Xyz Monster's material pool when its effect needs detaching
Weaknesses
- Dead unless an Xyz Monster is face-up
- No opponent interaction and no recorded combo presence
- Lost with the equipped monster, so it offers little redundancy
- ATK gain does not earn points on its own (guardrail 1)
Best use
Xyz support: material saver and ATK boost for the equipped Xyz Monster. Decks: Utopia, Cipher, Galaxy-Eyes, Numeron, Constellar.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Equip Spell: equip only to a face-up Xyz Monster; gains ATK equal to its Rank x 200 (card text); Material-substitution clause: may detach this card as one Xyz Material when the equipped monster would detach one (card text); Appears in 53 of 53 sampled decks, 1.81 average copies (deck data)
- Observed: Utopia is the largest home at 20 decks (37.7%); 18 distinct archetypes overall; Top partners Number 38 (54.7%) and Ash Blossom (52.8%) co-occur in decks, which reflects staple overlap rather than proven synergy; Gameplay split: 36 decks type 7, 16 decks type 4, 1 deck type 3
- Inferred: Its value depends on having a face-up Xyz Monster, so it is a conditional support card; The material-saving clause is worth about one material per use; Single-host Equip Spell means limited redundancy
- Data gaps: 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 no rulings supplied for interaction between the equip and the detach clause