WIND
4Alchemist of Black Spells
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1800
View:
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Once per turn, you can change this face-up Attack Position card you control to face-up Defense Position and place 1 Spell Counter on a face-up card you control that you can place a Spell Counter on.
Alchemist of Black Spells — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 46 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
The card's value is a Level 4 WIND Spellcaster body that can be played in 16 decks across 9 archetypes, plus a once-per-turn Attack-to-Defense position change and a Spell Counter placement that feeds Spell Counter payoffs such as Skilled Dark Magician and Spell Power Grasp. Its 1200 ATK and 1800 DEF earn nothing; the score comes from deck fit and material usability, not stats. The effect has no recorded combo, card-advantage or interaction evidence, so combo and interaction axes stay low and the score is held to the Medium band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Not searchable or summonable from any evidence supplied, and it appears in no combo boards; it is found only through general draw in 16 decks at 1–3 copies (deck data; inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | The text places a Spell Counter and changes position, but no combo boards or example lines show it building a board (text-only inference, no combo data). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | No draw, search, recursion or card advantage appears in the text (card text, verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The effect has no negation, removal or hand-trap function (card text, verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A clean generic Level 4 WIND Spellcaster body that remains useful as material even if the effect is negated (inferred from card stats and text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 25 | A single body with a once-per-turn effect that needs a face-up Attack Position target, so it is fragile and has no redundancy (card text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Typically 1 copy per deck (12 of 16 decks run one), with no garnet or lock restriction; banlist unknown, assumed unlimited (deck data, usage statistics, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean generic Level 4 WIND Spellcaster body that converts into material even when its effect is negated
- Places Spell Counters that feed Spell Counter payoffs such as Skilled Dark Magician and Spell Power Grasp
- Runs in 16 decks across 9 archetypes with stable partners, showing a real home and not a one-off pick
Weaknesses
- No combo, starter or searcher evidence, so combo conversion rests on text alone
- Once-per-turn effect needs a face-up Attack Position card and a valid Spell Counter target
- No interaction, card advantage or recursion, so it adds little beyond a body and a counter
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation or board disruption that shuts off the once-per-turn effect (inferred from card type)
- Decks with no Spell Counter payoffs gain little from the counter placement (inferred)
Best use
Combo enabler (Spell Counter placement) and Level 4 material body in Spell Counter support shells. Decks: Dark Magician, Endymion, Umi Control. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 WIND Spellcaster Effect Monster, 1200 ATK / 1800 DEF (card); Once-per-turn Attack-to-Defense position change plus a Spell Counter placement on a face-up card (card text); Appears in 16 decks, 1–3 copies per deck, 9 distinct archetypes (deck data)
- Observed: Book of Moon co-occurs in 14 of 16 decks (87.5%) (deck data); Spell Power Grasp co-occurs in 13 of 16 decks (81.2%) (deck data); Umi Control inclusion 100% at typical 1 copy (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Spell Counter placement feeds Spell Counter payoffs, inferred from text plus partner co-occurrence; A clean generic Level 4 body is usable as material even when its effect is negated
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no searcher or starter evidence for accessibility format 4 is not named in the evidence