FIRE
3Apple Magician Girl
Archetype:
Magician Girl
ATK:
1200
DEF:
800
View:
5165
Once per turn, if this card is targeted for an attack: You can Special Summon 1 Level 5 or lower Spellcaster-Type monster from your hand, then change the attack target to it, and if you do, the attacking monster's ATK becomes half its current ATK. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target up to 3 other "Magician Girl" monsters with different names in your Graveyard; add them to your hand.
Apple Magician Girl — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59.6 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Negation/Interaction
Why it scores here
Apple Magician Girl scores as a mid-tier Magician Girl body whose value comes from its graveyard trigger: when destroyed by battle or card effect it returns up to 3 other differently named Magician Girl monsters from the graveyard to hand, so a destroyed copy still converts into card advantage. Its field effect is a once-per-turn battle redirect that halves the attacker's ATK, which is soft interaction rather than a strong answer. The 1200 ATK and Level 3 Spellcaster body earn no points on their own, and the 147-deck inclusion rate confirms the card is a practical staple in its home rather than proof of intrinsic strength. No combo evidence exists, so the combo axis is held low and the score rests on text plus deck presence.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Appears in all 147 sampled decks at an average of 1.53 copies, but it has no hand or deck search effect and no combo starter data confirms a route (observed + inferred) |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Zero recorded combo boards; the destruction effect converts a dead body into up to 3 cards, but no board-building path is recorded (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 75 | Destruction returns up to 3 other differently named Magician Girl monsters from the graveyard to hand, a strong refuel that requires the card to be destroyed first (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | The once-per-turn redirect of an attack on this card, with the attacker's ATK halved, is soft and situational interaction limited to battle (verified) |
| Material Utility | 50 | A plain Level 3 Spellcaster body that stays usable as material when its effects are negated, but no recorded material use exists (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | The graveyard trigger still gives value after destruction, and both effects are once per turn, but negating the card while on the field removes both effects (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Runs at 1 copy in 95 of 147 decks with no garnet or lock, so it is cheap to include in Magician Girl lists (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Negation/Interaction. Intrinsic ≈ 59.6, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Graveyard trigger returns up to 3 differently named Magician Girl monsters to hand after the card is destroyed
- Appears in all 147 sampled decks, mostly in Magician Girl homes
- Cheap to run: 1 copy in most decks, with no garnet or lock restriction
Weaknesses
- The graveyard value requires the card to be destroyed first
- The battle redirect is once per turn, only applies to attacks on this card, and only halves the attacker's ATK
- No recorded combo boards, so its board-building contribution is unconfirmed
- No hand or deck search effect, so access depends on drawing or searching it through other cards
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation while the card is face-up on the field removes both its effects (inferred)
- Attacks that are not directed at this card are not redirected by its effect (verified)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor, a graveyard recovery body with a battle redirect. Decks: Magician Girl, Dark Magician.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Once-per-turn attack redirect: summon a Level 5 or lower Spellcaster from hand, change the attack target, and halve the attacker's ATK; Destruction by battle or card effect returns up to 3 other differently named Magician Girl monsters from the graveyard to hand; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel and DuelLinks
- Observed: Appears in 147 of 147 sampled decks (100%); Average 1.53 copies per deck; 95 decks run 1 copy, 26 run 2, 26 run 3; Strongest recorded partners are Chocolate Magician Girl (87.8%) and Berry/Lemon Magician Girl (78.2%)
- Inferred: The graveyard trigger converts a destroyed copy into up to 3 cards, so it is a real refuel; Negating the card on the field removes both effects, which is an ordinary effect-negation interaction; Accessibility is real through Magician Girl homes but has no confirmed starter or search route
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token; legal copies assumed 3 (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion % inferred from the deck sample only guide evidence is one Dark Magician guide mentioning this card only in an engine section