WATER
1Crystal Seer
ATK:
100
DEF:
100
View:
3519
FLIP: Excavate the top 2 cards of your Deck, then add 1 of them to your hand, then place the other on the bottom of your Deck.
Crystal Seer — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 52 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Crystal Seer's flip effect digs the top 2 cards of the Deck, adds one to hand and bottoms the other, which is a single-card filter worth about +1 card with no board-building follow-up. It is a Level 1 100-ATK body, and that ATK earns nothing here; the score comes from the reliable but modest dig, a wide and cheap-to-run deck footprint (21 decks, 13 archetypes, 1 or 3 copies), and the fact that the flip must be triggered from a set state, which is vulnerable to removal and negation. With no combo evidence, the combo and material axes stay low and the deck-level centrality is unconfirmed.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | The effect needs the card set and then flipped, so it is live from hand in most openings but not searchable itself (verified: card text; observed: 21 decks running it at 1 to 3 copies). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | The effect converts into one extra card in hand and no board, so it does little on its own (verified: card text; combo data has 0 appearances). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Digging two and taking one is a net +1 card with no cost and no graveyard refuel (verified: card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect (verified: card text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 1 Water Spellcaster is a plausible material body for Level-based summons, but no recorded combo uses it that way (inferred: stats and type only; combo data has 0 materials). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The flip effect can be stopped by negation and the set monster can be removed before it flips, though it is redundant across copies (inferred: flip mechanics; observed: 3 copies in 10 decks). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | It runs at 1 to 3 copies with no garnet, lock or self-restriction, so it is cheap to include (observed: copies per deck distribution; verified: no restriction text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Pure Searcher/Tutor profile; no secondary role, since the Material body reading is not supported by any combo or deck evidence. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 52, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap, low-restriction card that fits into many archetypes
- Net +1 card advantage from the deck with no cost
- Searches from the top of the deck, so the card is quick to convert into a useful hand card
Weaknesses
- No board presence beyond a 100-ATK body
- Depends on a flip trigger from a set state, which is interruptible
- No recorded combo usage, so its role in real boards is unconfirmed
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the flip effect
- Removal of the set monster before it can flip
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (top-2 filter). Decks: Heroic, Book of, Pendulum Magician, Dark Magician.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Flip effect text: excavate top 2, add 1 to hand, place the other on the bottom of the Deck; Level 1 Water Spellcaster, 100 ATK / 100 DEF, no link or scale
- Observed: 21 decks run it, 13 distinct archetypes, copies of 1 (11 decks) or 3 (10 decks); Top partners are Apprentice Magician and Old Vindictive Magician at 42.9%
- Inferred: Flip route requires a set state and a flip trigger, so the card is not a direct hand-to-effect card; Level 1 body is usable as material, but no combo confirms it
- 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