Spell
NormalFilia Diabell
Archetype:
Diabell
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Add 1 Level 8 or higher "Diabell" monster from your Deck to your hand, or if only your opponent controls a monster, you can Special Summon it instead. If this card is banished: You can make all "Diabell" monsters you currently control gain 500 ATK. You can only use each effect of "Filia Diabell" once per turn.
Filia Diabell — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Filia Diabell is a one-card searcher for Level 8+ Diabell monsters, so its score comes from reliable access to the Diabell engine rather than from its own stats or interaction, which are minimal. Its search is 1-for-1 with no card advantage, and the banished effect (a 500 ATK pump on Diabell monsters) adds little conversion on its own. High deck inclusion (400 of 400 sampled decks) is treated as confirmation that the role is practical, not as a power driver, and the thin combo sample (3 boards, no recorded role) keeps the combo axis moderate.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 80 | A spell that searches or Special Summons a Level 8+ Diabell monster from Deck, live in opening hand, and present in 400 of 400 sampled decks (verified, observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Appears in all 3 recorded boards with an average power index of 22.3, but none of the boards record it as starter, searched, or payoff, so its conversion role is unconfirmed (observed, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Searches one card for itself, a net card advantage of 0 in every recorded board, so it is roughly even on resources (verified text, observed netCardAdvantage 0). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap reach; the Special Summon option is a deck-to-field body, not interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 10 | A Spell Card cannot be used as material, so it has no material value (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Its banished effect still triggers after leaving the hand or field, and each effect is once per turn, giving two separate uses of moderate value (verified, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | A single copy with no garnet or lock, but it only works in Diabell-locked decks, which is a mild restriction (verified text, observed copies avg 1.07). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility (secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable single-target access to a Level 8+ Diabell monster from a spell
- Live in opening hand with no garnet or lock cost
- Widely included in the sampled Diabell-family decks (400 of 400 main)
- Second effect (banished trigger) gives a separate use after the card leaves play
Weaknesses
- Card advantage is neutral: one card in, one card out
- No opponent interaction of its own
- Only useful in Diabell-locked decks, which caps its portability
- Power-index average of 22.3 is modest across the few recorded boards
Counters / choke points
- No specific counter evidence in the pack; a standard hand trap or negate on the search would stop the search effect (inferred)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor. Decks: Diabellstar, White Forest, Azamina. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Spell card: searches a Level 8+ Diabell monster from Deck to hand, or Special Summons it if only the opponent controls a monster; Banished trigger: all Diabell monsters you control gain 500 ATK; Each effect is once per turn; Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks (main deck)
- Observed: Average 1.07 copies per deck, mostly single copies; Appears in 3 recorded boards, average power index 22.3, net card advantage 0; Inclusion 54–100% across archetype usage statistics
- Inferred: Acts as a searcher in practice, though no recorded board tags it as searched; Its value depends on the Diabell engine being present in the deck
- Data gaps: No banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Combo sample is thin (3 boards) and combo role is empty, so starter/searched roles are unconfirmed legal copies is empty for all formats No top-card ranking data GenericUtility set by hand because the text is archetype-locked; distinct archetypes (34) alone would suggest higher