Spell
NormalFish and Bids
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At the start of your Main Phase 1: Banish 1 card from your hand; your opponent can banish 2 cards from their hand, if they do not, you apply this effect. ● Take 2 Fish monsters from your Deck and either banish both or send both to the GY, also you cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn, except Fish monsters.
Fish and Bids — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 53 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Fish and Bids converts a hand card into two Fish monsters sent from the Deck to the GY or banished, which fuels a Ghoti-centred line rather than producing a board on its own. Its power comes from reliable access (a Spell present in 120 of 120 sampled decks, 3 copies in most) and a modest resource gain, not from any stat. The opponent's option to banish two cards from hand instead blunts the effect, and the card has no interaction or material value of its own, so it scores in the middle range.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Spell present in all 120 sampled decks, mostly 3 copies, with a 46.7% Ghoti archetype share; no direct searcher data for it (observed, with inference). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No recorded combo boards, so the conversion into a full board is inferred from text only: two Fish sent to GY or banished, not a board-making effect (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Costs one card from hand and moves two Fish out of the Deck, a modest net gain, but nothing returns to hand (verified from text, observed in decks). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | No negation or removal; the opponent's banish-two choice is a cost-based pressure only, not interaction (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 25 | A Spell card with no material value and no body, so it contributes nothing as material (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Opponent can avoid the effect by banishing two cards from hand, and the card depends on two Fish being present in the Deck (verified from text, inferred for resilience). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Three copies usual, a hand cost, and a one-turn Special Summon restriction that Fish-heavy decks rarely feel (observed copies distribution, inferred restriction cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Searcher/Tutor primary weights only; the Combo enabler secondary is not blended because no combo evidence exists.. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in a large share of sampled decks (120 of 120), with Ghoti as the dominant home
- Two-for-one style value from a single hand cost, moving Fish from Deck to GY or banish
- Cheap to run at three copies with no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction or board presence on its own
- Opponent can pay two hand cards to refuse the effect
- Restriction to Fish-only Special Summons for the rest of the turn
Counters / choke points
- Opponent banishes two cards from hand to deny the effect
- Fish-free hands leave the effect with no targets
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (GY-bound) for Fish-based lines. Decks: Ghoti, White Aura, Shark, Kaiju, Icejade. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: start-of-MP1 hand banish, opponent banish-two option, Fish-only summon restriction; Spell Card type with no ATK or DEF; 120 of 120 sampled decks run it, average 2.57 copies
- Observed: Ghoti archetype share 46.7% across 15 distinct archetypes; Copy distribution: 83 decks at 3 copies
- Inferred: Fish monsters are Ghoti-compatible targets; Opponent will often choose to banish two cards from hand against a high-value play; Timing is a start-of-Main Phase 1 activation
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited)