LIGHT
1Formud Skipper
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
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During your Main Phase: You can reveal 1 Link Monster in your Extra Deck, and if you do, when you Link Summon this turn, you can treat this card as Link Material with the same name, Type, and Attribute as the revealed monster. If this card is sent to the GY as Link Material: You can add 1 Level 5 or higher Cyberse monster from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Formud Skipper" once per turn.
Formud Skipper — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Formud Skipper converts a spent Level 1 body into a Level 5+ Cyberse search when it is sent to the GY as Link material, and its main-phase effect lets it stand in as a Link material with the name of a revealed Extra Deck Link monster. Its score comes from that searchable material role, its clean 3-copy deckbuilding cost, and its presence in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 68 archetypes. Its ATK/DEF of 0 earns no points, and the deck-inclusion figures confirm it is a consistent staple, not proof of intrinsic power; with no combo data, the combo axis rests on text inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | It is in 400 of 400 sampled decks at an average of 2.57 copies, but it has no search of its own and no combo starter/searched stats are available (observed for the deck count, inferred for the access routes). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Its text lets one body become a Link material and then search a Level 5+ Cyberse, but no combo boards were supplied to confirm the conversion (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | The GY-as-material effect returns one card from the Deck for a body already spent, a net +1 card (verified from text, not measured). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | It has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | It is a generic Level 1 LIGHT Cyberse body usable as Link material and it can stand in under a revealed Link's name; the material use is text-based, not measured (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The GY effect works from the graveyard and the main-phase effect works on the field, but both are once per turn and one negation of either ends that route (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | It is a Level 1 card with no garnet, lock, or self-restriction, runs as 3 copies in the most common count (287 of 400 decks), and has no banlist data supplied (verified from text and deck stats). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Turns a body spent as Link material into a Level 5+ Cyberse search from the Deck (+1 card)
- Can stand in as a Link material under the name of a revealed Extra Deck Link monster
- Level 1 Cyberse with no garnet or lock cost, run in 400 of 400 sampled decks
- Spread across 68 archetypes, with Crusadia at 100% inclusion at 3 copies in the historical statistics
Weaknesses
- Both effects are once per turn each
- The main-phase effect needs a Link monster in the Extra Deck and a Link Summon that same turn
- The search only happens after the card is sent to the GY as Link material
- No combo boards were supplied to show the conversion in real play
Counters / choke points
- Any effect negation or hand trap that stops the GY search or the main-phase material substitution (inference from the effect's structure; no counter data supplied)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor through the GY-as-material search, with Link-material substitution. Decks: Crusadia, Fiendsmith, Mathmech, Snake-Eyes, Diabellstar. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: main-phase Link material substitution and GY-as-material search for a Level 5+ Cyberse, each once per turn; Level 1 LIGHT Cyberse Effect Monster with ATK 0 and DEF 0; Deck inclusion: 400 of 400 sampled decks, 2.57 copies on average, 287 decks at 3 copies; Partners: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring at 86.8% co-occurrence and Parallel eXceed at 85%
- Observed: 68 distinct archetypes in the deck sample; Crusadia usage statistics: 100% inclusion at 3 copies (historical StatisticsCard row); Top co-occurring cards in decks, such as Called by the Grave and Infinite Impermanence
- Inferred: Primary role is Searcher/Tutor, since the GY effect is the main value and the main-phase effect is a Link-material substitute; Material conversion is text-based; the Link-material substitution is a usable extra material route; Access happens mostly through the Link Summon line rather than a direct searcher
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion and as_starter/as_material shares are text-only inference no banlist token supplied; 3 copies assumed no rulings data supplied for the Link material substitution interaction guide snippets only list this card among co-cards and do not describe its role usage_statistics covers only one archetype row (Crusadia, gameplay 4) no top-card ranking; not a Top Card