DARK
5Freki the Runick Fangs
Archetype:
Runick
ATK:
2000
DEF:
0
View:
4892
2 "Runick" monsters When an attack is declared involving this card in the Extra Monster Zone: You can banish the top 2 cards of your opponent's Deck. Neither player takes any battle damage from attacks involving this card. If this card on the field is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 "Runick" Quick-Play Spell in your GY; add it to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Freki the Runick Fangs" once per turn.
Freki the Runick Fangs — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Freki's value comes from converting a Runick board into recursion and pressure: when destroyed by battle or card effect it returns one Runick Quick-Play Spell from the GY to hand (once per turn), and its attack-declared effect banishes the opponent's top 2 cards while negating battle damage for both players. The 2000 ATK, Level 5 and DARK Beast stats earned no points; the score rests on the 400-of-400 deck presence inside the Runick shell and on the recursion text. Combo evidence is empty (0 boards), so its combo conversion is text-based inference only and is scored conservatively.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in all 400 sampled decks, 205 in the Runick (Mysterune) archetype, and the guide describes Runick Quick-Play spells summoning Runick monsters from the Extra Deck into the Extra Monster Zone, but no starter role or searched-for role data exists for this card (observed decks; inference for route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Zero recorded board appearances; the guide's CORE section ties the deck's win condition to banishing the opponent's top cards, which the attack-declared effect supports (inferred from guide text; not measured in combos). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | One GY-to-hand recovery of a Runick Quick-Play Spell on destruction, roughly a +1 card return, limited to once per turn (verified from card text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Battle damage negation applies to both players and the top-2 deck banish is a mild, non-hand-trap disruption with no stated opponent-only restriction (verified from card text; weak interaction). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 5 DARK Beast with no material role data; the Fusion frame and EMZ wording conflict, so body value as material is unconfirmed (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 65 | The GY recursion returns value after destruction by battle or card effect, which is a real resistance to removal (verified from card text); multi-zone use is limited to the EMZ (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Average 1.76 copies per deck with a 1 to 3 copy spread and no garnet or lock text, but it is Runick-locked and occupies an Extra Deck slot (observed decks; inference for slot cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Present in all 400 sampled decks, the strongest accessibility signal in the evidence
- GY recursion of a Runick Quick-Play Spell after destruction by battle or card effect
- Attack-declared top-2 banish supports the Runick deck-out win condition described in the guide
- Battle damage negation for both players on attacks involving this card
Weaknesses
- Zero recorded combo boards, so combo conversion is unmeasured
- Effect interaction is weak and does not target the opponent's hand, field, or GY
- Runick-locked: GY recursion targets only Runick spells, and the summon needs a Runick support set
- Frame and EMZ wording conflict in the source data, so the card type is not confirmed
Best use
Recursion body in the Extra Monster Zone for the Runick quick-play engine. Decks: Runick (Mysterune) archetype decks, Runick (784) decks. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: attack-declared EMZ banish of opponent's top 2 cards, battle damage negation for both players, GY-to-hand of a Runick Quick-Play Spell on destruction (once per turn); Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks; 205 in Runick (Mysterune); avg 1.76 copies
- Observed: Partners: Hugin the Runick Wings 98.2%, Runick Freezing Curses 91.2%, Runick Flashing Fire 91.0%; Gameplay type 7 in 81% of decks
- Inferred: Recovery/Recursion primary role based on the GY recursion text; Win-condition link from the guide's top-deck banish description; Extra Deck summon route via Runick quick-play spells, from the guide snippet
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference Evidence card frame 'fusion' with level 5 conflicts with the Extra Monster Zone wording (EMZ-usable monsters are normally Link monsters); card type unconfirmed No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion inferred from the deck sample only No rulings supplied; battle damage negation timing is not confirmed