LIGHT
2Frequency Magician
ATK:
800
DEF:
400
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When this card is Normal Summoned, place 1 Spell Counter on it (max. 1). You can remove 1 Spell Counter from this card to have 1 face-up monster you control gain 500 ATK, until the End Phase.
Frequency Magician — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56.2 · Deck: 55.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Frequency Magician is a Level 2 LIGHT Spellcaster Tuner. Its real value is the body: a clean Level 2 Tuner that is easy to Normal Summon and run at 1 to 3 copies. The effect places one Spell Counter on Normal Summon and spends it for +500 ATK until the End Phase, which is a small, one-shot pump with no card advantage, no interaction and no board-building on its own. Its 800 ATK earns nothing; the score comes from material utility and deck cost. The deck sample (13 decks across 9 archetypes) shows it is a generic Tuner filler, not a strong card here, and no combo evidence exists to show it converts into a winning board.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Normal Summonable from hand with a live Normal Summon slot, and spread across 9 archetypes in 13 decks, but no searcher or combo data confirms how often it is reached (inferred and observed from decks). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | The text gives only a one-time +500 ATK pump to one monster, and no combo boards record it as a starter, payoff or end-board piece (verified text; no combo observations). |
| Resource Economy | 15 | No draw, search, banish or refuel is printed; the Spell Counter is self-contained and gives no card advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect exists (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A Level 2 Tuner with a clean LIGHT Spellcaster body that remains a valid Tuner even when its effect is negated, since the effect only fires on Normal Summon (verified from text and role tags). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Its body still works as material if the counter effect is shut off, but its only effect is a single-use pump, so it offers little redundancy (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Average 1.92 copies per deck, no garnet or lock restriction, and the card is splashable in any deck with Level 2 Tuner needs (observed from decks and text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body / Normal + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 56.2, Deck ≈ 55.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 2 Tuner body with generic Spellcaster/LIGHT attributes that fits many decks
- Low deck cost: no garnet or lock, and 1 to 3 copies per deck fit easily
- Broad portability: appears across 9 archetypes and 2 gameplay types
- Its effect is self-contained and cannot be blanked into losing its Tuner body
Weaknesses
- The effect is a one-shot +500 ATK pump that only matters in a narrow ATK race
- No card advantage, search, interaction or board-building on its own
- 800 ATK / 400 DEF is low-impact, so its value depends on the monsters it pumps
- No combo evidence showing it as a starter, payoff or end-board piece
Counters / choke points
- Any ability to negate its counter placement or the pump does little to its Tuner body, so there is no meaningful answer needed beyond ordinary monster removal
Best use
Level 2 Tuner body for Synchro lines, with an optional ATK pump on a monster that needs one. Decks: Dark Magician, Sky Striker, Endymion.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 2 LIGHT Spellcaster Tuner, 800 ATK / 400 DEF, card text as printed; Effect: Normal Summon places 1 Spell Counter (max 1); removing it grants 1 face-up monster +500 ATK until End Phase; Appears in 13 decks, 9 archetypes, and 2 gameplay types; 1.92 average copies per deck
- Observed: Co-occurs in over half the sample decks with several Synchro and Dark Magician staples (top partners at 53.8% to 61.5%); No combo appearances, so no observed starter, payoff or material rate
- Inferred: Material body role comes from its Tuner status and Level 2 fit, not from the pump effect; Usefulness is a small ATK boost at most, so the score stays in the mid-50s despite broad deck usage
- 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 the deck sample only