DARK
1Ghostrick Mary
Archetype:
Ghostrick
ATK:
100
DEF:
1600
View:
3931
Cannot be Normal Summoned, unless you control a "Ghostrick" monster. Once per turn: You can change this card to face-down Defense Position. When you take damage: You can discard this card; Special Summon 1 "Ghostrick" monster from your Deck in face-down Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Ghostrick Mary" once per turn.
Ghostrick Mary — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 46 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Ghostrick Mary converts into one Ghostrick body from the Deck, but only after it can be Normal Summoned (a Ghostrick must already be controlled) and only when you take damage, so the access route is conditional. Its ATK is 100 and its DEF is 1600, and neither earns points. The card is run in 173 of the sampled decks at 3 copies in most of them, which confirms it is a live Ghostrick staple (guardrail 3), but the single recorded board gives little observed proof of its conversion (zero starter role or searched-for role appearances). Effect interaction is near zero because nothing in the text touches the opponent.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Needs a Ghostrick already on the field to Normal Summon and a damage event to trigger the Deck search, so it is live only in specific spots (inferred; 3 copies in 118 of 173 decks, verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | One Ghostrick from Deck to face-down DEF is a single-body conversion; the only recorded board averages power index 49 with board 6 and disruption 4 (observed, n=1). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Discarding itself to Special Summon from the Deck is roughly card-neutral: it trades a card for a body and adds no advantage (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | No opponent-facing negation, removal or hand trap in the text; only a self-protective flip to face-down DEF (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 1 DARK Fiend body that is a generic low-Level material, but the Normal Summon lock and text-only Ghostrick support limit its use (inferred; no Tuner or Level text in evidence). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Two separate triggers (self flip and GY-discard on damage) give some multi-zone, multi-turn redundancy, with a once-per-turn cap on each (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Level 1 slot run at up to 3 copies across 118 decks with no garnet or brick text, though the Normal Summon lock restricts hand use (observed deck stats, verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher / Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 46, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking Normal Summon restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Deck-to-field Ghostrick summon converts a discarded card into a board body
- Two independent triggers (self flip and GY-discard on damage) give redundancy
- Level 1 Fiend slot is cheap to run at three copies in most Ghostrick builds
Weaknesses
- Normal Summon lock means it is dead without a Ghostrick already on the field
- Damage-based trigger is not under the controller's control
- No effect against the opponent and no interaction beyond self-protection
- Thin combo evidence: one recorded board and no starter role or searched-for role appearances
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation on the summoned Ghostrick body or on the trigger
- Opponent damage-avoidance or cards that deny damage events
Best use
Starter / Combo enabler. Decks: Ghostrick. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Normal Summon lock, once-per-turn flip to face-down DEF, and damage-triggered GY discard for Deck-to-field Ghostrick summon; Run in 173 of the sampled decks, 3 copies in 118 of them; Level 1 DARK Fiend, 1600 DEF
- Observed: One recorded combo board, power index 49, starter count 1, net card advantage 2; Partner density with Ghostrick Angel of Mischief and Ghostrick Dullahan at 96 percent
- Inferred: Live access is conditional on a prior Ghostrick and a damage event; Resource economy is roughly neutral; Material value is generic but restricted by the Normal Summon lock
- Data gaps: Combo combo role is empty and starter role is 0 while board summary reports starterCount 1, so the starter role is not confirmed by combo tagging Only one recorded combo, so combo conversion rests on n=1 No guides supplied No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard); archetype inclusion is from the deck sample only No Level/Tuner material text in the evidence, so material_utility is inferred