DARK
4Ghostrick Siren
Archetype:
Ghostrick
ATK:
800
DEF:
1500
View:
3646
Cannot be Normal Summoned, unless you control a "Ghostrick" monster. Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can change this card to face-down Defense Position. If this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up: Send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the GY, then if either card was a "Ghostrick" card, you can apply 1 of these effects. ● Add 1 "Ghostrick" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. ● Change 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls to face-down Defense Position.
Ghostrick Siren — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Board breaker
Why it scores here
Ghostrick Siren is a conditional Level 4 body: it can only be Normal Summoned while you control a Ghostrick monster, and its value comes from the top-2 mill, which converts into a Ghostrick Spell/Trap search or a soft monster-position change only when a Ghostrick card is milled. The 800 ATK and 1500 DEF do not earn points; the score rests on the mill-to-search conversion and the deck fit inside the Ghostrick shell, which is strong in the sample (62.8% of decks in one archetype, roughly 90% partner overlap with core Ghostrick cards). The lack of combo and guide evidence keeps the combo and resilience scores capped and the confidence at Medium.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Live when a Ghostrick monster is already on the field and it is in the 78-deck sample at 2.36 copies per deck, but there is no Special Summon route in the text (verified text, observed deck stat). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Mill 2 then a conditional search or position change converts into a small amount of board, but there are zero recorded combo boards to confirm the conversion (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | The self-mill is a cost that is offset only when a Ghostrick card is among the top 2, giving roughly even card economy with occasional gain (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The face-down DEF change of an opponent Effect Monster is soft and conditional, not a negate or removal (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Level 4 DARK Fairy body is usable as material, but it is not a clean generic Tuner or Level provider and the effect is not a material-conversion benefit (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The once-per-turn self-change to face-down DEF gives some multi-spot flexibility, but a single interaction on the summoned body still ends most of its value (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | It needs only a Ghostrick shell with 3 copies typical and no garnet or lock beyond the archetype-dependent Normal Summon restriction (observed usage statistics, 66.7% inclusion). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Mill-to-search conversion gives a Ghostrick Spell/Trap from the Deck when a Ghostrick card is among the top 2 milled
- Once-per-turn face-down DEF change in the Main Phase gives repeatable flexibility
- Strong deck fit: appears in 78 sampled decks with ~90% overlap with core Ghostrick partners
Weaknesses
- Normal Summon restriction requires a Ghostrick monster already on the field
- Self-mill of 2 cards is a cost that does not always return value
- Opponent interaction is a soft position change, not a negate or removal
- No recorded combo boards or guides to confirm the conversion
Counters / choke points
- Negation or removal of the summoned body before its mill effect resolves
- Interaction that removes the Ghostrick enabler, blocking the Normal Summon
Best use
Mill-to-search starter/enabler inside the Ghostrick shell. Decks: Ghostrick. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon restriction requires a controlled Ghostrick monster; Once-per-turn Main Phase change to face-down DEF; Top-2 mill with conditional Ghostrick Spell/Trap search or opponent Effect Monster position change
- Observed: 78 sampled decks, 62.8% in archetype 870 and 19.2% in 1017; Typical copies 3 with 66.7% inclusion in Ghostrick usage statistics; Strong partner overlap (about 90%) with core Ghostrick monsters
- Inferred: Live-when-needed accessibility via the Ghostrick shell; Mill-to-search conversion is roughly card-neutral to slightly positive
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited)