WATER
2Gishki Abyss
Archetype:
Gishki
ATK:
800
DEF:
500
View:
3905
When this card is Summoned: You can add 1 "Gishki" monster with 1000 or less DEF from your Deck to your hand, except "Gishki Abyss".
Gishki Abyss — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 59 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54.5 · Deck: 61.95 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Gishki Abyss is scored as a Searcher: its on-Summon text converts one Summon into one Gishki search, a one-for-one card gain that leaves a Level 2 body on the field. The score is held down by the absence of combo evidence, a search-only effect with no board, interaction, or resilience beyond the Summon trigger, and text locked to the Gishki archetype. Its 800 ATK and Level 2 earned nothing directly; near-universal Gishki inclusion (400 of 400 sampled decks) is credited only as accessibility and deck fit, not as intrinsic power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Live in all 400 sampled decks at an average of 2.56 copies and in two Gishki homes at 100% inclusion; the Summon route is the only access and is confirmed by the searcher text (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 42 | No recorded boards are supplied, so conversion is judged from text alone: one Summon becomes one searched Gishki monster, not a multi-card board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The search is a +1 card gain while the Summoned body stays on the field, which reads as a repeated advantage line across Gishki boards (inferred from text, consistent with deck usage). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or disruption text, so it provides no opponent interaction (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 2 WATER Fish with no tuner text is a usable generic material for Level 2 summons, but the text gives no tuner or conversion-on-negation support (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Its single effect triggers on Summon and is answered by a summon-response negate, with no second effect or once-per-turn reach in the supplied text (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 62 | Three copies in a Gishki shell with no garnet or lock text, and typical copy counts of 2 to 3 in the statistics, make it a cheap, clean slot inside its archetype but not splashable (observed and verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 54.5, Deck ≈ 61.95, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- On-Summon search converts one Summon into one Gishki monster, a one-for-one card gain that leaves a body on the field
- Live in all 400 sampled decks at 2 to 3 copies, and at 100% inclusion in both Gishki homes in the usage statistics
- Searchable target set is the Gishki archetype with DEF 1000 or less, which gives the card a broad set of targets within its line
- Clean, low-cost slot with no garnet or lock text
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so the card's conversion into a full board is unverified
- Search-only effect with no board presence, negation, or removal beyond the Summon trigger
- Depends on being Summoned, so a summon-response negate or hand trap ends the search
- Text is locked to Gishki, so it has no value outside that archetype
Counters / choke points
- Summon-response negates and hand traps that stop the Summon trigger (text-based inference; no interaction evidence supplied)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor. Decks: Gishki (archetype 918), Gishki (archetype 1470).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: on Summon, add 1 Gishki monster with 1000 or less DEF from Deck to hand, excluding Gishki Abyss; No negation, removal, or disruption text; Legal in TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, and DuelLinks formats
- Observed: In 400 of 400 sampled decks as a main-deck card, averaging 2.56 copies (242 decks run 3); Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in Gishki 918 (typical 3 copies) and Gishki 1470 (typical 2 copies)
- Inferred: Level 2 body is a generic material for Level 2 summons, with no tuner text; The search is a net card gain while the Summoned body remains on the field; Summon-response negates stop the search, with no second effect to fall back on
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied No banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No ruling or timing data beyond the card text Tuner status of the Level 2 body is not in the evidence