WATER
2Gishki Vision
Archetype:
Gishki
ATK:
700
DEF:
500
View:
4217
If you Ritual Summon exactly 1 WATER Ritual Monster with a card effect that requires use of monsters, this card can be used as the entire requirement. You can discard this card; add 1 "Gishki" Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand.
Gishki Vision — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Gishki Vision is a Level 2 WATER body whose value is conversion: discarding it from hand adds a Gishki Ritual monster, and it can stand in as the entire Ritual requirement. That is a one-for-one searcher that turns a weak body into a Ritual payoff, not card advantage. Its 700 ATK and 500 DEF earn nothing, and the 400-of-400 deck presence is a Gishki staple signal, so it confirms accessibility and deck fit rather than raising the score. No combo data exists, so combo conversion rests on text alone and the score is capped accordingly.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at an average of 2.29 copies, so it is reliably drawn, but it has no observed starter role or searched-for role count (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 58 | The discard-to-search converts it into a Gishki Ritual monster, but there are 0 recorded combo appearances, so the conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Discard-and-search is a 1-for-1 exchange with no net card advantage; the Ritual-requirement substitution saves a card in the right spot (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No opponent interaction, negation, or removal in its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A clean Level 2 WATER body that can satisfy a Ritual requirement on its own; the effect is limited to Ritual Summon contexts, so the body is usable but not generic (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Its discard search works only from hand and the effect is easily negated, leaving little redundancy beyond multiple copies (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Runs 1 to 3 copies in Gishki builds with no garnet or lock, but the search target is locked to Gishki Ritual monsters, a mild restriction (observed/verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body (blended). Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Gishki-locked search target (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (Deck computed as 0.60*Intrinsic + 0.25*DeckSynergy 60 + 0.15*DeckResilience 55 = 56 raw, then the -2 modifier applied = 54)
Strengths
- Discard-to-search provides a Ritual monster from a weak hand body
- Level 2 WATER body can fully satisfy a WATER Ritual requirement
- Strong Gishki deck fit: 99% co-occurrence with Gishki Shadow
Weaknesses
- No effect interaction
- Search and Ritual function are both Gishki-locked
- Only works from hand for the discard and no combo data to confirm conversion
Counters / choke points
- Negation of its effect removes both the search and the Ritual substitution
- Generic hand disruption that stops the discard cost
Best use
Searcher/Tutor and Ritual requirement substitute inside Gishki builds. Decks: Gishki (archetype 918, gameplay 7), Gishki (archetype 1470, gameplay 4). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Discard from hand adds 1 Gishki Ritual monster from Deck to hand; Ritual requirement substitution applies to exactly 1 WATER Ritual monster with a monster-requiring effect; 400/400 sampled decks run it at avg 2.29 copies
- Observed: Gishki usage statistics inclusion 100% (gameplay 4, typical 1) and 83.3% (gameplay 7, typical 2); Top partners co-occur at 97 to 99%
- Inferred: Reliably drawable in Gishki builds; Discard search is a 1-for-1 without net advantage; Limited utility outside Gishki Ritual lines
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) average starter count when present unavailable, so DeckResilience is estimated