WIND
4Harpie Channeler
Archetype:
Harpie
ATK:
1400
DEF:
1300
View:
4761
You can discard 1 "Harpie" card; Special Summon 1 "Harpie" monster from your Deck in face-up Defense Position, except "Harpie Channeler". You can only use this effect of "Harpie Channeler" once per turn. While you control a Dragon-Type monster, this card's Level becomes 7. This card's name becomes "Harpie Lady" while it is on the field or in the Graveyard.
Harpie Channeler — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Harpie Channeler is a Level 4 Harpie body whose effect converts one discarded Harpie into one Harpie Special Summoned from the Deck, so it reliably turns a Harpie hand card into a board presence. It is a deck-wide staple: all 400 sampled decks run it, averaging 2.73 copies, with 99% co-occurrence with Elegant Egotist and 98.5% with Cyber Slash Harpie Lady. Its 1400 ATK and 1300 DEF earned no points, and neither did the Level 7 and name-change clauses, since they are conditional and add little conversion. The score is held back by the once-per-turn limit, the absence of any opponent interaction, and the lack of recorded combo boards to confirm the conversion in practice.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | All 400 sampled decks run it (avg 2.73 copies, 3 copies in 319 decks), and its Harpie discard cost is usually met by the Harpie-heavy hands these decks build (observed deck frequency; route confirmation from combos is absent, so inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | The text gives one Harpie from Deck to field per use, once per turn, which is a single extra body rather than a full board; no recorded boards exist to confirm a larger line (inferred from text, combos absent). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Discarding one Harpie and Special Summoning one Harpie from the Deck is roughly card-neutral, with no GY refuel or repeated advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The effect is a summon with no negation, removal, or disruption on the opponent's turn (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 4 WIND Winged Beast body that becomes Level 7 while you control a Dragon, which gives Synchro and Link-material options when the condition holds; the conditional Level is not reliable (inferred from text; no as_material combo data). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Its effect needs a Harpie in hand and is once per turn, so a single negate or a hand disruption stops the line; the on-field name change adds little survivability (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Three copies in most decks with no garnet, lock, or self-restriction clause, though it is Harpie-specific and not splashable (observed copy distribution and text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter + 0.3 Searcher. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Appears in all 400 sampled decks with a 2.73 average copy count, a consistent core of Harpie lines
- Converts one Harpie in hand into one Harpie from the Deck without costing a board slot
- Cheap to run at three copies, with no garnet or lock clause
Weaknesses
- Once per turn, and it needs a Harpie in hand
- No opponent interaction; a single negate or hand disruption stops the line
- Its Level 7 and name-change clauses are conditional and add little value
Counters / choke points
- Hand disruption that strips the Harpie needed for the discard cost
- Effect negation for the once-per-turn summon
Best use
Harpie engine body; Harpie-to-Deck summon that feeds the Harpie Lady line. Decks: Harpie (Mai Valentine) Duel Links and Master Duel builds, Harpie Lady support decks that run Cyber Slash Harpie Lady. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: discard 1 Harpie, Special Summon 1 Harpie from Deck in face-up Defense Position, except itself, once per turn; Level 4 WIND Winged Beast, ATK 1400 / DEF 1300, Harpie archetype; Name becomes Harpie Lady on field or in GY; Level 7 while you control a Dragon; 400 of 400 sampled decks run it, 3 copies in 319 decks, avg 2.73
- Observed: Top partners: Elegant Egotist 99%, Cyber Slash Harpie Lady 98.5%, Harpie Perfumer 97%; Harpie archetype 61.2%; 30 distinct archetypes in the sample; Simorgh gameplay 100% inclusion at typical 2 copies in StatisticsCard
- Inferred: Starter role: one Harpie from Deck to field per use, a single extra body rather than a full board; Resource-neutral: the Harpie discard and the summon roughly cancel; GenericUtility capped at 50 because the text is Harpie-locked despite the 30 archetypes
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) the description does not state the activation zone of the Special Summon effect, so hand versus GY activation is not confirmed