WATER
2Ice Doll
ATK:
800
DEF:
1000
View:
1891
You can discard 1 other WATER monster; Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 WATER Spellcaster monster from your Deck to your hand. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: You can add 1 "Ice Doll Mirror" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Ice Doll" once per turn, also you cannot Special Summon the turn you activate any of this card's effects, except WATER monsters.
Ice Doll — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 52 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Ice Doll converts a discarded WATER monster into a Level 2 body plus a WATER Spellcaster search from the Deck, and a second search for Ice Doll Mirror when it leaves the field. That makes it a modest searcher with some graveyard value, not a strong card on its own. Its 800 ATK and 1000 DEF earn nothing; the score comes from the search route, the GY trigger, and the WATER-only restriction that limits where it fits. The once-per-effect limit and the summon lock after activation cap its ceiling. Usage is broad across the Ice Barrier and Icejade homes, but that frequency confirms accessibility rather than strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Needs another WATER monster in hand to discard before it can be Special Summoned from hand, though it is live in WATER decks across many archetypes (observed: 335 decks, 91% in gameplay type 7). (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text converts one discard into a body and a search, but no recorded boards exist, so the conversion is text-only inference. (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Discard plus summon costs two cards from hand, against one search on summon and another search from the Deck when it reaches the GY, so card advantage is roughly even to slightly positive over time. (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or disruption on its text. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 2 WATER Spellcaster body is a plausible material, but no material stats were recorded in the evidence. (inferred) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Its GY trigger after leaving the field gives value after removal, and its two effects each work once per turn, but the summon lock limits repeat use within a turn. (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | Requires WATER-heavy builds, so it is cheap to run in those decks but restricts where it fits; typical use is 1 to 3 copies. (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body (blended). Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 52, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking summon restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks present, combos absent, meta unknown)
Strengths
- Hand Special Summon with a searchable body on the field
- Second search from the Deck when it leaves the field to the GY
- Widely played in its WATER home decks (observed inclusion)
Weaknesses
- Requires a WATER discard to Special Summon from hand
- Summon lock after activation
- Restricted to WATER builds, so low fit outside them
- 0 ATK-relevant stats of note: 800 ATK does not carry the card
Counters / choke points
- Negation of its search effects (no negation inside Ice Doll itself)
- Discard or hand disruption before the discard cost is paid
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (hand Special Summon with GY search). Decks: Ice Barrier, Icejade, Adamancipator, Atlantean.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: discard 1 other WATER monster to Special Summon from hand; Card text: searches a WATER Spellcaster on Normal or Special Summon; Card text: searches Ice Doll Mirror when sent from field to GY; Card text: once per turn per effect, and summon lock except WATER monsters
- Observed: 335 recent decks run it, 91.3% in gameplay type 7, 1.83 copies average; Usage statistics: 100% inclusion in Ice Barrier (typical 1 copy), 66.7% in Penguin and Gishki
- Inferred: Material utility as a Level 2 WATER body; Practical value in WATER-only decks
- Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token - assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no material or Level-2 usage statistics