Spell
FieldLaser Qlip
Archetype:
Qli
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During your Main Phase, you can Normal Summon 1 "Qli" monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) Normal Summons of "Qli" monsters cannot be negated.
Laser Qlip — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender
Why it scores here
Laser Qlip's text gives one extra Normal Summon of a Qli monster per turn, and its only other clause stops opponents from negating Qli Normal Summons. Its power is tempo from that extra summon inside the Qliphort engine, not card advantage or interaction. Its 66-of-66 deck inclusion and strong partner rates confirm it is reliably played, not that it is intrinsically strong, and the absence of combo data means its conversion value is text-inferred.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 78 | Present in all 66 sampled decks at 1-3 copies (observed, deck data); no combo starter/searched counts supplied, so hand access is inferred from its Spell type. |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Text grants one extra Qli Normal Summon per turn, which feeds Qli boss and material lines; no combo examples exist to confirm the board it reaches (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | No draw, search, or recursion; the extra Normal Summon is board tempo, not card advantage (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 30 | Only protects Qli Normal Summons from negation; it does not interact with the opponent's cards (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 15 | A Spell card, so it is never material and provides no level or attribute (verified from card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Single copy in hand is dead outside Qli boards and the effect is once per turn, so it is fragile to a hand disruption (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Restricted to Qli monsters but needs only 1-3 copies, and the deck sample shows high 3-copy usage (observed, copies per deck). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Extender single role, no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Extra Normal Summon per turn adds tempo to the Qli engine
- Protects Qli Normal Summons from negation
- Played in every sampled Qliphort deck
Weaknesses
- No card advantage or recursion
- Archetype-locked; dead in non-Qli decks
- Once per turn limit
Counters / choke points
- Hand disruption before the Main Phase
- Negating the Spell card itself, since the anti-negation clause covers only the Normal Summon
Best use
Extender. Decks: Qliphort. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Extra Normal Summon of a Qli monster once per turn (card text); Qli Normal Summons cannot be negated (card text); Spell Card type, never material (card type)
- Observed: In 66 of 66 sampled decks; 1-3 copies per deck, average 1.88; Strong partner co-occurrence
- Inferred: Hand access via Spell type; Tempo value of an extra summon in the Qli engine; Fragility to hand disruption
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only