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EquipMagic Formula
Archetype:
Dark Magician
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Equip only to "Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl". It gains 700 ATK. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: Gain 1000 LP.
Magic Formula — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 44 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 40 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility
Why it scores here
Magic Formula is a narrow-home equip that provides modest offensive and defensive support to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl monsters. It achieves 92.5% co-deck penetration in Dark Magician decks but generates zero combo potential (no combo appearances across 400+ boards); its +700 ATK boost and 1000 LP recovery on destruction are situational and reactive rather than game-defining. The high deck inclusion reflects Dark Magician archetype popularity and support density, not the card's intrinsic power or efficiency across the broader metagame.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Included in 147 decks with 92.5% co-deck rate to Dark Magician, but requires the target monster on field, limiting dead-hand risk within appropriate homes; setup-dependent (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | Zero combo appearances across all recorded boards; card text shows no self-enabled combo line and equip spells do not extend modern combo sequences (verified) |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Grants 1000 LP when sent from field to GY, providing modest resource recovery but no card advantage, refuel, or repeated value (verified) |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | No negation, removal, hand-trap, or opponent disruption potential; purely passive ATK buff and reactive LP gain (verified) |
| Material Utility | 5 | As an equip spell, cannot serve as monster material; locked once equipped with no pivot flexibility or alternative uses (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Vulnerable to spell/equip destruction but triggers LP recovery effect on removal, offering partial fallback; single-use mechanic limits multi-turn resilience (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Average 1.41 copies per deck across 147 decks with no deckbuilding locks or archetype restrictions; cleanly splashable within DM variants (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility (default weights, no secondary blend). Intrinsic ≈ 40, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-specific restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Extremely high co-deck rate with Dark Magician (92.5%) and Dark Magician Girl (86.4%)
- No deckbuilding lock or garnet risk in Dark Magician homes
- Provides both offensive (+700 ATK) and defensive (1000 LP gain) effects
- Cleanly splashable across 33 distinct archetypes without slot cost
Weaknesses
- Zero combo potential (no synergy with modern combo lines)
- Requires target monster on field (setup-dependent; dead draw without)
- Modest ATK boost (+700) in competitive context with higher-ATK threats
- LP recovery only triggers on destruction (reactive, unreliable)
- No disruption, hand-trap, or negation capability
- Entirely dependent on Dark Magician archetype support density
Counters / choke points
- Cosmic Cyclone, Harpie's Feather Duster, and other equip destruction
- Any effect removing or negating Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl
- Going-first combo decks that ignore LP loss as a threat
Best use
Utility buff + life gain support. Decks: Dark Magician, Magician Girls. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: 'Equip only to Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl. It gains 700 ATK. If this card is sent from the field to the GY: Gain 1000 LP.'; 147 total decks running this card in main deck only; 92.5% co-deck rate with Dark Magician (136/147 decks); 86.4% co-deck rate with Dark Magician Girl (127/147 decks); Average 1.41 copies per deck; distribution: 101 (1x), 32 (2x), 14 (3x); Zero combo appearances across all boards in combo database
- Observed: Appears in 33 distinct archetypes, indicating broad splashability within DM context; Gameplay distribution: 38.8% control, 38.1% beatdown, 15% combo; All top partners are Dark Magician variants and DM support cards; Never included in side deck despite presence in control and beatdown strategies
- Inferred: LP recovery (1000 LP ≈ 2 damage-hit equivalent) provides partial resource recovery when destroyed; ATK boost (+700) is modest relative to modern boss-monster values and competitive threats; Equip restriction (DM/DMG only) significantly limits combo synergy and generic splashability; Equip spells have zero inherent synergy with monster-material combo lines (fusion, synchro, link, XYZ); High deck penetration reflects Dark Magician archetype support density rather than intrinsic card power
- Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo conversion axis is text-only inference with zero validation No guides supplied — role context and meta positioning inferred from deck partners only No banlist token — assumed unlimited (3+ copies) based on card description No usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion percentages based on 147-deck sample, not historical meta data No Top-Card ranking — card does not appear in competitive format leaders