Spell
FieldMagikey World
Archetype:
Magikey
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When this card is activated: You can add 1 "Magikey" monster from your Deck to your hand. The first time each non-Token Normal Monster you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect each turn, it is not destroyed. During your Main Phase: You can add 1 "Magikey Maftea" from your Deck to your hand, then place 1 card from your hand on the bottom of the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Magikey World" once per turn. You can only activate 1 "Magikey World" per turn.
Magikey World — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 70 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 64 · Deck: 70 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Floodgate/Control, Utility
Why it scores here
Magikey World scores 70 as an essential archetype enabler with strong support utility, not as a game-dominating engine. The activation search reliably tutors Magikey monsters, and the repeating protection effect sustains boards across multiple turns. However, it is fundamentally a Field Spell—vulnerable to removal (Cosmic Cyclone, Twin Twisters) and unable to generate independent combo power—and its archetype-locked search limits cross-deck splashability. The card's 100% inclusion in Magikey reflects its critical role within that archetype rather than intrinsic strength across the format.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 82 | Highly accessible via activation search and Terraforming (56% of decks run it); 2.85 average copies per deck confirms reliable access (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 58 | Field Spells do not initiate combos directly; the activation search and protection enable other Magikey lines rather than building independent value (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 72 | Activation provides +1 Magikey monster (no cost), while Maftea cycling nets zero cards but preserves resources; protection prevents destruction-based card loss (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | Protection effect is passive defense against destruction; does not interact with opponent plays or provide active negation (verified). |
| Material Utility | 15 | Field Spell cannot be used as monster material, Synchro, Fusion, XYZ, or Pendulum scale; essentially zero material value (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 68 | Repeating protection applies every turn; vulnerable to Field Spell removal; Magikey archetype provides redundancy through multiple copies and alternative searches (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | 100% inclusion in Magikey (usage statistics) with 3 typical copies; costs only Field Spell slots; clean integration requiring no exotic tuning (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Floodgate/Control. Intrinsic ≈ 64, Deck ≈ 70, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype integration bonus (2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck + 2 modifier
Strengths
- Reliable Magikey monster tutor on activation (no cost)
- Repeating protection effect sustains board over multiple turns
- 100% inclusion in Magikey archetype (core enabler)
- Maftea cycling enables resource optimization and extended plays
- Multiple copies (2.85 average) are clean in the deck
Weaknesses
- Field Spell vulnerability to removal (Cosmic Cyclone, Twin Twisters, MST)
- Maftea cycling is resource-neutral (search one, discard one)
- Protection effect is passive, does not interact with opponent plays
- Archetype-locked search (Magikey monsters only) limits splashability
- Cannot be used as monster material or provide synergy with non-Magikey decks
Counters / choke points
- Mystical Space Typhoon / Cosmic Cyclone / Twin Twisters (Field removal)
- Backrow blanking effects that target Field Spells
- Graveyard disruption reduces Maftea cycling value
Best use
Searcher/Tutor + Board protection utility. Decks: Magikey (core), Fiendsmith (supporting), Primite (tech). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is complete and clear from description; 100% inclusion in Magikey archetype (usage statistics confirms 100% in both TCG and OCG variants); 3 typical copies in Magikey decks (usage statistics.typical copies); Activation search is a Magikey monster tutor (card description); Field Spell status prevents use as monster material (card type)
- Observed: 99.8% co-occurrence with Maginificent Magikey Mafteal (deck data.top partners); 56% of decks run Terraforming as alternative search route (deck data.top partners); 34 distinct archetypes run this card beyond Magikey (deck data.distinct archetypes); 2.85 average copies across 400 decks (deck data.copies per deck); 81.2% of decks are Extra Deck-focused gameplay type (deck data.formats)
- Inferred: Maftea cycling enables extended resource optimization (card text: search Maftea, discard one card); Protection effect sustains boards across multiple turns (card text: repeating 'each turn' effect); Field Spell vulnerability to removal (standard card game rules; Cosmic Cyclone, MST, Twin Twisters); Archetype-specific search limits generic splashability (card text locked to 'Magikey' monsters); Board protection is passive defense rather than active interaction (card text: 'is not destroyed')
- Data gaps: No combos supplied (expected for Field Spells, but limits combo conversion scoring) No guides supplied (no human strategy context available) No banlist token provided (assumed unlimited 3 copies)