Spell
QuickRunick Tip
Archetype:
Runick
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Activate 1 of these effects, but skip your next Battle Phase after activation; ● Add 1 "Runick" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Runick Tip", then banish the top card of your opponent's Deck. ● Special Summon 1 "Runick" monster from your Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone. You can only activate 1 "Runick Tip" per turn.
Runick Tip — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 63 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
Runick Tip reliably converts a Runick shell into board and card flow: it either searches a Runick from the Deck or Special Summons a Runick from the Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone, and it is in all 400 sampled decks at an average of 2.7 copies. Its score is capped by what it does not do: it is a once-per-turn Quick-Play with a Battle Phase cost, a weak banish-the-top-card side effect, no real negation or removal, and no material value. The high combo power index (73.6 average) comes from the boards it sits in, not from the card alone, and the card is dead outside Runick homes, so the archetype restriction is priced in.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 80 | Present in 400/400 decks at 2.7 average copies and in 13.6% of combo boards as a starter (observed); the search route reaches for Runick from the Deck (verified text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 70 | Appears in 22/22 recorded boards with average power index 73.6 and 100-index examples, but it enables the board rather than building it on its own (observed, inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Search for one Runick and banish the top card of the opponent's Deck; net card flow is roughly even because the card itself goes to the graveyard (verified text, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | The only interaction is banishing the top card of the opponent's Deck, which is a minor disruption and not negation or removal (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell Card, so it provides no Level, Attribute, or material value (verified card type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Quick-Play usable from hand on either turn with two effect modes and redundant copies, but it is a single spell that can be negated by spell-negation (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Runs 2–3 copies inside an archetype shell with no garnet or lock behaviour, but is not splashable outside Runick homes (observed copies distribution, inferred splash cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher / Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 63, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Archetype-locked restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (modifier applied to Deck)
Strengths
- Included in all 400 sampled decks at an average of 2.7 copies, so it is reliably accessible (observed).
- Two modes give a choice between a search route and an Extra Deck Special Summon, which gives redundancy when one route is blocked (verified text).
- Appears in 22/22 recorded boards with average power index 73.6 and high-index examples (observed).
- Partners are dense: Runick Freezing Curses, Runick Flashing Fire and Hugin the Runick Wings each appear in 98–100% of decks (observed).
Weaknesses
- Once per turn, and activating it skips the next Battle Phase, so it cannot be used repeatedly (verified text).
- No negation, no removal, and a weak banish-the-top-card side effect (verified text).
- Does not build a board by itself; it enables the Extra Deck Runick or the searched Runick to do the work (inferred from text).
- Zero material value because it is a Spell Card (verified card type).
- Dead outside Runick shells, so it is not portable across archetypes (inferred from text and usage statistics).
Counters / choke points
- Spell-negating or Quick-Play-responding effects, which can stop the activation of a Quick-Play Spell (inferred from text; no counter-card data in the evidence pack).
- Opponent's board interaction that removes the Runick the card is trying to Special Summon or add (inferred from text).
- Rule-based answer: the Battle Phase skip means the Runick board is not extended through combat on the same turn (verified text).
Best use
Starter / Combo enabler for Runick shells, with Searcher/Tutor as a secondary function. Decks: Runick (Mysterune), Runick, Radiant Typhoon, Spright. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Quick-Play Spell, once per turn, skips the next Battle Phase, search one non-Tip Runick from the Deck and banish the opponent's top card, or Special Summon one Runick from the Extra Deck to the Extra Monster Zone.; Card type is Spell Card with no Level, Attribute, or ATK/DEF, so it has no material value.; Formats include TCG, OCG and MasterDuel.
- Observed: Present in 400/400 sampled decks, 2.7 average copies, 3 copies in 290 decks.; Present in 22/22 recorded combos, 13.6% as starter and 13.6% in end hand, average power index 73.6.; Usage statistics show 90–100% inclusion across four Runick homes with typical copies of 2–3.; Top partners are Runick support cards with 98–100% co-occurrence.
- Inferred: The card functions as a search-plus-enabler for Runick shells rather than a standalone board builder.; The Battle Phase skip is a real cost that stops same-turn follow-up in most lines.; Spell-negation and Quick-Play responses are the main counters, based on card type and text alone.
- Data gaps: legal_copies lists only a MasterDuel limit (2); TCG and OCG limits are not stated despite both formats being listed. No top-card ranking or metagame sample is available, so Meta is null. Combo sample is small (22 boards) and all Runick-shell, so the combo axis rests on a narrow sample. No ruling or FAQ data is present in the evidence pack, so rules reliability is based on text only. No counter-card or hand-trap interaction data is in the evidence pack.