Spell
EquipSilver Bow and Arrow
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A Fairy-Type monster equipped with this card increases its ATK and DEF by 300 points.
Silver Bow and Arrow — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 23 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 25 · Deck: 21 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility
Why it scores here
Silver Bow and Arrow is a generic Equip Spell that only raises a Fairy-Type monster's ATK and DEF by 300 — a marginal stat bump that neither builds a board nor disrupts the opponent. It earns no credit for being an Equip or for the ATK/DEF numbers themselves; what matters is that it converts nothing into winning value, is a pure -1 in card economy, and is dead unless a Fairy-Type is already on the field. The recent deck sample (10 decks, ~1.2 copies) confirms it is only slotted as a low-impact casual buff piece, and the zero combo appearances show it never anchors a real line.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 30 | Generic Equip Spell that can be drawn but only does anything once a Fairy-Type monster is already on the field, with no searcher shown (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 5 | Combos evidence shows 0 appearances and the text only adds +300 ATK/DEF, building no board at all (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 8 | It is a pure -1 equip with no draw, search, or Graveyard recursion in its text (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Card text grants no disruption, negation, or removal — it only modifies stats (verified). |
| Material Utility | 10 | As a Spell it provides no body, Level, or Attribute for material and simply attaches to a monster (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 12 | It can be removed with the equipped monster and is dead whenever no Fairy-Type target exists, with no protection in text (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 28 | Cheap to slot with no locks or garnets, but it consumes a slot for marginal impact, seen at ~1.2 copies per deck (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default). Intrinsic ≈ 25, Deck ≈ 21, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Fully generic — any Fairy-Type monster can use it, no archetype lock
- Legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel, and Duel Links
- Boosts both ATK and DEF by 300
- No cost, no restriction, no once-per-turn clause
Weaknesses
- Only a +300 ATK/DEF buff, which rarely changes combat outcomes
- Pure card disadvantage — no draw, search, or recursion
- Requires a Fairy-Type monster already on the field to be useful
- Provides no disruption, negation, or removal
- Fragile and easily stripped with Spell/Trap removal
Counters / choke points
- Mystical Space Typhoon and other Spell/Trap removal
- Any monster removal that eliminates the equipped Fairy-Type
- Effect negation does not matter but destroying the equip blanks it
Best use
Weak stat-boost utility. Decks: Casual / Duel Links Fairy-Type decks, Old-school event decks. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: a Fairy-Type monster equipped with this card gains 300 ATK and DEF.; Type: Equip Spell, no archetype, legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel, and Duel Links.
- Observed: 10 of the recent deck sample run it, almost all at 1 copy (avg 1.2, one deck at 3).; Combos evidence records 0 appearances across recorded boards.; Appears alongside unrelated old cards such as Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
- Inferred: Provides no card advantage — a pure -1 equip.; Only live once a Fairy-Type monster is already on the field.; Delivers no interaction, negation, or removal of any kind.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only