Spell
ContinuousSpellbook Star Hall
Archetype:
Spellbook
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Each time a "Spellbook" Spell Card is activated, place 1 Spell Counter on this card. All Spellcaster-Type monsters you control gain 100 ATK for each Spell Counter on this card. When this card with Spell Counter(s) is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: You can add 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from your Deck to your hand, whose Level is less than or equal to the number of Spell Counters that were on this card.
Spellbook Star Hall — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Spellbook Star Hall is a slow Spellbook value engine: it accrues Spell Counters as Spellbook Spell Cards resolve, gives a minor 100-ATK-per-counter boost to Spellcasters, and floats into a Spellcaster search when it is destroyed with counters. Its real payoff is that delayed search, which is why it is played as a 1-2 copy engine piece in 52 sampled decks — but it builds no board by itself and provides no disruption. Its sizeable stat-less body and any ATK math earn no points here; only the searchable float and low deck cost keep it near the middle of the scale.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Its name contains 'Spellbook', so it can be fetched by Spellbook of Secrets/Grand Spellbook Tower, and it appears in 52 sampled decks at 1.33 average copies, mostly Spellbook variants (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 33 | Combo evidence is empty (0 appearances) and the text only grants a small ATK boost plus a delayed search, so it does not build a board from a realistic start (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 52 | When destroyed with counters it adds 1 Spellcaster from Deck to hand, roughly a delayed +1, but the ATK bonus is negligible (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 18 | The card offers no negation, removal, or disruption — only a passive ATK boost to your own Spellcasters (verified). |
| Material Utility | 8 | As a Continuous Spell it is not a monster body and cannot be used as material (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It 'floats' into a search when destroyed and sent to the GY, converting removal into value, though it does nothing if merely ignored or bounced (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 68 | It is a searchable 1-2 slot engine card with no garnet, no lock, and no self-restriction, so redundant copies are unnecessary but harmless (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searchable within the Spellbook engine (its name makes it a 'Spellbook' card)
- Floats into a Spellcaster search when destroyed with Spell Counters — turns removal into a tutor
- Low deck-building cost: 1-2 slots, no garnet, no self-lock
- Runs in 52 sampled decks at 1.33 copies, mostly main-decked (100% main)
Weaknesses
- Very slow: only accrues value over many Spellbook activations and only pays off if destroyed
- Provides no disruption, negation, or removal of its own
- ATK boost is trivial and does not contribute to winning value
- Almost entirely dependent on the Spellbook shell to generate meaningful Counters
Counters / choke points
- Non-destruction removal (banish, return to hand, shuffle into Deck) prevents the float-search trigger
- Ignoring it leaves it as a near-blank Continuous Spell until it is destroyed
- Preventing Spellbook Spell activations starves it of Spell Counters
Best use
Floating searcher / Spellbook value engine. Decks: Spellbook, Spellbook Dogmatika, Spellcaster (White Forest/Dogmatika). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: place 1 Spell Counter per 'Spellbook' Spell activation; Spellcaster monsters gain 100 ATK per counter; Card text: when destroyed and sent to GY with counters, add 1 Spellcaster from Deck whose Level ≤ counters; Archetype is Spellbook; type is Continuous Spell; legal in TCG/OCG/MasterDuel/DuelLinks
- Observed: 52 sampled decks run it, 52 main-decked, avg 1.33 copies (41 decks at 1, 6 at 3); 10 distinct archetypes list it, with Spellbook shells dominating (40.4% + 19.2%); 100% co-deck rate with Spellbook of Secrets and Spellbook of the Master
- Inferred: Because its name contains 'Spellbook', it is fetchable by Spellbook of Secrets and Grand Spellbook Tower; It functions as a delayed tutor/float rather than a starter or board-builder; The Counter math is only realistic inside a dedicated Spellbook shell
- 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 no dated metagame sample, so meta power is null/provisional