Spell
QuickSpright Starter
Archetype:
Spright
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Special Summon 1 "Spright" monster from your Deck, but lose LP equal to its original ATK, also for the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon, except Level/Rank/Link 2 monsters. You can only activate 1 "Spright Starter" per turn.
Spright Starter — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter
Why it scores here
Spright Starter converts one Quick-Play activation into one Special Summoned Spright from the Deck, which is the entry point of the Spright engine. It earns its score from reliable access (3 copies in 400 of 400 decks) and from the Starter role the text describes, but it costs LP equal to the summoned monster's original ATK and blocks all Special Summons except Level/Rank/Link 2 for the rest of the turn, which takes points away. The 100% deck inclusion confirms access only and does not raise the score by itself.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 80 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at 2.45 average copies, with Spright Blue (100%) and Spright Jet (99%) as near-universal partners, so the card is live in most hands (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 72 | Text makes one Spright body from the Deck; the 4 recorded boards it appears in average power index 84.5, with the top examples at 100 (observed), but the combo evidence does not tag it as a starter, so the conversion credit rests on the text (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | Converts one Deck card to the field with no hand cost, but spends LP equal to the target's ATK and nets roughly +4 to +6 card advantage on the boards it appears in (verified text, observed netCardAdvantage). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no opponent-facing negate, removal, or lock; its only restriction falls on its own controller (verified). |
| Material Utility | 8 | The card is a Spell and provides no material body; the Spright it summons is outside this card's scoring (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single Quick-Play activation limited to 1 per turn, so it can be negated by activation responses such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, which 91.8% of decks also run (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Three copies are normal with no garnet requirement, but the rest-of-turn Special Summon restriction and LP cost make it a mild self-restriction (inferred from text, verified copy counts). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Starter / Combo enabler profile, single role, no secondary blend. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-restriction on Special Summons (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (decks and combos present; Deck includes modifier -3)
Strengths
- Deck-to-field Special Summon from a 100%-included archetype core
- Starts the Spright engine turn one, so its partner cards can follow in the same turn
- Cheap to run at 3 copies with no garnet requirement
Weaknesses
- Costs LP equal to the target's original ATK
- Blocks most other Special Summons for the rest of the turn
- Once per turn and dependent on Spright monsters being in the Deck
- Carries no interaction of its own
Counters / choke points
- Activation responses such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (inferred from text; co-played in 91.8% of sampled decks)
- Opponent negates on Spell activations (inferred from Quick-Play text)
Best use
Starter: Deck-to-field summon that opens the Spright engine. Decks: Spright, Evil Twin / Live Twin, Frog, Nimble, Runick Spright. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Special Summon 1 Spright monster from Deck, lose LP equal to its original ATK; Card text: for the rest of the turn, cannot Special Summon except Level/Rank/Link 2 monsters; Card text: can only activate 1 per turn; Copies per deck avg 2.45 across 400 decks
- Observed: Present in 400/400 sampled decks; Spright Blue 100% and Spright Jet 99% co-occurrence; Average power index 84.5 across 4 recorded boards; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring co-occurs in 91.8% of decks
- Inferred: Starter role follows from text; combo evidence reports 0 as_starter (conflict noted in data_gaps); Negation exposure via activation responses; Self-restriction severity
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Combo evidence records 0 as_starter and empty role_in_combo despite the text describing a Starter, so the role is taken from text LP cost depends on the target Spright's original ATK, which is not in the evidence No rulings or Q&A supplied Decks sample is Spright-heavy, so cross-archetype generality is measured on a narrow base