DARK
6Tempest Magician
ATK:
2200
DEF:
1400
View:
5362
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Spellcaster-Type monsters When this card is Synchro Summoned, place 1 Spell Counter on it. Once per turn, you can discard any number of cards to place 1 Spell Counter on a monster(s) you control for each card you discarded. You can remove all Spell Counters on the field to inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each removed Spell Counter.
Tempest Magician — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 43 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48.5 · Deck: 48.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss/End-board · Secondary: Combo enabler, Material body
Why it scores here
Tempest Magician converts Spell Counters and spare hand cards into burn damage (500 per removed counter), making it a Spell Counter payoff/finisher rather than a value engine; its Synchro Summon even places the first counter for free. It is only reachable through a Tuner plus a non-Tuner Spellcaster, offers the opponent zero disruption, and pays N cards from hand for 500N damage, so its economy and interaction axes stay low. The 2200 ATK body and Spellcaster typing earned essentially no points here: what matters is that the card is illegal in every listed format (0 legal copies in TCG, OCG and Master Duel) and has no recorded combo appearances to confirm a real conversion line. The 171 recorded decks run it as a 1-of Extra Deck option (avg 1.04 copies, 48% Lightsworn, 10.5% Endymion), which confirms reachability in Spellcaster-heavy builds but not strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | It is a 1-of Extra Deck card in 171 recorded decks (avg 1.04 copies; 48% Lightsworn, 10.5% Endymion), but it requires a Tuner plus a non-Tuner Spellcaster and records 0 combo appearances (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 52 | On Synchro Summon it places 1 Spell Counter, and once per turn each discarded card adds another 500-damage unit, so it converts an existing Spell Counter/hand supply into burn rather than starting a line by itself (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Its once-per-turn discard loop is a straight card-for-damage trade (N cards = 500N damage) that returns no card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | The card provides no negation, removal or disruption of any kind - only burn damage to the opponent (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | As a Level 6 DARK Spellcaster Synchro with 2200 ATK it is a usable ladder body for larger Synchro plays and does not lock its own use as material, provided the Spellcaster non-Tuner requirement was met (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | It has no protection, a 1400 DEF body, a once-per-turn burn, and a single negate on the Synchro Summon or the damage effect ends the plan (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | It costs only one Extra Deck slot with no main-deck garnet, but it forces a Spellcaster non-Tuner into the Synchro line and is close to blank when no counters are available (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 48.5, Deck ≈ 48.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Illegal in all listed formats (-6). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts Spell Counters into a scalable burn finisher (500 damage per removed counter) with no attack required.
- Places 1 Spell Counter for free on its own Synchro Summon, so the burn loop starts the turn it lands.
- Level 6 DARK Spellcaster Synchro body that can be laddered into larger Synchro plays and synergises with Spell Counter engines.
- Cheap Extra Deck slot: one copy covers the role with no main-deck garnet.
Weaknesses
- Illegal in every listed format (0 legal copies in TCG, OCG and Master Duel).
- Requires 1 Tuner plus a non-Tuner Spellcaster, restricting which decks can summon it at all.
- Its discard loop trades hand cards for damage at a flat rate, returning no card advantage.
- Provides no negation, removal or any other interaction with the opponent.
- Fragile: no protection, and negating either the Synchro Summon or the burn effect ends the plan.
- No recorded combo or guide evidence confirms an actual end-board conversion.
Counters / choke points
- Negating the Synchro Summon or the burn effect (generic monster/effect negation) removes the damage payoff.
- Effects that remove Spell Counters from the field deny the fuel for the burn.
- Hand disruption that strips spare cards reduces the number of counters the discard loop can create.
- The 2200 ATK / 1400 DEF body is easy to out by battle once the burn plan fails.
Best use
Extra Deck burn payoff / late-game finisher. Decks: Lightsworn (Spellcaster-heavy Tuner builds), Endymion / Spell Counter, Generic Synchro Spellcaster toolbox. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: '1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Spellcaster-Type monsters'.; Card text: on Synchro Summon place 1 Spell Counter on it.; Card text: once per turn, discard any number of cards to place 1 Spell Counter on a monster you control for each card discarded.; Card text: remove all Spell Counters on the field to inflict 500 damage per removed counter.; Stats: Level 6, DARK, Spellcaster, 2200 ATK / 1400 DEF, Synchro Monster.; legal copies is 0 in TCG, OCG and Master Duel.
- Observed: 171 recorded decks run it, 171 in the main deck, average 1.04 copies (166 decks at 1 copy).; Archetype spread: Lightsworn 48%, Endymion 10.5%, plus 30 other archetypes (32 distinct).; combo data records 0 appearances out of 0 tracked combos, and 0% as starter, material or payoff.; Guides evidence is empty (0 guides) and the card is not a tracked Top Card.
- Inferred: Its practical role is a Spell Counter burn payoff/finisher rather than a starter, since the burn requires counters already on field or cards to discard.; Reachability depends on assembling a Tuner with a Spellcaster non-Tuner, which limits it to Spellcaster-heavy Synchro builds.; Its 2200 ATK body can still be used as Synchro material for larger monsters when its effect is blanked, because the card imposes no lock on being used as material.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) - archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only deck sample contains legacy-era partners (Heavy Storm, Goyo Guardian) and no dated metagame snapshot is supplied, so Deck/Meta context is provisional no end-board or power-index data to confirm how often the card actually appears in finished boards