WIND
4Tuned Magician
ATK:
1800
DEF:
1600
View:
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This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it be treated as an Effect Monster with this effect: ● This card is treated as a Tuner monster.
Tuned Magician — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Tuned Magician's value is entirely structural: a Level 4 WIND Spellcaster that counts as a Normal Monster on field and in the GY, and that can become a Level 4 Tuner through the Gemini re-Normal Summon. It reliably converts into material — Gemini Fusion fodder, Synchro/Xyz bodies, and Supervise/Evocator lines — but it builds no board on its own, generates no card advantage, and brings zero disruption. Its 1800 ATK and clean body earn no bonus points per the rubric; the score is driven by cheap, generic material access weighed down by the extra Normal Summon cost and its complete lack of recorded combo representation (0 appearances, 0 guides).
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 43 | A Level 4 non-archetype Gemini seen in 18 decks across 12 archetypes, but it is not fetched by common Spellcaster searchers and needs a second Normal Summon to become a Tuner (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 33 | No combo evidence exists; from text it only supplies a Level 4 Tuner after an extra Normal Summon, not a full or disruptive board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 33 | It offers no draw, search, or recursion of its own, so it is roughly card-neutral at best (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | Its Gemini effect grants only Tuner status, providing no disruption, negation, or removal of any kind (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 4 WIND Spellcaster that becomes a Tuner and is treated as a Normal Monster in the GY, feeding Gemini Fusion, Supervise, and Synchro/Xyz material (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 42 | Being a Normal Monster in the GY lets Gemini support such as Supervise rebuy it, but it folds to simple removal before the re-summon (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 58 | One copy is a cheap, generic splash that appears across 12 archetypes with no garnet, lock, or once-per-turn clause (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body/Normal + 0.3 Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Provides Level 4 Tuner access without needing a dedicated archetype, via the Gemini re-Normal Summon
- Treated as a Normal Monster on field and in the GY, enabling Gemini support such as Supervise, Evocator Chevalier, and Gemini Fusion plays
- Clean Level 4 WIND Spellcaster body (1800/1600) that is generic and splashable, seen across 12 distinct archetypes
Weaknesses
- Needs a second Normal Summon (or a full turn) to become a Tuner, competing for the turn's summon
- Brings no disruption, negation, removal, or card advantage — it is only a body
- Not reliably fetched by common Spellcaster or Warrior search lines such as Reinforcement of the Army
- No recorded combo appearances or guide coverage, so its practical ceiling is unproven
Counters / choke points
- Removal before the second Normal Summon, which prevents it from ever becoming a Tuner
- Effect negation aimed at the Gemini summon, leaving it a vanilla Normal Monster
- Anti-Synchro / anti-Special Summon floodgates that blank the Synchro payoff its Tuner status enables
- Graveyard removal that strips its Normal-Monster-in-GY identity and the Gemini recursion lines built on it
Best use
Level 4 Tuner / Normal-Monster material body. Decks: Chemicritter, Gemini (Evocator Chevalier / Phoenix Gearfried), Dark Magician, Goblin Biker. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard; Text: can be re-Normal Summoned to be treated as an Effect Monster that is a Tuner; Level 4 WIND Spellcaster with 1800 ATK / 1600 DEF and no archetype
- Observed: 18 sampled decks run it, averaging 1.33 copies (15 decks at 1 copy, 3 decks at 3 copies), all in the main deck; Broad spread of 12 distinct archetypes including Goblin Biker, Chemicritter, Argostars, and Dark Magician; Recurring partners include Supervise, Evocator Chevalier, Superalloy Beast Raptinus, and the Poly-Chemicritter Fusions; 0 combo appearances and 0 guides
- Inferred: Its practical use is a Level 4 Tuner / Normal-Monster material body for Gemini Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz lines; The extra Normal Summon requirement materially delays the Tuner conversion unless an additional summon is available
- 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 no dated metagame sample, so meta power is null/provisional