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Target 1 Level 4 or lower Fish monster in your GY; Special Summon it, then you can add 1 monster from your Deck to your hand with the same original name as that Special Summoned monster. You can only activate "White Mirror" once per turn.
White Mirror — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 64 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
White Mirror converts a Level 4 or lower Fish already in the Graveyard into a Special Summoned body and then adds a same-name monster from the Deck, so it turns a dead GY card into board presence plus a search. Its score comes from that two-for-one conversion and from its presence in 400 of the 400 sampled decks across 35 archetypes, which confirms it is a practical, low-cost slot. The Fish-in-GY condition, the lack of any recorded combo boards, and the absence of interaction keep the score in the mid-60s rather than higher.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Run in 400 of 400 sampled decks at about 1.8 copies each, but it is live only when a qualifying Fish is already in the Graveyard (observed; the GY condition is verified from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | The text gives Special Summon plus a same-name search, but no recorded combo boards exist, so the conversion is text-based only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | The text gives a GY-to-field body and an optional search from the Deck, a net gain of about one card when a target exists (verified text, inferred net value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal, or disruption effect in its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 45 | The revived Fish body can be material, but its material value depends on the unknown target and no material stats are recorded (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | It is a Spell that can be stopped by spell negation, and its GY-only target limits it to one use per turn (verified text, inferred resilience). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | It is a single-copy-friendly staple with no garnet or lock restriction, and 84.5% partner overlap indicates it fits existing builds (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 64, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts a Fish already in the Graveyard into a body plus a same-name search (two-for-one, once per turn)
- Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 35 archetypes at about 1.8 copies each
- High partner overlap (Lifeless Leaffish 84.5%, Abyss Shark 83.8%) confirms it fits existing lines
Weaknesses
- Needs a Level 4 or lower Fish in the Graveyard before it does anything
- No recorded combo boards, so combo conversion is text-based only
- No opponent interaction and no effect on the opponent's board
- A Spell, so it can be stopped by spell negation before it resolves
Counters / choke points
- Spell negation (inference, not in the evidence)
- Graveyard hate that removes the Fish target before activation (inference)
Best use
Starter / Combo enabler (GY revival plus same-name search). Decks: Shark, Ghoti, White Aura, Utopia, Gishki. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: target a Level 4 or lower Fish in the GY, Special Summon it, then add a same-name monster from the Deck; Once per turn restriction from card text; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel
- Observed: Run in 400 of 400 sampled decks (main deck), 1.8 average copies, max 3; 35 distinct archetypes; Shark 204+36, Ghoti 20, White Aura 16; Top partner overlap around 60-85% across 15 cards; One guide mentions it in a Shark Kragen build guide
- Inferred: The revive-plus-search route is a real starter for Fish lines, based on text rather than combo data; The revived body's material value depends on the target and is not measured
- Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo conversion and starter frequency are text-only inference No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No ruling data for the same-name search target list Number of qualifying Fish and same-name targets is unknown