Spell
NormalAdamancipator Friends
Archetype:
Adamancipator
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Excavate the top cards of your Deck equal to the number of Rock monsters you control +5, and if you do, you can add to your hand 1 excavated Rock monster with a Level equal to or lower than the number of the excavated cards, also place the remaining cards on the bottom of your Deck in any order. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except Rock monsters.
Adamancipator Friends — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 54.65 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Starter
Why it scores here
Adamancipator Friends is a Spell that excavates at least 5 cards (Rock monsters you control +5) and adds one excavated Rock monster to hand whose Level is at or below the number of excavated cards, so it converts into a single Rock body rather than a board. Its score is held back by the spell's dependence on Rock monsters, the card-neutral exchange (one spell for one searched monster, with the rest sent to the bottom), and a turn-long Special Summon restriction that limits it outside Rock lines. High deck counts (132 decks, 24 archetypes) confirm the card is reliably played, but that inclusion did not raise the score; no combo evidence was supplied, so conversion is text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Live in the opening hand as a spell that always excavates at least 5 cards, and it appears in 132 decks at 2.27 copies on average, though it needs a Rock monster in the deck to convert (verified/observed; no combo starter data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Turns one spell into one searched Rock body, with the 'Level at or below excavated count' condition as the limit; no combo boards were supplied, so conversion is inferred from text only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | One spell is traded for one added monster, and the remaining excavated cards go to the bottom of the Deck, giving roughly even card economy with no refuel (verified text, inferred net value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal or hand-trap reach; the effect is purely a search (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A spell with no monster body, so it provides no material or level value on its own (verified text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | A non-interactive spell with a restriction that limits its use to Rock lines; the card does have redundancy across 24 archetypes but no protection from interaction (verified text, observed deck spread). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Three copies run in 73 of 132 decks, but its Special Summon restriction makes it awkward outside Rock lines, so it costs slots and restricts the rest of the turn (observed copy distribution, verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler (blended). Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 54.65, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Guaranteed excavation of at least 5 cards makes the search reliable as a spell
- Searches a Rock monster whose Level can be matched to the excavated count
- Played in 132 recent decks across 24 archetypes, so the route is live and practical
Weaknesses
- Only converts into a Rock monster; it does nothing for non-Rock lines
- Spends a spell for one search, so card advantage is roughly even
- The turn-long Special Summon restriction blocks other summons in the same turn
Counters / choke points
- Opponent interaction is not evidenced in the supplied data; the guide notes Book of Eclipse as a weakness for the Adamancipator deck, which is an observation from one guide and not a measured effect
Best use
Searcher for a Rock monster in Excavate decks. Decks: Adamancipator (Rock-based excavate decks), Fossil, Koa'ki Meiru. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Excavates Rock monsters +5 cards and adds one excavated Rock with Level at or below the excavated count; Remaining cards go to the bottom of the Deck in any order; Blocks non-Rock Special Summons for the rest of the turn; Played in 132 decks at 2.27 copies on average
- Observed: Top partners and archetype spread from the attached deck sample; Guide describes the card as part of an Excavate Rock plan with a Book of Eclipse weakness
- Inferred: Accessibility is high because the spell is live from hand, based on text and copy counts; Net card advantage is roughly even; Conversion is limited to Rock lines
- 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