EARTH
2Adamancipator Researcher
Archetype:
Adamancipator
ATK:
100
DEF:
2100
View:
4585
If you control a Rock monster, except "Adamancipator Researcher": You can Special Summon this card from your hand. During your Main Phase: You can excavate the top 5 cards of your Deck, and if you do, you can Special Summon 1 excavated Level 4 or lower non-Tuner Rock monster, also place the rest on the bottom of your Deck in any order. You can only use each effect of "Adamancipator Researcher" once per turn.
Adamancipator Researcher — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 65 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender, Material body
Why it scores here
Adamancipator Researcher is a Level 2 Rock Tuner that can be Special Summoned from hand whenever you control another Rock, and its Main Phase excavate turns the top 5 cards of the Deck into one Level 4 or lower non-Tuner Rock. It converts one card into one body with real Rock and Tuner value, and it is live in most of the recorded deck lists (400 of 400 decks, 46 archetypes). The high co-run rate with Gallant Granite and other Rock staples confirms the role is real and practical, not that the card is strong on its own. Its ATK of 100 and DEF of 2100 earned nothing, and the lack of any recorded board data keeps combo conversion near the middle of the scale.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Hand Special Summon needs another Rock on the field and the excavate is a Main Phase action, both from card text; it appears in all 400 sampled decks with Rock partners (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Text gives one excavated Level 4 or lower non-Tuner Rock per use, which is a one-card-to-one-body conversion; combo data has zero recorded boards, so this is text-only inference. |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Excavation pulls a body from the Deck and the other four cards go to the bottom rather than the Graveyard, so there is no card loss but no refuel either (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | The card has no negation, removal or disruption effect of its own (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A Level 2 Earth Rock Tuner is a clean Synchro and Link material and keeps that value when its effects are negated, since the body is what matters (verified text, observed in decks). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | It can be Special Summoned from hand or used from the field with two separate once-per-turn effects, but a single negate of the excavate effect removes most of its value (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Runs 1 to 3 copies (average 1.69 across decks), has no garnet or lock restriction, and only needs Rock support to be live (observed in decks, inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 65, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand Special Summon makes it live in the opening hand when a Rock is out
- Excavate reliably turns into a Level 4 or lower Rock body
- Level 2 Tuner that feeds Synchro and Link summons
- Runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 46 archetypes with 1 to 3 copies
Weaknesses
- Its excavate and hand summon both depend on controlling another Rock
- No negation or removal of its own
- Each effect is once per turn, so repeat use is limited
- No recorded combo boards to confirm how far it converts
Counters / choke points
- Book of Eclipse, named as the Adamancipator deck's main weakness in a guide snippet (archetype-level, not card-specific)
- Generic hand traps or negates that stop the excavate effect (inferred, not tested in the evidence)
Best use
Hand-summoned Rock body that excavates a Level 4 or lower non-Tuner Rock and doubles as a Level 2 Tuner. Decks: Magnet Warrior, Magnet Warriors, Adamancipator, Gem-Knights, Fiendsmith.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon requires controlling a Rock monster other than itself (card text); Main Phase excavate of the top 5 cards for one Level 4 or lower non-Tuner Rock (card text); Level 2 Earth Rock Tuner, ATK 100, DEF 2100 (card data); Once per turn for each effect (card text); No negation or removal text (card text); Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, 46 distinct archetypes (deck data)
- Observed: Average 1.69 copies per deck, with 213 decks at 1 copy, 97 at 2 and 90 at 3 (deck data); Co-runs with Gallant Granite in 96.8% of decks (deck data); Inclusion 44 to 100% across 10 archetype usage rows (usage statistics)
- Inferred: Acts as a Starter and Extender in Rock-based Synchro and Link decks despite no recorded combo boards; Rock support is the main gate, so the card is weaker in non-Rock decks
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed no recorded counter-play or matchup data for this card guide snippets are archetype-level, not card-specific