Spell
NormalAdamancipator Signs
Archetype:
Adamancipator
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Target 1 Rock monster in your GY; Special Summon it in Defense Position, then, if you Special Summoned an "Adamancipator" monster by this effect, you can take 1 Level 4 or lower Rock monster from your Deck and place it on top of your Deck.
Adamancipator Signs — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 58 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 59 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Adamancipator Signs is a non-interactive Spell that revives a Rock monster from the GY in Defense Position and can place a Level 4 or lower Rock from the Deck on top of the Deck. It is a recursion and extension tool rather than a card-advantage engine, so the score rests on converting GY Rock bodies into live material and on keeping the next draw under control. It runs in all 400 sampled decks at about 2.26 copies, which confirms it is reliably accessible, but that frequency is not counted as power. The 'Adamancipator' bonus clause is archetype-locked, and no combo evidence exists to confirm its real conversion value.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Needs a Rock in the GY, which the Excavate-based Adamancipator lines routinely supply; it appears in 400/400 sampled decks at 2.26 copies (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Text says it revives one GY Rock and optionally tops a Level 4 or lower Rock; no combo boards were supplied, so conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | No draw or search to hand; the top-deck placement is card-neutral and mostly sets up the next draw, so there is no net advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | A non-interactive Spell with no negation, removal or hand-trap reach (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | The revived Rock is a Defense-position body usable as material, though no material role stats were supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | A single Spell that can be negated and depends on a Rock in the GY; the 40-archetype spread gives some redundancy (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | A normal Spell with no garnet, lock or self-restriction, run at 1 to 3 copies with no cost to the deck (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 59, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in opening hands and mid-game through Excavate lines, with 400/400 sampled decks running it
- Revives a GY Rock in Defense Position, converting dead GY bodies into board presence and material
- Cheap to run: a normal Spell with no garnet or restriction
Weaknesses
- Needs a Rock monster in the GY, so it is dead in a cold GY
- Gives no card advantage and no interaction
- The optional top-deck clause depends on the Adamancipator archetype and a Level 4 or lower Rock being in the Deck
Counters / choke points
- Generic negation of Spells (inferred from card type; not in the evidence)
- Graveyard hate, which removes the Rock target (inferred)
Best use
Recursion spell that revives a Rock from the GY and sets up the next draw. Decks: Adamancipator, Koa'ki Meiru, Magnet Warriors, Fossil.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Spell text: targets a Rock in the GY and Special Summons it in Defense Position; Optional clause: places a Level 4 or lower Rock from the Deck on top, only if an Adamancipator was Special Summoned by this effect; Present in 400/400 sampled decks at an average of 2.26 copies (max 3)
- Observed: Adamancipator archetype decks: 159 of 400 (39.8%); gameplay type 7 in 75% of decks; Top partners: Adamancipator Researcher in 96.8% of decks, Adamancipator Seeker in 89.2%
- Inferred: Primary role Extender with a Recursion secondary, from text plus the GY-to-field function; Revived Rock is a usable Defense-position material body; Deck synergy is high because the card sits inside the Excavate engine, not because of raw power
- Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token - legal copies assumed to be 3 no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) - archetype inclusion inferred from the deck sample only no guide mentions the card in its own right beyond the two sampled guides no material role or starter role data to confirm the material role