LIGHT
4Armory Arm
ATK:
1800
DEF:
1200
View:
5520
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters Once per turn, you can either: Target 1 monster on the field; equip this card to that target, OR: Unequip this card and Special Summon it in Attack Position. While equipped by this effect, that target gains 1000 ATK. If that target destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster in the Graveyard.
Armory Arm — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 50 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility / no clear role (default) · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Armory Arm is a generic Level 4 Synchro that converts into a 1800 ATK body, a once-per-turn +1000 ATK equip, and a battle-damage trigger. Its ATK boost is real but it creates no card advantage, no negation, and no removal, and it needs a Tuner plus non-Tuner to Synchro Summon. The 400-deck presence across 58 archetypes shows it is a practical, cheap staple, but that frequency is not treated as intrinsic power. No combo boards were supplied, so its combo role is text-only inference. High ATK earned no points.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Requires a Tuner plus non-Tuner Synchro Summon, with no searcher in the evidence, but it runs in 400/400 decks across 58 archetypes (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Equip gives +1000 ATK and battle-destruction damage is text-verified, but no combo boards show what it builds from a realistic start (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | No draw, search, or GY refuel; the unequip-and-Special-Summon mode is a board reuse, not card advantage (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap reach in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 30 | A Synchro monster is a limited material body; no material-usage stats were supplied (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Its effect works from the field in two modes, but it is once per turn and has no recursion (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Typically 1 copy with no garnet or lock in the evidence, so it is cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Utility / no clear role (default) weights; single primary role, no blend. Intrinsic ≈ 50, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Once-per-turn +1000 ATK equip gives a reliable battle-winning body (verified)
- Battle-destruction damage trigger adds reach from the Graveyard (verified)
- Runs in 400/400 sampled decks across 58 archetypes at about 1 copy each (observed)
- No garnet or lock, so it is cheap to play (observed)
Weaknesses
- No card advantage or refuel (verified)
- No negation or removal (verified)
- Needs Tuner plus non-Tuner Synchro Summon (verified)
- No combo evidence, so its real board role is unconfirmed (inferred)
Best use
Utility Synchro body with ATK-boost equip. Decks: Lightsworn, Synchron, Frog, Red-Eyes, Blue-Eyes. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect text: once-per-turn equip for +1000 ATK or unequip and Special Summon in Attack Position; Battle-destruction damage equal to destroyed monster's Graveyard ATK; Synchro, Level 4, 1800 ATK, Tuner plus non-Tuner requirement; 400/400 decks run it, average 1.04 copies, 58 distinct archetypes
- Observed: Top partners co-occur in 56-85% of decks (Brionac, Black Rose Dragon, Ally of Justice Catastor); Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in Flamvell, Danger!, and Morphtronic, and 50% in Frog
- Inferred: Equip plus battle makes it a reliable attacker against mid-size threats; Its board role is a utility body rather than an end-board piece
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no material-usage or as_material stats supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no top-card ranking data (is_top_card false)