WIND
4Arsenal Summoner
Archetype:
Guardian
ATK:
1600
DEF:
1600
View:
3504
FLIP: Add 1 "Guardian" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Celtic Guardian", "Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1", "Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #2", "Guardian of the Labyrinth", or "The Reliable Guardian".
Arsenal Summoner — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 49 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Arsenal Summoner is a Level 4 WIND Spellcaster whose FLIP effect adds one Guardian monster from the Deck to hand, with a five-name exclusion list. Its value is a single +1 search that leaves a Level 4 body on the field, plus a generic material body. The 1600 ATK and the flip timing earn nothing; the Guardian-only search restriction and the flip requirement cap the score. Deck evidence (7 decks, 5 archetypes, 57% co-occurrence with the Kazejin/Suijin/Sanga trio) confirms the card is a real, practical searcher in Guardian-adjacent lists, but there are no recorded combo boards to show what it converts into.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Searchable from the Deck once flipped, with 5 distinct archetypes and 7 decks running it (verified deck count; the Guardian-only restriction limits the search targets) (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No combo boards recorded; conversion is limited to one Guardian search from the card text (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | A single +1 search that leaves a Level 4 body on the field gives a modest net advantage (verified text; inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 4 WIND Spellcaster is a generic material body; the effect is only a search and does not add material value (verified text; inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The flip effect is fragile to set-to-flip timing and has no redundancy beyond the copies in the deck (inferred; observed copies avg 2.14). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 45 | Restricted to Guardian targets with a five-name exclusion list, so it is only clean in Guardian builds; it is not a garnet and runs 1 to 3 copies (verified text; observed copies). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches a Guardian monster on flip, a real card-advantage line
- Level 4 WIND Spellcaster body that remains on field after the search
- Appears in 7 recent decks across 5 archetypes, so it is not a single-deck niche pick
Weaknesses
- Search is restricted to Guardian monsters with a five-name exclusion list
- Requires a set-to-flip sequence, so timing is fiddly
- No recorded combo boards to show concrete conversion
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the flip effect
- Board-level removal of the face-up body before the flip resolves
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (Guardian search with a Level 4 material body). Decks: Gate Guardian, Guardian. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: FLIP effect adds one Guardian monster from the Deck to hand, excluding five named cards; Level 4, WIND, Spellcaster, ATK 1600 / DEF 1600; Formats: TCG, OCG, MasterDuel, DuelLinks
- Observed: 7 recent decks, 5 distinct archetypes, avg 2.14 copies per deck; Co-occurs with Kazejin, Sanga of the Thunder and Suijin in 4 of 7 decks (57%)
- Inferred: Search is a +1 with the body remaining on field, so modest net advantage; Set-to-flip timing makes the card fiddly to use
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited)