LIGHT
5Artifact Scythe
Archetype:
Artifact
ATK:
2200
DEF:
900
View:
9918
You can Set this card from your hand to your Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell. During your opponent's turn, if this Set card in the Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed and sent to your GY: Special Summon it. If this card is Special Summoned during your opponent's turn: Your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn.
Artifact Scythe — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 51 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Artifact Scythe is a flexible utility body. It can be Set from hand into the Spell & Trap Zone, it returns from the GY when destroyed there on the opponent's turn, and it locks the opponent's Extra Deck Special Summons for the turn when Special Summoned on their turn. Its 2200 ATK earns nothing, and with no combo data the text shows no engine or board conversion, so combo_conversion stays low. Its presence in all 400 sampled decks reflects that the sample was filtered to decks already running it, so it confirms the card is played but does not by itself show strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Hand-to-S&T Set gives a reliable route into play, but the card is a single copy with no searcher or starter evidence (inference; no as_starter data) (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 25 | No combo boards recorded and the text builds no board by itself, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | Its GY return is a 1-for-1 recovery of itself under a condition, with no card advantage shown (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | The Extra Deck summon lock is narrow, one turn and only when Special Summoned on the opponent's turn (verified). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Level 5 LIGHT Fairy is a usable generic material body, but no material ability or combo stat supports more (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | It works across Spell & Trap and GY zones and returns after destruction there, though only on the opponent's turn (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Single-copy typical use (avg 1.03 copies) with no garnets or self-locks in the text (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Set from hand into the Spell & Trap Zone gives a flexible entry route
- Returns from the GY when destroyed in the Spell & Trap Zone on the opponent's turn
- Special Summon on the opponent's turn locks their Extra Deck summons for that turn
- Single-copy use with no garnets or self-locks
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so board conversion is unproven
- Recursion only triggers on the opponent's turn and only after destruction in the Spell & Trap Zone
- Extra Deck lock is narrow and lasts one turn
- Deck presence is conditioned on the sample, so inclusion is not measured
Counters / choke points
- Banish or other removal that does not destroy it in the Spell & Trap Zone (inferred from text; no interaction data)
Best use
Flexible Spell & Trap Zone set body with opponent-turn recursion and a one-turn Extra Deck lock. Decks: Artifact, Fiendsmith, Evil Twin. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Can be Set from hand to the Spell & Trap Zone as a Spell; Returns via GY Special Summon when destroyed while Set in the Spell & Trap Zone on the opponent's turn; Special Summon on the opponent's turn stops the opponent's Extra Deck Special Summons for the turn; Level 5 LIGHT Fairy, 2200 ATK / 900 DEF
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, avg 1.03 copies, 92.8% in gameplay type 7; Partner rates Maxx C 93.2%, Ash Blossom 87%, Called by the Grave 83.2%, conditional on the sample
- Inferred: Recursion gives resilience to a single Spell & Trap Zone removal; Generic Level 5 LIGHT body is usable as material (no material evidence)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion % is not available legal_copies is 0 for TCG, OCG and MasterDuel while 400 sampled decks run the card; conflict unresolved, so no banlist penalty applied decks_evidence is filtered to decks running the card (all 400), so inclusion rate and partner percentages are not population rates guides_evidence snippets and co_card_ids do not name or include Artifact Scythe (passcode 20292186); the 6 guide mentions are not treated as corroboration no top_card_context ranking available