DARK
3Backup @Ignister
Archetype:
@Ignister
ATK:
1200
DEF:
800
View:
4409
If you control a Cyberse monster that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 DARK Cyberse monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Backup @Ignister", then discard 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Backup @Ignister" once per turn.
Backup @Ignister — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 64 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Starter / Combo enabler, Material body
Why it scores here
Backup @Ignister scores as a mid-tier Cyberse searcher and Level 3 Tuner. Its on-summon search is roughly card-neutral (add one, discard one), and its hand Special Summon depends on owning a Cyberse that came from the Extra Deck, so its power comes from access and consistency rather than raw stats. Its 400/400 deck presence across 26 archetypes and its 2.76 average copies confirm that it is a reliably playable engine piece, but that frequency is not used to inflate the score. The ATK of 1200 earns nothing, and the absence of combo data keeps combo conversion at a text-only estimate.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 80 | Hand Special Summon is conditional on a Cyberse Extra Deck summon, but the on-summon search gives reliable access; 400/400 decks run it at 2.76 average copies (observed, verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Combo evidence is absent (0 boards); the search into a DARK Cyberse plus the conditional hand summon is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Search one then discard one is roughly even card advantage with no graveyard refuel, and the body stays on the field (verified text, inferred net). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect, so it provides essentially no opponent interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A Level 3 DARK Cyberse Tuner is clean synchro material and stays a Tuner when its effects are negated (verified text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Two once-per-turn effects give some multi-spot value, but a single negate on the summon stops both, and no recovery is evidenced (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Typical 3-copy play with no garnet, but the Cyberse search restricts the deck to a Cyberse engine; inclusion is 53–100% across 11 archetype homes (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 64, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable on-summon search into a large DARK Cyberse pool
- Level 3 Tuner body that converts into synchro material even when negated
- Present in 400 of 400 recent decks across 26 archetypes, with partners such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring at 99.2%
Weaknesses
- Zero interaction: no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect
- Hand Special Summon requires a Cyberse Extra Deck summon already on board
- Net card-neutral search gives no card advantage
- No combo evidence, so board conversion is unverified
Counters / choke points
- Negation of the on-summon trigger, which stops both once-per-turn effects
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and other hand-based interruptions
Best use
Searcher/Tutor and Tuner body in Cyberse-based engines. Decks: @Ignister, Maliss, Bystial/Byssted, Code Talker, Firewall, Mathmech. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: hand Special Summon conditional on a Cyberse Extra Deck summon; on-summon search of a DARK Cyberse monster followed by a discard; each effect once per turn; Level 3 DARK Cyberse Tuner, 1200 ATK / 800 DEF; 400/400 recent decks run it, averaging 2.76 copies, across 26 archetypes
- Observed: Usage statistics show 53–100% inclusion across 11 archetype homes with typical copies of 3; Top partners at 80–99% co-occurrence, led by Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring at 99.2%
- Inferred: The searched DARK Cyberse pool is what supplies the @Ignister and Maliss support engines; The search is roughly card-neutral and provides no graveyard refuel; Clean synchro material value persists when effects are negated
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited)