DARK
2Capshell
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
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You can only use 1 of the following effects of "Capshell" per turn, and only once that turn. ● If this card is Tributed: You can draw 1 card. ● If this card is used as material for a Fusion, Synchro, or Link Summon: You can draw 1 card. ● If this card is detached from an Xyz Monster to activate that monster's effect: You can draw 1 card.
Capshell — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 64 · Deck: 64 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Capshell is a Level 2 DARK Fiend whose value is its body plus a single draw of 1 card when it is Tributed, used as Fusion/Synchro/Link material, or detached from an Xyz. It is a clean generic material that converts into a card, so material_utility and resource_economy carry the score. It has no interaction, and its draws share one once-per-turn limit with its other two effects. High deck inclusion (400 of 400 sampled decks, 58 archetypes) and a high board power index confirm it is a reliable staple, but per guardrail 3 that does not add points by itself; the combo sample of 3 boards with no recorded role is too thin to raise the combo score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Run in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.2 copies, but no starter or searcher role is recorded in combos, so it is usually a hand or field body rather than a searched route (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Appears in all 3 recorded combos (avg power index 93.7), but combo role is empty and it converts into a board only with help from other starters (observed, partly speculation). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Each trigger draws 1 card once per turn, so the body is recycled into a card when it is used as material or tributed; no refuel or repeated advantage is recorded (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | Has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect; the card text contains only draw effects (verified). |
| Material Utility | 75 | A Level 2 DARK Fiend is a generic material for Synchro, Fusion and Link summons, and its material trigger still draws when it is used (verified text; the material role count of 0 is a data gap, so this is inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Shares one once-per-turn limit across three effects and has no protection or recursion, so one interruption can stop its draw (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Single-copy staple with no garnet or lock, and the 1.22 average copies per deck shows it is cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 64, Deck ≈ 64, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 2 generic material body that still draws a card when used as material or tributed
- Single-copy inclusion in every sampled deck with no garnet cost
- Draws from several triggers (Tribute, Fusion/Synchro/Link material, Xyz detach) so it is never fully dead in a deck that uses it
Weaknesses
- Draw is limited to one use per turn across three effects
- No interaction, negation or board impact on its own
- Value depends on the surrounding Spright and Runick engine; the combo sample of 3 boards is too thin to measure its role precisely
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and similar hand traps stop the card in hand before it is used
- Monster removal or banishing prevents the Tribute and material trigger from happening
Best use
Level 2 material body that converts into a draw when used for Synchro, Fusion or Link summons. Decks: Spright, Runick, Dracotail, Dogmatika. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: one of three once-per-turn draw effects, on Tribute, on Fusion/Synchro/Link material, or on Xyz detach; Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.22 average copies; Present in all 3 recorded combos; No negation or removal text
- Observed: Run in 400 of 400 sampled decks across 58 archetypes; Avg power index 93.7 across boards it appears in; Average 1.22 copies per deck, no garnet pattern
- Inferred: Card works as a generic Level 2 material body that converts into a draw; Accessibility is mainly from the staple status of Spright/Runick builds; Score mapping from the weighted axes to intrinsic and deck power
- Data gaps: no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) for archetype inclusion; inclusion inferred from the 400-deck sample only combo data has 3 boards and records no combo role, so the material and starter shares are unknown no searcher or search-route evidence for accessibility no rulings data