DARK
2Cross Porter
Archetype:
Neo-Spacian
ATK:
400
DEF:
400
View:
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You can send 1 monster you control to the Graveyard and Special Summon 1 "Neo-Spacian" monster from your hand. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, you can add 1 "Neo-Spacian" monster from your Deck to your hand.
Cross Porter — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Starter/Combo enabler, Material body
Why it scores here
Cross Porter's value comes from its text, not its stats: sending a monster you control to summon a Neo-Spacian from hand is a body swap, and the GY-trigger search returns a Neo-Spacian from Deck, so it converts one card into a second card when it reaches the Graveyard. Its 400 ATK and Level 2 body earn nothing directly; the score rests on the search and the Neo-Spacian line it feeds. No combo boards were supplied, so the combo conversion score is text-only inference and is capped accordingly.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs a monster you control to send and a Neo-Spacian in hand, so it is not a clean opening-hand card, but the GY-trigger search is reachable whenever it hits the Graveyard (observed: 28 decks, 1.32 avg copies; inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Body-for-body swap into a Neo-Spacian from hand is modest on its own; no combo examples or power index were supplied (inferred from text; combo data total 0). |
| Resource Economy | 70 | The GY-trigger search gives a +1 card when the card itself is sent to the Graveyard, and the summon is a card-for-card exchange (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 2 DARK Warrior is a generic low-level material body, but the 400 ATK and the lack of stat or attribute upside keep it at mid-range (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single negate on the field body stops both effects, and the GY search is lost to graveyard hate; the GY trigger itself survives destruction (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Mostly single copies in the sample (22 of 28 decks at 1 copy, max 3), no garnet and no locks, though it is tied to a Neo-Spacian shell (observed: decks evidence; inferred from text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher + 0.3 Starter. Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- GY-trigger search returns a Neo-Spacian from Deck, giving a card back from a single send
- Summon from hand is a clean body swap that feeds the Neo-Spacian line
- Low copy cost: mostly run as one copy with no garnet or lock restriction
Weaknesses
- No effect interaction at all
- Needs a monster you control to activate, so it is not a reliable opening-hand card
- Low ATK and DEF give no board presence; its value is entirely in the Neo-Spacian shell
Counters / choke points
- Graveyard hate or banish effects stop the GY-trigger search (inferred from text)
- Negating the card on the field removes both effects before the search can happen (inferred from text)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor. Decks: Neo-Spacian.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: send 1 monster you control to the Graveyard and Special Summon 1 Neo-Spacian monster from hand; Card text: when this card is sent to the Graveyard, add 1 Neo-Spacian monster from Deck to hand; Card stats: Level 2, DARK Warrior, 400 ATK / 400 DEF, Effect Monster
- Observed: Present in 28 of the sampled decks (1 copy in 22 of them), across 10 archetypes; Top partners are Neo-Spacian monsters (Aqua Dolphin 82.1%, Dark Panther 78.6%, Grand Mole 78.6%)
- Inferred: Primary role is Searcher/Tutor because the strongest effect is the GY-trigger search; Neo-Spacian lock limits text-generic use, so GenericUtility is capped at 60 despite 10 distinct archetypes
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no rulings supplied for the send-cost timing of the hand-summon effect