DARK
2Dark Tinker
ATK:
1000
DEF:
1300
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When this card you control is sent to the Graveyard, look at the top card of your Deck. Return that card to either the top or the bottom of the Deck.
Dark Tinker — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 49 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Dark Tinker scores as a cheap, clean Level 2 Tuner body: it works as Synchro material and stays a Tuner even if its Graveyard effect is negated, and it runs as a single copy in all 4 sampled decks across 4 archetypes. Its own effect only looks at the top card of the Deck and reorders it, which is deck manipulation rather than card advantage, and there is no searcher, no recorded combo use and no interaction, so accessibility, combo conversion and effect interaction stay low. The 1000 ATK and 1300 DEF earned no points; the score rests on material utility, deck cost and the breadth of archetypes that run it.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Not searchable per the text and no as_starter or as_searched data, so it is only live when drawn as a 2-Level body (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 20 | The Graveyard effect only looks at and reorders the top card and builds no board on its own; zero recorded combo appearances (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Looking at the top card and returning it to the top or bottom is deck manipulation, not card advantage or a refuel (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card text contains no opponent-facing effect, negation or removal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | Level 2 DARK Fiend Tuner is a clean Synchro body and remains a Tuner if its Graveyard effect is blanked (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single 1000 ATK body with one Graveyard trigger; redundancy only shows as 4 distinct archetypes across the sampled decks (observed). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | One copy in each of 4 sampled decks, no garnet or lock in the text, and a low slot cost across all listed formats (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 49, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Level 2 DARK Fiend Tuner: clean Synchro material that converts even when its effect is negated
- Single-copy inclusion across 4 archetypes (Yubel, Solemn, Forbidden, Archfiend) shows portability
- Low slot cost with no garnet or lock in the text
Weaknesses
- No searcher or recorded starter/searched role, so access depends on drawing it
- Graveyard effect is a minor top-of-deck look with no card advantage
- 1000 ATK body with no board impact or interaction
Counters / choke points
- Negation removes only the Graveyard look; the Tuner type and Level 2 remain (inferred from text)
Best use
Level 2 Tuner body for Synchro with a minor Graveyard deck look. Decks: Yubel, Solemn, Forbidden, Archfiend. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: when sent to the Graveyard, look at the top card of the Deck and return it to the top or bottom; Level 2 DARK Fiend Tuner, ATK 1000 / DEF 1300; 4 sampled decks, each running 1 copy in the main deck
- Observed: Co-occurs with Summoned Skull, Annihilator Archfiend and Archfiend Empress in 3 of 4 decks (75%); Spans 4 archetypes, 1 deck each
- Inferred: Primary role is Material body: Tuner type makes it a Synchro body even when the Graveyard effect is negated; Searcher-free access means it is only live when drawn
- Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard): archetype inclusion inferred from the 4-deck sample only no banlist or legal_copies data: assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no top-card ranking supplied: is_top_card false, so popularity is not used