EARTH
1Deskbot 001
Archetype:
Deskbot
ATK:
500
DEF:
500
View:
4425
Gains 500 ATK/DEF for each Machine monster you control. If 2 or more Machine monsters are Special Summoned at the same time, while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card.
Deskbot 001 — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 57 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 58 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Deskbot 001 is a Level 1 EARTH Machine Tuner, and its value is as a cheap, clean body: it converts into Synchro material and its ATK/DEF scaling only matters with several Machines on the field. Its GY clause (revive when 2 or more Machines are Special Summoned simultaneously, except in the Damage Step) is a real but narrow recovery route. High deck counts (400 sampled decks, 1.2 copies on average, spread across 57 archetypes) confirm that the card is consistently run and easy to fit, not that it is powerful; the 500 ATK/DEF body earns almost nothing on its own, and there is no combo data to show it converting into a board.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Present in all 400 sampled decks at about 1.2 copies, but no searcher or starter data exists in combo data, so reliable access is inferred from its generic role (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text only: the ATK/DEF gain scales with Machines controlled and there are zero recorded boards, so it does not build a board on its own (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 35 | No card advantage in the text; the only return is the GY revive when two or more Machines are Special Summoned at once, which is a narrow condition (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negate, removal, or hand-trap effect (verified). |
| Material Utility | 70 | A Level 1 Tuner with Machine type gives a generic Synchro body that still functions as a Tuner when its effect is negated (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | The GY revive gives a second use, but the revive is conditional and the card has no multi-zone presence in the evidence (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 80 | Typically run as one copy (Deskbots usage 100% inclusion, typical 1 copy), with no garnet or self-lock restriction in the text (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 58, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 1 Tuner body that fits generic Synchro summons
- Consistently included at 1 copy across 400 sampled decks and 57 archetypes
- GY revive when two or more Machines are Special Summoned simultaneously gives a second use
Weaknesses
- ATK/DEF of 500 only scales with Machines controlled, so it is a weak body without support
- No effect interaction and no card advantage
- The GY revive needs a specific simultaneous Machine Special Summon, which is a narrow condition
- No recorded combo boards, so its conversion value is unproven
Best use
Generic Level 1 Machine Tuner for Synchro summons, with a conditional GY revive. Decks: Tenyi, Swordsoul, Deskbots. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: gains 500 ATK/DEF for each Machine monster you control; Text: if 2 or more Machine monsters are Special Summoned at the same time while in the GY (except in the Damage Step), it can be Special Summoned; Type: Level 1 EARTH Machine Tuner, ATK/DEF 500/500; 400 decks sampled, 331 with 1 copy, 60 with 2 copies, 9 with 3 copies
- Observed: Tenyi 21.2% and Swordsoul 21% of sampled decks; Deskbots usage statistics: 100% inclusion, typical 1 copy; Top partners are high-frequency staples (Called by the Grave 76%, Infinite Impermanence 67.2%); Zero recorded combo boards
- Inferred: A Level 1 Tuner is a generic Synchro material body; The Tuner body persists when the effect is negated; The GY revive is a conditional second use rather than a reliable engine
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no searcher or starter data, so accessibility relies on deck presence no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no average starter count when present, so DeckResilience is partly inferred