EARTH
6
1Deskbot 006
Archetype:
Deskbot
ATK:
500
DEF:
500
View:
3506
[ Pendulum Effect ] You cannot Pendulum Summon monsters, except "Deskbot" monsters. This effect cannot be negated. [ Monster Effect ] If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can target 1 monster on the field; change its battle position. This card gain 500 ATK for each face-up "Deskbot" monster in your Extra Deck. If this card in the Pendulum Zone is destroyed: You can target 1 "Deskbot" card in your Graveyard; add that target to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Deskbot 006" once per turn.
Deskbot 006 — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 52 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery / Recursion · Secondary: Starter / Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Deskbot 006 is a Level 6 Pendulum body whose main value is a conditional recovery: if it is destroyed in the Pendulum Zone, it returns one Deskbot from the Graveyard to hand, once per turn. Its 500 ATK per face-up Deskbot in the Extra Deck is a board-size bonus, not a power driver, so the high ATK earns nothing on its own. Its summon effect is only a battle-position change, and it has no meaningful opponent interaction, so those axes stay low. The card is well placed (83 decks, almost all Deskbot-homed, 2.1 copies on average), but no recorded boards are supplied, so the conversion and resilience credit rests on text inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in 83 of the sampled decks at about 2.1 copies each, all in the main deck, and 100% inclusion in both Deskbot StatisticsCard rows (observed); the Pendulum Zone requirement and the Deskbot-only Pendulum Summon restriction are read from text (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | The ATK scaling and summon-time battle-position change are read from text, and no combo boards are supplied to confirm a starter or payoff role (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The Graveyard-to-hand recovery of one Deskbot is real card advantage, but it is conditional on the card being destroyed in the Pendulum Zone and capped at once per turn (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | No hand trap, negation or removal; the only effect is a battle-position change on Normal or Special Summon, and the Pendulum effect cannot be negated (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | A Level 6 Machine EARTH body is material-capable in principle, but no material usage or combo data is supplied to confirm it (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Its one recovery effect needs the card to be destroyed in the Pendulum Zone, and it has no multi-zone or multi-turn presence beyond that trigger; redundancy comes only from running 2 to 3 copies (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Run at about 2.1 copies in an archetype-restricted deck, with the Deskbot-only Pendulum Summon limit costing flexibility but no garnet or lock (observed for copies, inferred for restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 52, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: archetype-restricted Pendulum Summon (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in 83 sampled decks at about 2.1 copies, with 100% inclusion in both Deskbot StatisticsCard rows
- Conditional GY-to-hand recovery of a Deskbot once per turn gives real card advantage
- Its Pendulum effect cannot be negated
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction beyond a battle-position change
- Recovery needs a Pendulum Zone destruction, so it is conditional rather than reliable
- The 500 ATK per face-up Deskbot in the Extra Deck does nothing for power here; it only scales the body
- Deskbot-only Pendulum Summon restriction limits builds
Counters / choke points
- Opponent effects that destroy the card in the Pendulum Zone (inferred; no counter data supplied)
- Monster-effect negation of the summon-time battle-position change (verified from text)
Best use
Recovery / Recursion in Deskbot lines; a Pendulum-zone body that returns a Deskbot from the Graveyard when destroyed. Decks: Deskbot builds (archetype IDs 972 and 134). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Pendulum Summon restriction to Deskbot monsters, uncancellable Pendulum effect, +500 ATK per face-up Deskbot in Extra Deck, once-per-turn GY-to-hand recovery; Deck presence: 83 decks, 2.1 average copies, all main deck
- Observed: Usage statistics: 100% inclusion in Deskbot archetypes 972 and 1547; Strong Deskbot partner co-occurrence (98.8% for three Deskbot cards)
- Inferred: Accessibility from Pendulum Zone and Deskbot-body placement; Conditional recovery value and recursion role; Material capability for a Level 6 Machine body
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no Extra Deck Deskbot count per deck, so the ATK bonus cannot be sized no material or rulings evidence for Level 6 usage