Spell
ContinuousGadget Box
Archetype:
Gadget
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(This card is always treated as a "Morphtronic" card.) When this card is activated: Place 3 Morph Counters on it. Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can remove 1 Morph Counter from your field, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Gadget Box Token" (Machine/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0). While that Token is in the Monster Zone, the player who Summoned it cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck, except Synchro Monsters. You can only activate 1 "Gadget Box" per turn.
Gadget Box — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 52 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body / Normal · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Gadget Box converts itself into a Level 1 Machine EARTH token once per Main Phase, for up to three uses from its Morph Counters, so its value is a repeatable body rather than card advantage. The Level 1 token is clean Synchro material, which is why material_utility is the largest contributor. High deck count (49 decks across 17 archetypes) confirms it is a practical staple, but it does not earn points by itself. The Extra Deck lock falls on the card's own controller, so it costs the player who uses it and holds the score down.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 60 | Spell in hand with no dedicated searcher in the evidence; deck count and 17 archetypes show practical access (observed deck stats plus text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Each activation yields one Level 1 token and no multi-card board or combo evidence exists (inferred from text; combo data is empty). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | Costs a card and returns a body without refuel or card advantage (verified from text: spell use, token summon, no draw or banish). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No opponent-facing negate, removal or hand trap; the only restriction hits the card's own controller (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | The Level 1 Machine EARTH token is a generic Synchro body that still exists if the Gadget Box effect is negated (verified from text, inferred for the negated case). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The spell is vulnerable to a single negation and the token can be removed; no multi-zone redundancy is evidenced (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Runs 1 to 3 copies (avg 2.18) with no garnet dependency, but the self-restricting Extra Deck lock is a real deck-building cost (observed deck stats plus verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-4). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Repeatable Level 1 body, once per Main Phase, up to three uses from its own counters (verified)
- Level 1 token is a clean generic Synchro material (inferred from card type and level)
- Practical across 17 archetypes and two gameplay types (observed deck stats)
- Cheap to run, with redundant copies acceptable (observed copies avg 2.18)
Weaknesses
- Self-locking Extra Deck restriction on its own controller (verified from text)
- No combo, starter or searcher evidence, so combo_conversion rests on text alone (data gap)
- Its value is bodies, not card advantage or interaction (verified from text)
Counters / choke points
- Spell negation on activation (inferred from card type)
- Removal or banishment of the Level 1 token before it is used as material (inferred from text)
Best use
Level 1 body generator and Synchro material source. Decks: Morphtronic, Swordsoul, Tenyi, Yummy, Sacred Beast, Fiendsmith, Bystial/Byssted. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Gadget Box places 3 Morph Counters on activation; Once per turn in Main Phase: remove 1 Morph Counter to Special Summon a Level 1 Machine EARTH 0/0 token; The token's summoner cannot Special Summon non-Synchro Extra Deck monsters while the token is on the field; Deck stats: 49 decks, 17 archetypes, avg 2.18 copies
- Observed: Deck partners (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 67.3%, Called by the Grave 53.1%) and archetype spread; Copies distribution (1:8, 2:24, 3:17)
- Inferred: Level 1 token is a clean generic Synchro material; Spell negation can end the card before the counters are used; Practical access comes from hand with no dedicated searcher in evidence
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion % is inferred from the deck sample only no searcher or accessibility-route evidence beyond hand access no rulings supplied for the Extra Deck restriction against Synchro and token-control edge cases