EARTH
3Gadget Gamer
Archetype:
Gadget
ATK:
300
DEF:
300
View:
3936
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can add 1 Level 1 Machine monster from your Deck to your hand. You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Morphtronic" monster from your hand, then you can Special Summon 1 "Gadget Hauler" from your hand or Deck. You can only use each effect of "Gadget Gamer" once per turn.
Gadget Gamer — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 65 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 63 · Deck: 67 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Starter/Combo enabler
Why it scores here
Gadget Gamer is a Level 3 Machine whose Normal Summon effect adds a Level 1 Machine from the Deck to hand, and whose Tribute effect Special Summons a Morphtronic monster from hand plus optionally Gadget Hauler. That gives it a live search-and-extend line that converts one body into two or three bodies, which is where its score comes from. Its 300 ATK/DEF and its Level 3 body earn nothing by themselves; the score rests on the search route, the Tribute extension, and the cheap 3-copy deck footprint. Combo evidence is absent, so the conversion credit is text-based inference and is capped accordingly.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 75 | Normal Summonable from hand with a Normal Summon searcher and a Tribute route; live in 272 recent decks at a 2.85 average copy count (verified, deck data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Text shows one searched Level 1 Machine plus a Tribute-to-Special-Summon Morphtronic and optional Gadget Hauler, but no recorded boards support it (inferred, combo data empty). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | Searches one card and sends itself to the GY to summon one or two bodies, a net card gain in the text but unmeasured in combos (verified text, inferred net value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap effect in the text (verified, card text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 3 EARTH Machine is a generic material body, but its effects are once-per-turn and it is not a Tuner, so it is usable rather than clean (inferred from text and attributes). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Two separate once-per-turn effects give some multi-turn and multi-zone use, but each is a single Normal Summon or Tribute trigger that a single hand trap or negate can stop (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Typically run at 3 copies with no garnet or lock, and 98.9% of its decks also run Morphtronic Telefon, which makes it cheap to play in an established shell (observed, deck data top partners). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 63, Deck ≈ 67, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Normal Summon search for a Level 1 Machine from the Deck gives a repeatable extra card on every Normal Summon
- Tribute effect converts the card into a Special Summon of Morphtronic and possibly Gadget Hauler from hand
- Present in 272 recent decks across 57 archetypes with a 2.85 average copy count, showing a practical and portable role
Weaknesses
- No negation, removal or disruption in the text, so it contributes nothing to interaction
- Both effects are once per turn each and are dependent on a Normal Summon or a Morphtronic in hand
- Its 300 ATK and Level 3 body have no value as a threat on their own
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps or negates that stop the Normal Summon trigger or the Tribute Special Summon
- Board-wide or hand-based interruption before the search resolves
Best use
Starter / Normal Summon searcher for Morphtronic and Machine shells. Decks: Morphtronic (archetype 830 and 1265), Synchro Event, Gadgets. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal Summon effect adds one Level 1 Machine from the Deck to hand; Tribute effect Special Summons a Morphtronic from hand and optionally Gadget Hauler; Each effect is limited to once per turn; Appears in 272 decks at 2.85 average copies and 98.9% co-occurrence with Morphtronic Telefon
- Observed: Usage statistics show 100% inclusion in Morphtronic (1265), Black Luster Soldier and Kuriboh at 3 copies; Distributed across 57 archetypes, 4+ bucket
- Inferred: Search route and extension are practical in Morphtronic shells, based on partner and archetype frequency; Material usefulness is a generic Level 3 Machine body with no Tuner status; Net card advantage is positive only if the searched card is a real body
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) legal copies empty for every format