DARKGimmick Puppet Chimera Doll
Archetype:
Gimmick Puppet
ATK:
1500
LINK-2
View:
4204
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 Machine monsters During your Main Phase, if you control this Link Summoned card: You can activate this effect; you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Machine Xyz Monsters, also take 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your Deck, and either add it to your hand or send it to the GY, then, if all monsters you control are "Gimmick Puppet" monsters (min. 1), you can Special Summon 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll" once per turn.
Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 66 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor
Why it scores here
The card's text does two things: once per turn in the Main Phase, while it is Link Summoned, it takes a Gimmick Puppet from the Deck to hand or GY and can Special Summon a Gimmick Puppet from hand when every monster you control is a Gimmick Puppet, and it restricts Extra Deck Special Summons for the rest of the turn. In the recorded boards it is a payoff/end-board piece (7 of 13 combos, average power index 92.5), not a starter, so the score rests on its late-board conversion and the GY/deck refuel. Its 1500 ATK and Link-2 body earn no points on their own, and the 13-archetype spread of decks is mostly one archetype family, so it is not treated as a generic card.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Present in 400 of 400 recent decks at about 1.84 copies each and carried by Gimmick Puppet bodies, but starter role and searched-for role are both 0 in the combo data, so the live route is inferred rather than observed (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 78 | Appears in 13 of 13 recorded boards, as payoff or end-board in 7 of them, with average power index 92.5 and top examples at 100 (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | Its effect takes one Deck card to hand or GY and may SS from hand, and example boards show net card advantage of +5 to +6 (verified text, observed boards). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | The Extra Deck summon lock is self-directed and soft, and the card offers no negation or removal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 40 | Link-2 Machine with Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right arrows is a usable Link material, but material role is 0 in the combo data and the body is archetype-bound (verified text, observed 0 material uses). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The effect is once per turn, Main Phase only, and requires control of the card, so one negate ends it, though it has more than one route (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 60 | Runs 2 copies typical with no garnet requirement, but it occupies an Extra Deck slot and commits the deck to Gimmick Puppet monsters (observed usage, inferred cost). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 66, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks and appears in every recorded board
- Converts the GY and Deck into a board through a once-per-turn search and SS
- Link-2 Machine body with a clear, consistent role inside the Gimmick Puppet engine
Weaknesses
- Once per turn and restricted to Main Phase while it is Link Summoned
- Archetype-bound: the value depends on controlling only Gimmick Puppet monsters
- No recorded starter or search usage, so its accessibility depends on other cards
Counters / choke points
- Negating the effect ends the search and SS line (inferred)
- Board-wipe or Link-body removal removes the only Link Summon route into it (inferred)
Best use
Extender with a Gimmick Puppet search/SS on the late board. Decks: Gimmick Puppet (archetype 819), Gimmick Puppet (archetype 30), Gimmick Puppet (archetype 1305), Horus, Galaxy Photon, Tenpai Dragon. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-2 Machine, Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right arrows, ATK 1500 (card text); Effect is once per turn, Main Phase, requires Link Summoned status (card text); Appears in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 1.84 copies average (deck data)
- Observed: Payoff or end-board in 7 of 13 combos (53.8%) (combo data); Average power index 92.5 across boards containing it (combo data); Gimmick Puppet archetype family covers most decks (deck data)
- Inferred: Searcher route into the Gimmick Puppet line, not visible in the combo data (card text, combo data shows searched-for role 0); Link-body removal would cut the Link Summon route into the card (inference)
- Data gaps: no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) combo data records 0 starter role and 0 searched-for role despite a search effect, so the searcher route is inferred and not confirmed by boards no meta sample supplied, so meta power is null