DARK
3Heavy Mech Support Platform
ATK:
500
DEF:
500
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Once per turn, you can either: Target 1 Machine monster you control; equip this card to that target, OR: Unequip this card and Special Summon it. A monster equipped with this card gains 500 ATK/DEF, also if the equipped monster would be destroyed by battle or card effect, destroy this card instead.
Heavy Mech Support Platform — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 49 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
The card is a 500-ATK/DEF Union that only moves between the field and an equip on a Machine monster, so it converts into a stat boost and a destruction-replacement shield rather than board development or card advantage. Its 30-deck presence (all main, mostly one copy, spread across 10 archetypes and three gameplays) confirms it is a cheap, playable Union support, but the high deck count reflects generic staple use rather than strength. With zero recorded combos, the combo and resource scores rest on card text alone, and its score is held near the middle by a low effect-interaction and resource profile.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Not searchable or drawn in the evidence; it reaches the field only through Union-support lines such as Union Hangar and Union Scramble, so access is conditional (decks evidence, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text gives a +500 ATK/DEF equip and a Special Summon from the equip state, but there are no combo examples and no power index data (text only, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | No draw, search, or recovery clause; its only value is preserving a Machine from destruction, which is a one-for-one protection (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | Has no negation or removal, only a destruction-replacement that protects a Machine monster (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 50 | Level 3 DARK Machine body is a generic material fit for Machine-based summons, and the replacement clause keeps some value even when the card is blanked (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Once per turn and usable across two spots (equip or field), with a destruction replacement that survives trades, but a single hit on the equipped monster still removes its value (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Mostly one copy per deck (26 of 30) with no garnet clause and a cheap Level 3 body, so it is near free to run (decks evidence, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 49, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Cheap, near-free-roll card with one copy in most decks
- Generic Union support that fits across 10 archetypes and three gameplays
- Destruction replacement preserves a Machine monster's board presence
Weaknesses
- No searcher, draw, or negation: its value depends on a Union partner setup
- Stat boost is small (+500) and does not change board outcomes alone
- No combo evidence, so its conversion value is text-only
Counters / choke points
- Board breakers and targeted removal that hit the equipped monster in the same window
- Monsters that are destroyed by effects without going through battle or the replacement clause
Best use
Utility support that protects a Machine monster and adds ATK/DEF. Decks: Union decks, Machine-based decks that run Union Hangar and Union Scramble. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: once-per-turn equip or unequip-and-Special-Summon, +500 ATK/DEF, destruction replacement; 30 of 30 decks run it in main, 26 at one copy and 4 at two; Ten distinct archetypes across three gameplay types
- Observed: Top partners Union Hangar and Union Scramble each appear in 16 of 30 decks (53.3%); Deck presence is mostly a generic Union-support staple (copies distribution)
- Inferred: Accessibility depends on Union support lines rather than a searcher; Protection value is a one-for-one trade preservation
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion is inferred from the 30-deck sample only no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no card rulings supplied to check the equip and Special Summon timing