Spell
NormalIncoming Machine!
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Add 1 monster that mentions "Max Metalmorph" or 1 "Metalmorph" Trap from your Deck or GY to your hand. If you control a "Metalmorph" Trap: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Defense Position monster your opponent controls; change it to face-up Attack Position. You can only use this effect of "Incoming Machine!" once per turn.
Incoming Machine! — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 55 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Board breaker
Why it scores here
Incoming Machine! is a conditional searcher: it reliably returns a Max Metalmorph or a Metalmorph Trap from Deck or GY, but it is a one-card, once-per-turn search with no material value and no combo boards to show what it converts into. Its presence in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 2.56 average copies confirms it is a real, accessible staple, so the score rests on accessibility and deck cost. The Defense-to-Attack position change is gated by a Metalmorph Trap and adds little; high deck counts earned accessibility only, not power.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 85 | Searches Max Metalmorph or a Metalmorph Trap from Deck or GY, and runs in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 2.56 average copies with Max Metalmorph co-occurring in 99.8% (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | No combo boards are supplied, so what a searched Metalmorph card converts into is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | A one-for-one search is roughly even on cards; the GY banish is a cost, not a refuel (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 25 | The only opponent-facing effect is a once-per-turn Defense-to-Attack position change gated by a Metalmorph Trap, which is not true interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 0 | It is a Spell Card and cannot be used as monster material (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | Two search zones (Deck and GY) and 2.56 average copies give some redundancy, but the effect is once per turn and the position change needs a Metalmorph Trap (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | No garnet or lock in the text and 3 copies in 292 of 400 decks, but the narrow Metalmorph home limits splash value (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Board breaker/Going-second (secondary: position change gated by a Metalmorph Trap). Intrinsic ≈ 55, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches Max Metalmorph or a Metalmorph Trap from Deck or GY, so it finds a live follow-up
- Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 2.56 average copies
- Cheap to run: no garnet or lock restriction in the text
- Spread across 50 archetypes in the sampled decks
Weaknesses
- Search targets are Metalmorph-specific, so value outside Metalmorph homes depends on the search hitting a Metalmorph card
- Position change is once per turn and conditional on controlling a Metalmorph Trap
- No material value: it is a Spell Card
- No combo evidence to confirm what board it converts into
Counters / choke points
- Spell negation in response to activation (generic; no interaction evidence supplied)
Best use
Searcher for Max Metalmorph or a Metalmorph Trap. Decks: Red-Eyes, Fiendsmith, Bystial/Byssted, Primite, Metalmorph.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text searches Max Metalmorph or a Metalmorph Monster/Trap from Deck or GY to hand; Position change needs a controlled Metalmorph Trap, banish from GY as cost, once per turn; Spell Card, so no material value
- Observed: In 400 of 400 sampled decks at 2.56 average copies (3 copies in 292 decks); Max Metalmorph co-occurs in 99.8% of decks; Spread across 50 archetypes
- Inferred: Searcher role is practical because its targets are common deck staples; Position change is a minor conditional board-breaker, not core interaction; Resilience is modest: two search zones but once per turn
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) usage statistics cover only Gaia and Metalmorph homes, not the 50 archetypes seen in the attached decks