EARTH
5Infinitrack Crab Crane
Archetype:
Infinitrack
ATK:
2100
DEF:
500
View:
4518
You can Tribute 1 EARTH Machine monster; Special Summon this card from your hand in Defense Position. You can banish 1 Machine monster from your GY; add 1 "Outrigger Extension" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Infinitrack Crab Crane" once per turn.
Infinitrack Crab Crane — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Infinitrack Crab Crane scores on its reliable access and search: it is in all 400 sampled decks across 26 archetypes, and its GY-banish effect fetches Outrigger Extension, a partner in 75% of those decks. Its hand Special Summon costs a tribute of an EARTH Machine, and it has no interaction, so the score stays near the middle. The 2100 ATK and Level 5 body earn little on their own; the points come from the search and the cheap, once-per-effect structure.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | Present in 400/400 sampled decks, with the hand Special Summon and a GY-banish search route, but the summon needs a tributable EARTH Machine (verified text, observed deck count). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | No combo boards are recorded, so conversion rests on text: it fetches Outrigger Extension, which co-occurs in 75% of decks (inferred from text, observed partner rate). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The GY-banish search is roughly card-neutral: it banishes one Machine from the GY to add one card, which is a refuel-style +1 search for the cost of a GY body (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect of its own (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A Level 5 EARTH Machine is a usable material, but its level and Defense-only hand summon make it awkward; no as_material stats exist (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Two separate once-per-turn effects, with the search usable from the GY, give some multi-zone reach, but the hand summon is easy to negate (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Typically run as 1 copy (usage typical_copies 1, copies avg 1.01) with no garnet or lock; it is archetype-tied but splashable into Machine lists (observed deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- In all 400 sampled decks across 26 archetypes, so it is portable across homes (observed)
- GY-banish search for Outrigger Extension, a high-co-occurrence partner (verified text, observed)
- Two separate once-per-turn effects give repeatable access (verified text)
Weaknesses
- No interaction of its own (verified text)
- Hand summon requires tributing an EARTH Machine, which limits early use (verified text)
- No recorded combo boards, so conversion is unmeasured (data gap)
Counters / choke points
- Hand-trap or on-summon negates of its hand Special Summon (inferred from text)
- Effect negation once it is on the field, which removes the search (inferred from text)
Best use
Searcher for Outrigger Extension and a Level 5 EARTH Machine body. Decks: Infinitrack, Machine and EARTH engine lists, Cyber Dragon and K9 shells that run Machine searches. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Tribute 1 EARTH Machine to Special Summon from hand in Defense Position; Card text: banish 1 Machine from GY to add Outrigger Extension from Deck; Each effect is once per turn; Stats: Level 5, EARTH, Machine, 2100 ATK / 500 DEF
- Observed: In 400/400 sampled decks, with 1.01 average copies per deck; Outrigger Extension co-occurs in 300/400 decks (75%); Infinitrack usage inclusion 100% at 1 typical copy
- Inferred: Searcher/Tutor is the primary role from the GY-banish search effect; Material utility is moderate because of the Level 5 body and Defense-only hand summon; Counters are generic negates of the hand summon or the field effect
- Data gaps: No combo boards recorded, so combo conversion and starter/material stats are text-only inference No banlist token supplied; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) No rulings available No meta-sample data, so meta_power is null