EARTH
5Infinitrack Drag Shovel
Archetype:
Infinitrack
ATK:
1500
DEF:
2100
View:
3963
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 "Spin Turn" from your Deck to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Infinitrack Drag Shovel" once per turn.
Infinitrack Drag Shovel — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 63.5 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Starter/Combo enabler, Material body
Why it scores here
The card's value is the GY-cost search for Spin Turn plus a Tribute-cost Defense hand Special Summon, so it converts Machine bodies in the graveyard into a support card and a body on the field. Its presence in all 101 sampled decks, 1.61 average copies, and a 95% co-occurrence with Infinitrack Goliath confirm a real, live role, but that inclusion is causal caution (guardrail 3), not evidence of strength. High ATK/DEF earns nothing here, and the 1500 ATK body is only credited through its Level 5 EARTH Machine material fit.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 72 | The hand Special Summon needs a Tribute of an EARTH Machine and the search needs a Machine in the GY, so it is live only when those conditions hold, though 101/101 decks run it (observed; inferred for the GY route). |
| Combo & Conversion | 48 | No recorded combo boards exist, so conversion is text-only: a search for Spin Turn plus a body rather than a one-card board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 65 | Banishing a GY Machine to add Spin Turn is a card-neutral trade from the hand's view, a GY-cost refuel without spending a card from the hand (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 20 | The card has no negation, removal, or hand-trap effect in its text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 5 EARTH Machine body fits Tribute and Level requirements, and that body remains after its effects are negated (verified for stats/attribute; inferred for usage). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Two once-per-turn effects in different zones give some spread, but the hand Special needs a Tribute and no interaction protection exists (verified text; inferred for resilience). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | One card with no garnet or lock, 1 to 3 copies per deck, and a broad 20-archetype sample make it cheap to run (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 63.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in all 101 sampled decks across 20 archetypes
- Searches Spin Turn from the GY without spending a hand card
- Clean Level 5 EARTH Machine body for material and Tribute
- Cheap to run with no garnet or lock
Weaknesses
- Hand Special requires a Tribute of an EARTH Machine
- Both effects are once per turn each, so the search is a single-use line per turn
- No interaction or disruption
- No recorded combo boards to confirm conversion
Counters / choke points
- Monsters negated or sent to the GY before the search resolves
- Ash Blossom and similar hand traps on the search or summon, where applicable (inferred from text, not evidenced)
Best use
Searcher for Spin Turn and EARTH Machine body in Infinitrack-based lines. Decks: Infinitrack (archetype 858), Infinitrack (archetype 257), Train (archetype 1581), Machina (archetype 581). Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 5 EARTH Machine, 1500 ATK / 2100 DEF, from evidence card data; Tribute 1 EARTH Machine to Special Summon from hand in Defense Position; Banish 1 Machine from GY to add Spin Turn from Deck to hand; Each effect is once per turn; Present in 101 of 101 sampled decks, with 1.61 average copies
- Observed: Co-occurs with Infinitrack Goliath in 95% of decks; Spans 20 archetypes; main gameplay type 7 at 61.4%; Avg copies 1.61; 26 decks run 3 copies
- Inferred: Spin Turn is the searched payoff/engine piece, based on the card text and partner data; Hand Special line is conditional on an EARTH Machine already on field; Counter list (hand traps) applies generically, not from recorded interaction
- Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token - assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) - archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only legal_copies empty - legal status per format unconfirmed Spin Turn's own text not in evidence