Spell
EquipJunk Barrage
Archetype:
Junk
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When the equipped monster destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the destroyed monster's ATK in the Graveyard.
Junk Barrage — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 42 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 39.9 · Deck: 43.3 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Junk Barrage converts one battle destruction by its equipped monster into damage equal to half the destroyed monster's GY ATK, so its value depends on a live equip target and a successful attack. Its accessibility is moderate: 29 sampled decks run it, mostly as a single copy alongside Junk Warrior (72% co-occurrence), but the evidence has no searcher or combo data showing how reliably it gets onto the field. High printed ATK on the equipped monster earns nothing by itself; the card only scores for what the battle converts into damage. Its wide archetype spread (16 archetypes) reflects a generic, portable effect rather than intrinsic power, so the inclusion numbers confirm accessibility, not strength.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Equip spell needing a battle-capable monster on the field; Junk Warrior co-occurs in 72% of sampled decks, but no searcher evidence exists (decks, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Text converts a battle kill into half the destroyed monster's GY ATK; no combo boards are recorded, so conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 20 | Deals damage rather than gaining or refuelling cards; no card-advantage evidence supplied (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or opponent-facing interaction beyond the damage trigger (verified). |
| Material Utility | 5 | A Spell card with no monster body and no material value (verified). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 30 | Dies with the equip target or to standard spell removal, and its only trigger requires an attack to succeed; 16 archetypes show some spread (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Average 1.31 copies per deck with 23 of 29 decks running a single copy, so it is cheap to run with no garnet or lock cost (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility + 0.3 Boss/End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 39.9, Deck ≈ 43.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Converts a battle win into direct damage using the GY ATK of the destroyed monster
- Cheap single-copy slot that fits many Junk and Synchron-style decks
- Portable across 16 archetypes because the text names no archetype
Weaknesses
- Needs an equipped monster that wins a battle, so it is dead without a live attack
- Equip spell is exposed to spell removal and to the equip target being removed
- No card advantage or interaction beyond the damage trigger
Counters / choke points
- Removal of the equipped monster or of the equip spell (inferred from text)
- Opponent battle avoidance, which denies the destruction trigger (inferred)
Best use
Finisher that converts a battle destruction into damage, usually behind Junk Warrior. Decks: Junk, Synchron, Crimson Dragon. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect: on battle destruction by the equipped monster, inflict damage equal to half the destroyed monster's GY ATK; Spell card with no monster body, no banlist token supplied (assumed 3 copies); 29 of 29 sampled decks run it, average 1.31 copies
- Observed: Junk Warrior co-occurs in 21 of 29 decks (72.4%); 16 distinct archetypes across sampled decks; Gameplay mix: 52% type 4, 31% type 7
- Inferred: Equip target access depends on Junk Warrior or another monster-searching route; Conversion relies on repeated battle wins, so it is weak on defence; Removal of the equip spell or equip target shuts off the effect
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard); inclusion inferred from deck sample only no top-card ranking data supplied no searcher or equip-target evidence beyond partner co-occurrence