DARKJunk Connector
Archetype:
Junk
ATK:
1700
LINK-2
View:
3579
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 Effect Monsters (Warrior and/or Machine), including a Tuner Once per turn, during the Main or Battle Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Synchro Summon 1 Synchro Monster, using only materials this card points to. If this Link Summoned card you control is destroyed by battle or opponent's card effect and sent to your GY: You can Special Summon 1 "Junk" Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck. (This is treated as a Synchro Summon.)
Junk Connector — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 56 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Junk Connector's value is its once-per-turn Quick Effect, which Synchro Summons one Synchro monster using only the materials its Link arrows point to, so it converts a Link board into a Synchro extension. Its second effect adds a recursion route when it is destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect and sent to the GY, which lifts resilience. It carries no direct interaction and no card advantage of its own, so the 1700 ATK and Link-2 body earn nothing on their own. The 49-deck footprint confirms the card is a practical Junk and Synchron staple, but that frequency is not used as a power driver.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs two Warrior/Machine Effect monsters including a Tuner to Link Summon, so it is not live in opening hand; the 49 decks and Tuner-heavy partners (Tuning, Synchron Carrier) suggest the route is practical (observed + inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 60 | Text converts a Link board into one Synchro monster with a GY revival backup, a solid extension, but combo data is empty so the board impact is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Link Summon and Synchro Summon are roughly card-neutral and the GY revival is a body-for-body return rather than repeated advantage, so the score sits near even (verified + inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | The card has no negation, removal or hand trap effect of its own, so it contributes almost no opponent interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 35 | As a Link-2 it is a material for higher Link monsters through its arrows, but Link monsters have no Level and cannot normally serve as Synchro material, so the body is awkward to reuse (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The GY revival of a Junk Synchro survives destruction by battle or opponent effects, which is a real recovery route, but the card is dead while face-up in the field-only zone and not on the GY summon path (verified + inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | A single Extra Deck slot with a 1.06 average copy count across 49 decks and no garnet or lock restriction, so it is cheap to run (observed + verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 56, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Quick Effect converts a Link board into a Synchro extension in one step
- GY revival on destruction gives a recursion route when the card is removed by battle or effect
- Single Extra Deck slot with 1.06 average copies, low garnet and lock cost
- Practical in 49 recent decks across 14 archetypes, anchored in Junk and Synchron
Weaknesses
- Not live in hand; needs two specific monsters including a Tuner to Link Summon
- No interaction or card advantage of its own
- Link monsters cannot normally be Synchro material, so the body is awkward to reuse
- Combo evidence is empty, so board impact cannot be measured
Counters / choke points
- Removal or negation of the Link monster before the Quick Effect resolves (inferred)
- Opponent effects that stop the Synchro Summon from the arrowed zones (inferred)
Best use
Link-to-Synchro extender. Decks: Junk, Synchron. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-2 with Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right arrows, Dark Warrior, 1700 ATK; Once-per-turn Quick Effect Synchro Summons one Synchro monster using only pointed-to materials; GY revival of a Junk Synchro when destroyed by battle or opponent effect; 49 of 49 sampled decks run it in the Main Deck, 1.06 average copies, 93.9% co-occur with Junk Synchron
- Observed: Synchron archetype 40.8% of sampled decks, Junk archetype 14.3%; Gameplay types 7, 4 and 6 hold 53.1%, 34.7% and 12.2% of decks; Tuning and Junk Speeder co-occur in 89.8% and 87.8% of decks
- Inferred: Synchro conversion gives a board extension from a Link board; GY revival adds recursion resilience after removal; Link-3+ material use through arrows; Tuner requirement limits opening-hand access
- 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) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only