DARK
5Junk Warrior
Archetype:
Junk
ATK:
2300
DEF:
1300
View:
6572
"Junk Synchron" + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters If this card is Synchro Summoned: It gains ATK equal to the total ATK of all Level 2 or lower monsters you currently control.
Junk Warrior — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 48 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 44 · Deck: 50 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss / End-board
Why it scores here
Junk Warrior is a Level 5 Synchro body whose only effect is a one-time ATK gain on Synchro Summon, equal to the total ATK of your Level 2 or lower monsters. Its 2300 ATK earns no points by itself. The score comes from being a reliable Extra Deck end-board piece in the Junk and Synchron shells, where it is run at about one copy in 400 decks and is almost always summoned with Junk Synchron on the field. It converts access into a board, but nothing in the evidence shows negation, card advantage, or recursion, so those axes stay low.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Needs Junk Synchron plus one or more non-Tuner monsters to Synchro Summon, a route that appears in 88.5% of the 400 decks alongside Junk Synchron; it is Extra Deck only and not a hand-live card (observed/inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | The text gives a single ATK boost on summon with a Level 2 or lower condition; no combo boards are recorded, so the conversion into a full board is inferred from text alone (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 30 | The card has no draw, search, or GY refuel clause in its text; it is a one-for-one Extra Deck body (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | The text has no negation, removal, or hand-trap clause, so it offers no opponent interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 40 | A Level 5 DARK Warrior Synchro that can serve as material, but the evidence does not show its material use and the ATK boost is blanked by negation (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | The ATK gain depends on Level 2 or lower monsters being on the field at summon and is a one-time effect, with no redundancy or recovery in the text (verified/inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Averages 1.12 copies across 400 decks with 356 decks at one copy, and sits in a pool of 39 archetypes with no garnet or lock restriction (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Boss / End-board primary; no secondary role, so no 0.7/0.3 blend. Intrinsic ≈ 44, Deck ≈ 50, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Live in 400 recent decks across 39 archetypes, with 91.8% of decks on gameplay type 7, so it is an established Synchro staple rather than a niche pick
- Its Extra Deck placement makes it low-cost to run, with 356 of 400 decks using a single copy
- A 2300-ATK Synchro body that can close a board once Junk Synchron is in play
Weaknesses
- No opponent interaction: no negation, removal, or hand-trap clause in the text
- The ATK boost is one-time and conditional on Level 2 or lower monsters being on the field at summon
- No combo evidence was supplied, so its combo role is inferred from text only
- No card advantage or recursion, so its resource value is low
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation of the Synchro Summon or of the Level 2 or lower monsters that feed the ATK gain (inferred)
- Board-wide removal or disruption before the Synchro Summon resolves (inferred)
Best use
End-board Synchro body that gains ATK from Level 2 or lower monsters on summon, run in Junk and Synchron shells. Decks: Junk, Synchron, Crimson Dragon. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Text: Synchro Summon with Junk Synchron plus one or more non-Tuner monsters; Text: one-time ATK gain on Synchro Summon equal to total ATK of your Level 2 or lower monsters; No negation, removal, or hand-trap clause in the text; 400 decks, 356 at one copy, 42 at two, 2 at three
- Observed: Junk Synchron co-occurs in 88.5% of decks, Stardust Dragon in 81.8%; 91.8% of decks on gameplay type 7; 39 distinct archetypes
- Inferred: Its board-closing role depends on the ATK gain turning a Synchro summon into a large end-board body; Material value is modest because the ATK boost is blanked by negation
- 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 no top-card ranking data guide snippets are mostly off-topic and give little on the card's specific role