Spell
NormalKarakuri Cash Cache
Archetype:
Karakuri
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Select 1 face-up "Karakuri" monster you control. Add 1 Level 4 or lower "Karakuri" monster from your Deck to your hand and change the battle position of the selected monster.
Karakuri Cash Cache — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 50 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 51 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Karakuri Cash Cache is a Normal Spell that searches one Level 4 or lower Karakuri monster from the Deck while repositioning a face-up Karakuri you control. Its score comes from reliable access to Karakuri bodies inside a single archetype, not from raw power: it is a -1 spell that replaces itself, so resource economy stays roughly even. The card has no recorded combo boards, so its conversion is text-only, and its 61-deck footprint confirms it is consistently played in Karakuri rather than intrinsically strong.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Searches a Level 4 or lower Karakuri monster, but needs a face-up Karakuri on the field first; 61 decks run it at 2.44 copies on average (verified text, observed deck counts). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Zero recorded combo boards, so conversion is inferred from the text alone: it fetches a body and changes a battle position, with no board-building beyond that (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 50 | Spell that searches one monster, so the exchange is even (verified text, inferred net 0 card advantage). |
| Effect & Interaction | 15 | Only changes the battle position of a monster you control; it provides no negation or removal (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 0 | A Spell card, so it cannot be used as material (verified frame type). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Requires a face-up Karakuri and is a spell, so it is exposed to spell negation and the Karakuri board it depends on; redundancy comes only from up to 3 copies (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 65 | Cheap to run, with no garnet or lock; 3-copy decks are common and it does not restrict the rest of the deck, though it only works inside Karakuri (observed deck counts, inferred restriction). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 51, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Reliable Level 4-or-lower Karakuri search that keeps the archetype's bodies coming
- Cheap, non-garnet spell that runs at 3 copies in most decks
- Position change lets the field monster reset its battle position
Weaknesses
- Needs a face-up Karakuri monster on the field before it can be activated
- Single-archetype text caps how generic the card is across homes
- No recorded combo boards, so its conversion value is unverified
- Spell card: no material value and no interaction beyond the position change
Counters / choke points
- Spell negation in response to activation, which removes the search and the position change (inferred from card type)
- Board disruption that removes the Karakuri monster it needs on the field (inferred)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor. Decks: Karakuri. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Searches one Level 4 or lower Karakuri monster from the Deck and changes the battle position of a face-up Karakuri you control (card text); Spell card with no material value (card frame type)
- Observed: Played in 61 decks at 2.44 copies per deck on average, with 3 copies in 34 decks; Core partners co-occur in 98% of decks, and the card appears in a Karakuri CORE guide section
- Inferred: Net card advantage is even (-1 for the spell, +1 for the search); Requires a face-up Karakuri monster, which restricts it to Karakuri boards; Vulnerable to spell negation and to removal of the Karakuri monster it needs
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token, so 3 copies (unlimited) is assumed no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion % is inferred from the deck sample only no per-card timing or once-per-turn wording beyond the card text