LIGHT
4Kewl Tune Track Maker
Archetype:
Kewl Tune
ATK:
0
DEF:
2500
View:
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1 "Kewl Tune" Tuner + 1+ Tuners If this card on the field would be used as Synchro Material, 1 Tuner in your hand can be used as 1 of the other materials. You can only use each of the following effects of "Kewl Tune Track Maker" once per turn. If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Kewl Tune" card from your Deck to your hand. If this card is sent to the GY as Synchro Material: You can return 1 card your opponent controls to the hand.
Kewl Tune Track Maker — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Material body
Why it scores here
Kewl Tune Track Maker converts a Synchro Summon into a Kewl Tune search from the Deck, and its hand-Tuner material swap and graveyard bounce add value even if the card is then negated. Its own ATK 0 / DEF 2500 body earns nothing. Its 100% appearance in the 30 recorded boards and 84-89% StatisticsCard inclusion reflect a staple role in the Kewl Tune shell, so they were used to confirm the role rather than to raise the score. The average board power index is low (9.9), which holds the combo-conversion axis down.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 75 | Synchro-summoned from a Tuner in hand or field, then searches a Kewl Tune card on Special Summon; live in most Kewl Tune boards (2 copies average across 400 decks) (inferred from card text, observed from deck data). |
| Combo & Conversion | 55 | Appears in 30/30 recorded boards with average power index 9.9 and example boards scoring 14-15, a modest conversion from a realistic start (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | One search (+1 card) plus a bounce that is tempo rather than card advantage; examples show netCardAdvantage 0 (verified from text, observed from combo data). |
| Effect & Interaction | 45 | Graveyard-triggered bounce of one opponent card is soft interaction with no negate or hand-trap reach (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 4 Tuner whose hand-Tuner swap is an effect that is negated along with the rest of the card, so the body still works as a Tuner (verified from text, inferred for the negated case). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 60 | Works from hand, field, and graveyard across two once-per-turn effects, but the field presence is exposed to common hand traps (inferred from text and role). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 55 | Two copies is the typical count with no garnet or banlist cost; the Kewl Tune deck leans heavily on Tuners, a mild self-restriction (observed from deck data and guide snippet). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher/Tutor. Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking Tuner restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck (modifier applied to Deck)
Strengths
- Search on Special Summon gives a Kewl Tune card from the Deck, so it is a reliable source of extra value after the Synchro Summon.
- Hand-Tuner material swap helps Synchro Summons and works even when the card's effects are negated.
- Graveyard bounce is a repeatable once-per-turn interaction that answers an opponent's field card.
- Two-copy staple with 84-89% inclusion in Kewl Tune archetypes.
Weaknesses
- ATK 0 body with no board presence on its own.
- Needs a Synchro Summon or a Tuner to be useful, so it depends on the rest of the Kewl Tune shell.
- Low average board power index (9.9) means the combo payoff is modest.
- Only a bounce for interaction; no negate or hand-trap reach.
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps and field interruption that negate or send the card before the Special Summon trigger resolves.
- Non-Tuner or Tuner-light builds that cannot use the hand-Tuner swap.
Best use
Starter / Tuner search engine. Decks: Kewl Tune Synchro (Tuner-heavy builds), Synchron. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Level 4 Synchro Tuner, ATK 0 / DEF 2500, Kewl Tune archetype, TCG and OCG legal.; Text: Synchro material swap with a Tuner in hand; once-per-turn Special Summon search of a Kewl Tune card; once-per-turn GY bounce of one opponent card.; Rank 52 of 737 in TCG Top-Card context.
- Observed: Appears in 30/30 recorded combos with average power index 9.9; example boards scored 14-15.; Played in 400/400 sampled decks at an average of 2.04 copies; 84-89% inclusion in the top Kewl Tune StatisticsCard rows.; Gameplay split across types 6, 7, and 4.
- Inferred: Synchro Summon is the practical route to the search, based on the card's own Synchro frame.; Field presence is exposed to common hand traps.; The card is more a Tuner body than a standalone engine, since its own stats contribute nothing.
- Data gaps: Combo role tags (starter role, searched-for role, material role, payoff role) are all 0 despite 100% appearance, so the role split could not be confirmed from combos. No banlist token supplied; assumed 3 copies (unlimited). Guide evidence is thin (2 guides, one with an empty section snippet). No dated metagame sample, so meta power is null.