Spell
ContinuousMachina Armored Unit
Archetype:
Machina
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Once per turn, when a Machine monster is destroyed by battle and sent to your GY: You can Special Summon 1 Machine monster from your Deck that has the same Attribute and less ATK than that destroyed monster in the GY.
55± 6/ 100
Power Score
Intrinsic
51
Deck
57
Machina Armored Unit — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 51 · Deck: 57 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Extender
Why it scores here
Machina Armored Unit converts battle losses into board recovery through a conditional trigger effect, reliably accessing deck resources when Machine monsters die in combat. It appears in 178 decks across 23 archetypes with exceptionally strong synergy to Machina Fortress and Machina Gearframe (83.1% and 80.9% co-deck rates), confirming genuine utility within Machine-heavy strategies. However, the zero appearance in recorded combo boards and the effect's dependence on another card's battle destruction severely limit its independent value-generation potential. As a Continuous Spell with no disruption, removal, or hand-trap utility, it functions as a defensive recovery piece rather than a power amplifier.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Decks run it at 2.24 copies average (99 out of 178 decks at 3x), indicating reliable access within target strategies, though the trigger requires both a battle destruction event and a live field. (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Zero combo board appearances prevent any verification of board-building output; the effect recovers one body per turn under specific conditions, functioning as a reactive value generator rather than a proactive setup engine. (observed) |
| Resource Economy | 58 | The card converts a battle loss into a deck-sourced summon (net neutral on bodies, approximately +1 card resource if the recovered monster is live), but lacks cycling or refuel generation and is limited to once per turn. (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 8 | The card contains no negation, removal, disruption, or opponent interaction—it is purely a passive recovery effect with zero metagame utility against opponent threats. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 10 | As a Continuous Spell, it cannot serve as Synchro, Xyz, or Link material, is not a Tuner, and holds no meaningful material value; negation or destruction renders it completely inactive. (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Destruction of the Spell immediately stops its effect; while Continuous Spells persist if left alive, this card has no redundancy or alternative activation route and is fully vulnerable to basic spell removal. (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 72 | The card carries no garnet or brick risk, is broadly applicable across 23 archetypes despite being non-searchable, and costs only 3 standard deck slots; it is a clean include with no deck-building locks or restrictions. (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 51, Deck ≈ 57, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- High redundancy in target decks (average 2.24 copies, 99 of 178 decks at maximum 3x) ensures consistent access
- Extremely broad generic applicability across 23 distinct archetypes, particularly Machine-based strategies
- Exceptional synergy with Machina Fortress and Machina Gearframe (co-deck rates of 83.1% and 80.9%)
- Zero deckbuilding garnet or brick risk; entirely splashable with no deck-building locks or restrictions
Weaknesses
- Conditional trigger effect requires another card's battle destruction—not independently activating and dependent on combat occurring
- Zero appearances in recorded combo boards raise significant doubts about practical independent value generation
- Continuous Spell type means destruction immediately disables the effect with no backup activation or recursion
- No opponent interaction, disruption, or removal utility; purely defensive and reactive
Counters / choke points
- Spell destruction effects (Twin Twisters, Mystical Space Typhoon, Lightning Storm) immediately disable the effect
- Decks that avoid battle-based strategies or run primarily defensive plays may never trigger the activation condition
- Effect negation of the recovery summon attempt if applicable per official rulings
Best use
Recovery/Recursion. Decks: Machina, Gadgets, Cyber Dragon. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text is present and unambiguous: trigger effect on Machine battle destruction with deck summon recovery; Appears in 178 recent decks across 23 distinct archetypes (earliest 2022-10-23, latest 2026-09-16); Most frequent copy count is 3x (99 decks at 3 copies, 56 at 1, 23 at 2); Machina archetype inclusion is 34.3% (61 of 178 decks); No card text contains negation, removal, disruption, or opponent interaction
- Observed: Machina Fortress appears in 83.1% of the decks running this card (148 of 178); Machina Gearframe appears in 80.9% of the decks running this card (144 of 178); Zero appearances across 0 recorded combo boards (critical data gap for combo conversion verification); Average copy count of 2.24 per deck suggests core utility in target strategies
- Inferred: Trigger effect activates reliably when conditions are met (standard battle-destruction activation, no complex timing reported); Primary role is Recovery/Recursion based on effect text (recovers a resource in response to loss); Generic utility estimated at 75 based on 23 distinct archetypes and broad Machine applicability; Deck synergy estimated at 65 based on deck inclusion rates and partner correlation (cannot be verified with combos); Destruction of this Continuous Spell completely disables its effect (inherent vulnerability of Continuous Spell type)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied—cannot verify combo conversion, board-building output, or observe power index when present No guides supplied—cannot triangulate strategic role or importance from human commentary No usage statistics (StatisticsCard rows)—archetype inclusion percentages derived from 178-deck sample only, not historical data No banlist token in evidence—assumed unlimited (3 copies) based on absence of restriction notation No complex rulings documented—assuming standard trigger-effect activation timing