FIRE
8Myutant Arsenal
Archetype:
Myutant
ATK:
3000
DEF:
1000
View:
3736
Cannot be Special Summoned, except with the effect of a "Myutant" card. Your opponent cannot target this card with Trap effects. You can only use each of the following effects of "Myutant Arsenal" once per turn. When your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can banish 1 card from your hand or field, then target 1 monster on the field; banish it. If this card in its owner's possession is destroyed by an opponent's card: You can target 1 of your banished "Myutant" Spells; add it to your hand.
Myutant Arsenal — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 63 · Deck: 66 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Boss / End-board · Secondary: Negation / Interaction, Recovery / Recursion
Why it scores here
Myutant Arsenal scores as a reliable board finisher within Myutant decks, where it provides quick-effect monster removal and trap immunity to disrupt opponent strategies. While the 3000 ATK body is respectable but unremarkable, its primary value lies in the Quick Effect banish response to monster effects and the recursion of Myutant Spells when destroyed. The card's accessibility and resource efficiency depend heavily on Myutant engine support (Synthesis, searchers), limiting standalone power but ensuring reliable access in home archetypes. Across 347 decks in 33 distinct archetypes, Arsenal demonstrates solid portability, though thin combo evidence and a modest power index (58) prevent a higher score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Requires Myutant summoning restriction, but core Myutant searchers (Beast, M-05, Synthesis) provide reliable access in 70% of deck sample, verified in 100% co-occurrence with engine cards (verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | Appears only as an end-board finisher in recorded combos (1 board at power 58), contributing to but not initiating board development, inferred from 0% appearance as starter or searched (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 52 | Quick Effect removal trades 1 card for 1 opponent monster (net neutral), with situational recursion of Myutant Spells providing modest refuel only if destroyed by opponent's card (inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 72 | Quick Effect banish responds to opponent monster effects, bypassing graveyard recursion, plus passive trap immunity, but does not negate and is limited to once per turn (verified). |
| Material Utility | 62 | Level 8 FIRE Machine body provides generic Synchro/Xyz/Fusion material utility even when blanked, though archetype-locked name limits cross-archetype material synergy (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 64 | Trap immunity blocks trap-targeted interaction; recursion on destruction provides one-time resource recovery, but no inherent multi-turn flexibility or alternative routes beyond these mechanics (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | Runs at avg 1.18 copies (mostly 1) with natural Myutant Fusion payoff role (no garnet cost in home archetype), but requires 6–10 slots of Myutant engine support to enable (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Boss/End-board + 0.3 Negation/Interaction. Intrinsic ≈ 63, Deck ≈ 66, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Thin combo evidence (-2); Cross-archetype portability (1). Final formula: 0.40 * Intrinsic + 0.60 * Deck
Strengths
- Clean Quick Effect removal (banishes, bypassing opponent's graveyard recursion)
- Passive trap immunity (protection against trap-based control strategies)
- Recursion on destruction (refuels Myutant Spells for continuation)
- Reliable access within Myutant via Fusion summons (Myutant Synthesis is 99.4% co-occurrence)
- Portable across 33 distinct archetypes (proves utility beyond core Myutant)
Weaknesses
- Requires Myutant summoning restriction (no standalone body access)
- No inherent searching or tutoring (fully dependent on Myutant engine)
- Quick Effect removal costs 1 resource per activation (hand or field)
- Recursion is situational (only triggers if destroyed by opponent's card)
- Thin combo evidence (only 1 recorded board; limited combo centrality data)
- Not a starter or combo enabler (depends on Myutant engine to generate boards)
Counters / choke points
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (blocks Myutant Synthesis if Arsenal is the target)
- Kaiju effects (tribute-based removal ignores trap immunity)
- Non-targeted board wipes (Raigeki, Dark Hole, Swordsoul Strategist effects)
- Negation of Myutant Synthesis or searchers (blocks access entirely)
- Spell-effect control strategies (Arsenal only blocks trap-targeted threats)
Best use
Boss/End-board finisher with Quick Effect disruption and Trap immunity. Decks: Myutant (primary home), Thunder Dragon Myutant (hybrid cross-archetype), Nemeses (tech inclusion at 4.6%), Runick (tech inclusion at 2.6%).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Cannot be Special Summoned except by Myutant card effects (card text); Opponent cannot target this card with Trap effects (card text); Quick Effect: banish 1 card from hand/field, then target and banish 1 monster on field (card text); Recursion on destruction: target 1 banished Myutant Spell and add to hand (card text); Runs at avg 1.18 copies per deck (1–300, 2–31, 3–16 distribution) (deck data); Appears in 347 Myutant-heavy decks (deck data); 100% co-occurrence with core Myutant cards (Beast, ST-46, M-05, Synthesis) (deck data)
- Observed: Appears as boss/end-board monster in 1 recorded combo board (combo data); Shows up in 33 distinct archetypes despite Myutant-specific name (deck data); Power index of boards containing Arsenal: 58 (modest for archetype average) (combo data); Typically run as singleton (avg 1.18 copies suggests one-of finisher role) (deck data); Guides categorize it as Engine component in Thunder Dragon Myutant builds (guide data)
- Inferred: Primary role is Boss/End-board with Negation/Interaction secondary (from card text + deck/combo role patterns); Low combo_conversion (35) because Arsenal is a summoned output, not a combo enabler or starter (from 0% starter role, searched-for role, material role); High accessibility within Myutant (68) but requires engine setup via searchers (from summoning restriction + top partners showing 100% Beast/ST-46/M-05); GenericUtility score ~65 due to archetype-locked name but cross-archetype appearance (inferred from 33 distinct archetypes, mostly Myutant-adjacent); DeckSynergy ~72 from strong ecosystem fit and modest combo power index (calculated from 347 decks, 99.4% Synthesis co-occurrence, power 58)
- Data gaps: No banlist token provided; assumed unlimited 3 copies across all formats (TCG, OCG, MasterDuel) No usage statistics (StatisticsCard rows); inclusion % and typical copies inferred from 347-deck sample only Extremely thin combo evidence (only 1 recorded board); combo centrality cannot be reliably assessed Not ranked in top-card data (top-card status: false); no frequency confirmation across larger historical sample Guides provide snippet context only; no detailed build synergy or line analysis