LIGHT
2Newbee!
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
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If you have a monster with 0 ATK/DEF in your GY, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "Newbee!" once per turn this way. If this card is Special Summoned from the hand: You can apply these effects in sequence. ● Add 1 LIGHT Insect monster from your GY to your hand, except "Newbee!". ● Place 1 of your Traps that is banished or in your GY on either the top or bottom of the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Newbee!" once per turn.
Newbee! — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 41 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 43 · Deck: 39 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Newbee! is a conditional hand Special Summon (it needs a 0 ATK/DEF monster in your GY) that converts into a GY-to-hand recovery of a LIGHT Insect monster and a recycle of a banished or GY Trap to the top or bottom of the Deck, so its value is recovery rather than board presence. Its 0 ATK/DEF body and the absence of any ATK-based value earned nothing; the score comes from recovery and its usefulness as a Level 2 LIGHT Insect material. The single sampled Traptrix deck and the absence of combo data keep confidence Medium and widen the band.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 30 | Hand-only Special Summon gated by a 0 ATK/DEF monster in the GY, seen in 1 of 1 sampled decks and never as a starter or searched card (verified text, observed deck count). |
| Combo & Conversion | 30 | No recorded boards; the only conversion is text-only (add a LIGHT Insect from GY or recycle a Trap) with no observed payoff (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The GY-to-hand add is a real recovery and the Trap recycle returns a card to the Deck, but both are once per turn and conditional (verified text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The text grants no negation, removal or hand-trap reach, so it provides no opponent interaction (verified text). |
| Material Utility | 55 | A Level 2 LIGHT Insect body is a usable generic material, and that remains true when the effects are negated (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 35 | Two once-per-turn effects and a GY-dependent summon condition give limited redundancy and few live zones (verified text, inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | No garnet, self-lock or splash restriction is stated, and a single copy is what the sample runs (observed deck data). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 43, Deck ≈ 39, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Recovers a LIGHT Insect monster from the GY to hand (verified text)
- Recycles a banished or GY Trap to the top or bottom of the Deck (verified text)
- Level 2 LIGHT Insect body usable as generic material (verified text)
Weaknesses
- Hand Special Summon requires a 0 ATK/DEF monster in the GY (verified text)
- Each effect is limited to once per turn (verified text)
- No combo appearances recorded, so no observed starter or payoff role (verified absence)
Best use
Recovery/Recursion utility body. Decks: Traptrix (1 sampled deck). Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Special Summon from hand requires a 0 ATK/DEF monster in your GY, once per turn; On hand Special Summon: add 1 LIGHT Insect monster from GY to hand, except Newbee!; On hand Special Summon: place 1 banished or GY Trap on top or bottom of the Deck; Level 2 LIGHT Insect Effect Monster with 0 ATK/0 DEF
- Observed: Appears in 1 of 1 sampled decks (Traptrix, gameplay type 7), 1 copy per deck; Zero combo appearances recorded
- Inferred: Recovery and Trap recycling could support Trap-based Traptrix lines; Its body remains a valid Level 2 LIGHT Insect material even when its effects are negated
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied only one sampled deck, so archetype and partner data are thin no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so inclusion across homes is unknown no banlist token, assumed 3 copies (unlimited)