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6PSY-Frame Multi-Threader
Archetype:
PSY-Frame
ATK:
0
DEF:
2500
View:
3732
This card's name becomes "PSY-Frame Driver" while it is in the hand or Graveyard. If a "PSY-Frame" card(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can discard this card instead. If a "PSY-Frame" Tuner is Special Summoned to your field, while this card is in your Graveyard (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use this effect of "PSY-Frame Multi-Threader" once per turn.
PSY-Frame Multi-Threader — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 64 ± 5 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 61 · Deck: 66 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Material body, Protection/Utility
Why it scores here
PSY-Frame Multi-Threader scores 64 for its searchable access, modest card generation, and broad splashability across 26 archetypes, but lacks combo-driving power and ATK-based threat. It is a defensive enabler and material provider: the name morph to PSY-Frame Driver ensures consistent tutoring, the GY special summon generates a free body once per turn when triggered, and the discard protection shields critical PSY-Frame pieces—but the card's 0 ATK and once-per-turn limitation prevent it from advancing a board on its own. It thrives in PSY-Frame proper (48% of decks) and stabilizes control/midrange archetype homes (Sky Striker, Synchron, P.U.N.K.), but its value is fundamentally tied to the PSY-Frame engine's other pieces.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | The card's name becomes 'PSY-Frame Driver' while in hand or GY, making it tutored by Driver searches and archetype-agnostic; 98% co-deck rate with Gamma and Driver confirms searchable access is reliable in PSY-Frame homes, but conditional GY summon limits standalone accessibility. (verified) |
| Combo & Conversion | 48 | No combo evidence supplied; text inference shows it generates a Level 6 body from GY when a PSY-Frame Tuner is summoned, which can feed synchro plays—but it is not a combo starter and requires existing Tuner access. (inferred) |
| Resource Economy | 55 | The discard-protection effect costs one card to save a PSY-Frame piece (roughly even exchange), and the special summon generates a free body from GY once per turn (modest +1 when triggered), but no search or refuel effect limits economy. (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The protection effect is soft interaction—allowing you to discard instead of losing a piece to destruction—but the card provides no negation, removal, or hard disruption to the opponent's board. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 60 | As a Level 6 Psychic, it serves as clean synchro material and integrates with PSY-Frame synchro lines (Omega, Lambda co-deck at 93.9%); the 0 ATK and banish-on-departure mechanic make it a one-time use body but functional material. (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 62 | The card operates in hand (for protection), GY (for special summon), and field (as material), with multiple-turn uptime if kept in hand; the once-per-turn GY summon and vulnerability to GY banish (Dimension Shifter) limit resilience. (verified) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 68 | The card is splashable across 26 archetypes at 1–3 copies (1.62 average), is searchable as Driver (no garnet), and has no deck-locking effects; the mild restriction is the need for PSY-Frame Tuner access to unlock the GY summon fully. (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: Recovery/Recursion primary role. Intrinsic ≈ 61, Deck ≈ 66, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searchable via PSY-Frame Driver name morph—enables consistent access across multiple searchers
- Generates a defensive body from GY on recursive triggers—adds resilience to PSY-Frame combos
- Splashable across 26 archetypes—not locked to one home
- Flexible protection effect—shields critical PSY-Frame pieces from destruction
- Clean synchro material (Level 6 Psychic)—integrates with PSY-Frame synchro lines
Weaknesses
- 0 ATK makes it useless for offensive plays—purely defensive/material body
- No direct combo startup or board generation—relies on existing PSY-Frame engine
- Special summon is once-per-turn and conditional on Tuner summon—not a standalone play
- Banishes on field departure—single-use material, not reusable
- GY-reliant—vulnerable to GY banish/shuffle effects (Droll, Dimension Shifter)
Counters / choke points
- Dimension Shifter (removes cards from GY, blocks special summon effect)
- Droll & Lock Bird (GY access is limited or blocked)
- Called by the Grave (negates the special summon effect)
- Deck-out (no recursion if GY is empty)
Best use
Recovery/Recursion and Material Provider. Decks: PSY-Frame, Synchron, P.U.N.K.. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text and mechanics are as stated; Searchable as 'PSY-Frame Driver' via name morph (verified in text); Appears in 98 decks across 26 archetypes; 98% co-deck with PSY-Framegear Gamma and PSY-Frame Driver; 93.9% co-deck with PSY-Framelord Omega and Lambda (synchro bosses); 0 ATK / 2500 DEF, Level 6 Psychic monster; Protection effect costs discard to shield PSY-Frame pieces; GY special summon triggers on PSY-Frame Tuner summon, once per turn
- Observed: 1.62 copies per deck average (distribution: 52 at 1, 31 at 2, 15 at 3); PSY-Frame is the strongest archetype home (47/98 decks, 48%); Appears in control (Sky Striker), combo (Numeron), and midrange (Synchron) archetypes; No representation in Top Card rankings
- Inferred: Primary role is Recovery/Recursion: GY summon trigger on Tuner summon; Secondary role is Material body: Level 6 body for synchro plays; Name morph enables broad searchability via Driver searches; Generates mild card advantage when GY summon triggers (free body per turn); Modest protection value (cost-neutral shield for PSY-Frame pieces)
- Data gaps: No combo evidence supplied—combo conversion is text-only inference No guides supplied—archetype integration unvalidated by human guides No banlist token—assumed unlimited 3 copies No usage statistics (StatisticsCard)—archetype inclusion % inferred from 98-deck sample only Combo evidence would confirm whether GY summon and material utility are the dominant roles in practice