DARKRepair Genex Controller
Archetype:
Genex
ATK:
1200
LINK-1
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1 Level 4 or lower "Genex" monster You can only Special Summon "Repair Genex Controller(s)" once per turn. If this card is Link Summoned: You can add 1 "Genex" monster from your GY to your hand. Once per Chain, if a "Genex" monster(s) is added to your hand, except by drawing it, you can (except during the Damage Step): Immediately after this effect resolves, Normal Summon 1 "Genex" monster, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Synchro Summon using a "Genex" Tuner as material.
Repair Genex Controller — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 54 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 54 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Repair Genex Controller is a Link-1 that, when Link Summoned, returns one Genex monster from the GY to hand, and that hand-add can then trigger a Normal Summon of another Genex monster. Its value is conversion of GY resources into an extra body and a Genex card in hand, which is why it scores as an Extender with GY recursion. Its 1200 ATK and Link-1 status earn nothing on their own; the score comes from accessibility, the Genex support network, and a cheap two-copy line, and it is capped by the fact that the card only works inside Genex. Combo evidence is absent, so the combo axis rests on text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 70 | Live in 285 recent decks (94% in gameplay type 7) and averages 2.01 copies per deck, with top partners in 90%+ of those decks (observed; Link-1 access is inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | Text describes GY-add into a Normal Summon of a second Genex body, a two-body conversion from a single Link Summon, but no combo boards are recorded (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 62 | The If Link Summoned GY-to-hand add is a recursion that returns a card, roughly card-neutral to positive after the Link Summon cost (inferred from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | The card has no negation, removal or hand-trap effect in its text (verified from card text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | Dark Machine Link-1 can serve as Link material, but its material value is not tabled in the evidence and no combo stat supports it (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | Its effect depends on being Link Summoned and on Genex monsters being in the GY, so single interaction or an empty GY shuts it down (inferred from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 58 | Two-copy average and a mild self-lock on Extra Deck Special Summons for the rest of the turn, with a Synchro exception for Genex Tuners (verified from text; cost weight is inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 54, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: self-locking restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Turns a Link Summon into a GY-to-hand Genex add, plus a follow-up Normal Summon of another Genex (verified from text).
- Present in 285 recent decks with a 2.01 average copy count and a stable Genex partner network (observed).
- Cheap Link-1 body with no ATK-driven value needed (inferred).
Weaknesses
- Effect is useless outside Genex; 70.5% of decks are in the Genex archetype and the card is not generic (verified from archetype stats).
- No combo boards recorded, so conversion strength is text-only (verified from evidence gap).
- Extra Deck Special Summon lock for the rest of the turn restricts follow-up lines (verified from text).
Counters / choke points
- Generic hand traps and negations on the Link Summon or the GY-add trigger (inferred from effect category; the card has no protection of its own).
- Opponent GY or Genex-discarding interaction that empties the GY, leaving the add with no target (inferred).
Best use
Extender / GY recovery body for the Genex line. Decks: Genex. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Link-1 DARK Machine, 1200 ATK, Genex archetype (card data).; Can only Special Summon Repair Genex Controller once per turn (card text).; If Link Summoned, add 1 Genex monster from GY to hand (card text).; Once per Chain Normal Summon of a Genex monster after a hand-add, with Extra Deck Special Summon lock and Synchro exception (card text).; Genex archetype accounts for 70.5% of recent decks (deck data).
- Observed: Present in 285 recent decks, 94% gameplay type 7, average 2.01 copies (deck data).; Top partners appear in 88% to 94% of those decks (deck data).; Inclusion 100% in the Genex archetype over the historical sample at typical 2 copies (usage statistics).
- Inferred: Link-1 Special Summon access and Link-summon route are reliable within Genex (text-based).; Material value as a Link body is moderate and not tabled.; Extra Deck lock is a real cost on follow-up lines.
- Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference. No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited). Only one guide mention; guide evidence is thin. legal copies is empty for all formats.