EARTH
4Scrap Chimera
Archetype:
Scrap
ATK:
1700
DEF:
500
View:
4219
This card cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster, except for the Synchro Summon of a "Scrap" monster, and all other Synchro Material Monsters must also be "Scrap" monsters. When this card is Normal Summoned, you can select 1 "Scrap" Tuner monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it.
Scrap Chimera — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54 · Deck: 58 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Starter, Material body
Why it scores here
Scrap Chimera converts one Normal Summon into two bodies: its text revives a "Scrap" Tuner from the Graveyard, so a single Level-4 card becomes Synchro, Link, or Rank-4 material (its 89.8% pairing with Scrap Raptor and 70–75% pairing with Evolzar Laggia/Dolkka show that line is real). It is cheap to run at 1 copy (avg 1.23 copies; 350/400 decks use exactly one) and appears in 400 recent main decks, so accessibility and slot economy are genuine. What caps it is the payoff ceiling: the Synchro clause locks every material to "Scrap" monsters and only for "Scrap" Synchro Summons, the effect is Normal-Summon-only and needs a "Scrap" Tuner already in the Graveyard, and it provides zero interaction with the opponent. Its 1700 ATK and status as an archetype card earn no points — the score comes from efficient body conversion inside one engine, not from stats or popularity.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Level-4 body with a Normal-Summon trigger that needs a "Scrap" Tuner already in the Graveyard, but it is consistently deployed inside the Scrap engine (co-occurs with Scrap Raptor in 89.8% of its decks). (observed) |
| Combo & Conversion | 58 | Text turns a Normal Summon into a revived Tuner, giving two bodies for a "Scrap" Synchro or for Rank-4/Link plays that show up as Evolzar Laggia 70.2% / Evolzar Dolkka 75.5% partners. (observed) |
| Resource Economy | 55 | One card in hand becomes two bodies on field with no discard or tribute cost, but the effect is one-shot and does not refill the hand — roughly even-to-slightly-positive. (inferred) |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card text grants no disruption, negation, or removal; it only Special Summons your own "Scrap" Tuner. (verified) |
| Material Utility | 58 | Level 4 EARTH Beast is clean Link/Rank-4 material since the lock only restricts Synchro use, but as a Synchro material it must be mixed exclusively with "Scrap" monsters. (verified) |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 45 | The trigger is Normal-Summon-only and dead if no "Scrap" Tuner is in the Graveyard; if the effect is negated it still leaves a 1700 ATK Level-4 body. (inferred) |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 58 | Very cheap in slots (avg 1.23 copies, 350 of 400 decks run exactly 1), but it requires the Scrap package (Scrap Raptor, Scrap Wyvern) to function. (observed) |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter/Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 54, Deck ≈ 58, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-2); Exceptional compactness (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Normal Summon revives a "Scrap" Tuner from the Graveyard, converting one card into two bodies
- Level 4 EARTH Beast still gives Xyz/Link access because the lock applies only to Synchro Materials
- Very cheap in deck slots — 400/400 decks run it in the main deck at an average of 1.23 copies
- Well-established engine partner: 89.8% co-deck with Scrap Raptor and 85.5% with Scrap Wyvern
Weaknesses
- Effect is Normal-Summon-only, so Special Summoned copies are blank bodies
- Requires a "Scrap" Tuner to already be in the Graveyard to do anything
- Synchro clause locks every material to "Scrap" monsters and only for "Scrap" Synchro Summons
- Provides no disruption, negation, or removal against the opponent
- No card advantage — it spends the hand card to build field bodies only
Counters / choke points
- Effect negation on the Normal Summon (Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence)
- Graveyard-effect negation such as Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
- Banishing or removing the "Scrap" Tuner from the Graveyard (Called by the Grave, D.D. Crow)
- Stopping the Normal Summon or the Summon of the revived Tuner (e.g. floodgates limiting Special Summons)
Best use
Level-4 combo enabler that revives a "Scrap" Tuner for Synchro/Link/Rank-4 material. Decks: Dinos (Scrap engine), Scrap. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: cannot be used as a Synchro Material except for the Synchro Summon of a "Scrap" monster, and all other Synchro Materials must also be "Scrap" monsters; Card text: when Normal Summoned, you can select 1 "Scrap" Tuner monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it; Card identity: Level 4, EARTH, Beast, 1700 ATK / 500 DEF, "Scrap" archetype, legal in TCG/OCG/MasterDuel/DuelLinks; The card grants no disruption, negation, or removal effect
- Observed: 400 recent decks run it, all in the main deck, at 1.23 copies on average (350 decks at 1 copy, 43 at 3); Co-deck rates: Scrap Raptor 89.8%, Fossil Dig 88.5%, Scrap Wyvern 85.5%, Ultimate Conductor Tyranno 82%, Evolzar Dolkka 75.5%, Evolzar Laggia 70.2%; Deck archetype tags include Scrap 26.2%, Transcendosaurus 17.2%, Dinomorphia 8.8%, Evol 7.8%, Dinowrestler 6.8% across 42 distinct archetypes; usage_statistics: 100% inclusion in the Dinos archetype sample at 1 typical copy; One guide (Dino build guide) features it in the engine and sample-combo sections alongside Scrap Raptor and Scrap Wyvern
- Inferred: The Normal-Summon revival makes it a two-body engine piece used as Synchro/Link/Rank-4 material inside the Scrap-Dino shell; Consistent pairing with Scrap Raptor implies the card is fetched within that engine rather than drawn; Effect negation or Graveyard disruption on the Summon prevents the revival, leaving only a 1700 ATK Level-4 body
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no documented in-archetype search route for Scrap Chimera in the evidence avg_starter_count_when_present and avg_power_index_when_present are null, so combo centrality could not be measured no dated metagame sample, so meta_power is null/provisional