Scrap Raptor

Scrap Raptor — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 63 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 63.5 · Deck: 65.3 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Extender, Material body

Why it scores here

Scrap Raptor converts a single Normal Summon into an extra Scrap Normal Summon plus a Deck search for Scrap Factory or a non-Tuner Scrap, so its value comes from how cheaply and reliably it feeds the Scrap/Dinosaur engine rather than from its 1400 ATK. It is a Level 4 EARTH Dinosaur Tuner, which keeps it live as Synchro/Link material even when its effects are negated, and Fossil Dig plus the Dinosaur support shell make it genuinely easy to access (400/400 sampled decks run it at 2.25 average copies). What holds the score down is that it brings no interaction on the opponent's turn, its search is one per turn and requires destruction by a Scrap card effect, and both effects are Scrap-locked. The high ATK/DEF line earned no points here; the score reflects searchable engine conversion, not stats.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 63.5, Deck ≈ 65.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Scrap-locked effects (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• One Normal Summon becomes an additional Scrap Normal Summon plus a Deck search
• Level 4 EARTH Dinosaur Tuner — searchable by Fossil Dig and usable as Synchro/Link material
• Fits the Scrap engine alongside Scrap Chimera and Scrap Wyvern (91% co-deck)
• Broad adoption across 58 distinct archetypes in the sampled decks, confirming it is practically accessible
• Self-destruction is self-enabling: its own Scrap effect destruction triggers the GY search

Weaknesses

• Zero interaction on the opponent's turn — no negation, no removal
• Search requires the card to be destroyed by a Scrap card's effect, costing a body first
• Both effects are Scrap-restricted, so it does little without a Scrap package
• Each effect is once per turn, and the search is a single chokepoint
• No combo records supplied, so its real end-board contribution is unverified

Counters / choke points

• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (negates the GY search)
• Called by the Grave / D.D. Crow (removes it before the search resolves)
• Effect negation such as Infinite Imperceptible or a negated Normal Summon
• Graveyard hate that empties the GY before Scrap Chimera can revive it

Best use

Scrap/Dinosaur engine starter that extends the turn with an extra Normal Summon. Decks: Scrap, Dinos, Transcendosaurus, Orcust (Scrap engine). Suggested copies: 2.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: target 1 monster you control; destroy it, also gain an additional Normal Summon of a 'Scrap' monster this Main Phase; Card text: if destroyed by a 'Scrap' card's effect and sent to GY, add 1 'Scrap Factory' or 1 non-Tuner 'Scrap' monster from Deck to hand; Card text: each effect of 'Scrap Raptor' can only be used once per turn; Card identity: Level 4 EARTH Dinosaur Tuner, 1400 ATK / 1000 DEF, Scrap archetype, legal in TCG/OCG/Master Duel; 400/400 sampled decks run it in the main deck at 2.25 average copies (max 3); 58 distinct archetypes run it in the sampled decks; Top partners include Scrap Wyvern (91%), Fossil Dig (85.8%) and Scrap Chimera (70%)
• Observed: combo data contains 0 recorded appearances, so no observed starter/material/payoff split exists; usage statistics lists Dinos at 100% inclusion with 1 typical copy; Archetype split in deck data: Scrap 22.2%, Transcendosaurus 15.2%, Orcust 6.8%; Guides present: 3, covering Orcust-with-Scrap and Dinos
• Inferred: Because it is itself a 'Scrap' card, destroying it with its own effect satisfies the destruction condition and triggers the GY search; The search plus the extra Scrap Normal Summon together enable a same-turn follow-up with Scrap Chimera and Scrap Wyvern; As a Level 4 Tuner it remains usable material even when its effects are negated; Its search is a natural Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring target, consistent with 76.2% co-decking of that hand trap
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no combo centrality, starter-count or average power-index data for the boards it appears in guide data snippets are short and do not enumerate concrete combo chains no dated metagame sample, so meta power is null