EARTH
1Scrap Searcher
Archetype:
Scrap
ATK:
100
DEF:
300
View:
3155
When a "Scrap" monster you control, except "Scrap Searcher", is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard while this card is in the Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. When this card is Special Summoned, destroy all face-up monsters you control, except "Scrap" monsters.
Scrap Searcher — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 41 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 42.5 · Deck: 44.2 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Combo enabler · Secondary: Material body, Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Scrap Searcher is a niche Scrap-engine recursion piece: it revives itself from the Graveyard whenever a Scrap monster you control is destroyed, converting that destruction into an extra body for Synchro or Xyz plays. Its accessibility is gated by a two-part condition (it must already be in the GY and a Scrap monster must then be destroyed), and the Special Summon wipes every non-Scrap face-up monster you control, so it only functions inside Scrap-heavy boards. It offers no interaction with the opponent and is dead outside the archetype, so despite strong synergy in 68 recorded Scrap decks its power is limited and archetype-locked. Its 100 ATK / Level-1 body earns no points for stats; the entire value is the loop it enables.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 35 | It must already sit in the GY and then have a Scrap monster destroyed — a two-card condition not met from a bare opening hand, though it is searchable via Scrapyard and revivable via One for One (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 34 | Text-only with 0 recorded combos — it returns one body and re-triggers Scrap destruction effects, but the same Summon trigger wipes your non-Scrap monsters (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Reviving from the GY is card-neutral, but the mandatory destruction of your non-Scrap face-up monsters can cost board presence (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | Provides zero disruption to the opponent and its only 'removal' destroys your own monsters (verified). |
| Material Utility | 42 | A Level-1 EARTH Winged Beast usable as Synchro/Link material and a One for One target, though 100 ATK and no Tuner status limit its reach (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 50 | It lives in the GY and recurs from it, so it survives hand and field disruption, but a single GY disruption removes it (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | A 1-2 copy, Scrap-only card co-decked with Scrap Chimera in 92.6% of its decks; cheap in slots but near-worthless outside Scrap (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Combo enabler + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 42.5, Deck ≈ 44.2, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-board-wipe restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Recurs itself from the Graveyard when a Scrap monster you control is destroyed, generating an extra body at no card cost.
- Loops with Scrap destruction effects (e.g. Scrap Goblin / Scrap Beast) to extend into Synchro or Xyz plays.
- Level-1 body is searchable by Scrapyard and summonable by One for One.
- Strong Scrap-engine fit — co-appears with Scrap Chimera in 92.6% of its 68 recorded decks.
Weaknesses
- Requires a two-part condition: it must be in the GY and a Scrap monster must then be destroyed.
- Its Special Summon destroys all your face-up non-Scrap monsters, heavily limiting board states.
- Provides no disruption or interaction with the opponent.
- Archetype-locked: near-useless outside Scrap, so no meaningful splashability.
Counters / choke points
- Graveyard removal such as Called by the Grave or D.D. Crow, which strips the revive condition.
- Negating or disabling the destroy-trigger so it never leaves the GY.
- Banishing it before the trigger resolves.
Best use
Graveyard recursion / combo enabler / Level-1 material. Decks: Scrap. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: revives itself from the GY when a Scrap monster you control (except Scrap Searcher) is destroyed and sent to the GY.; Card text: on being Special Summoned, it destroys all your face-up monsters except Scrap monsters.; Stats: Level 1, EARTH, Winged Beast, 100 ATK / 300 DEF, Scrap archetype.
- Observed: 68 recorded decks run it, averaging 1.43 copies (49 decks at 1, 9 at 2, 10 at 3).; Co-deck rate with Scrap Chimera is 92.6% and with Scrapyard 92.6%.; 15 distinct deck archetypes appear, but the sample is dominated by Scrap at 42.6%.; 0 combos recorded — no observed starter/material/payoff usage.
- Inferred: Searchable by Scrapyard and summonable by One for One given its Level-1 Scrap status.; Its own destroy-all clause can re-trigger Scrap monsters' destruction effects, forming loops.; Graveyard-based effect makes it resilient to hand/field disruption but vulnerable to GY hate.
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only