Scrap-Iron Statue

Scrap-Iron Statue — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 48 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 47 · Deck: 47 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Recovery/Recursion · Secondary: Removal, Utility

Why it scores here

Scrap-Iron Statue converts mostly into a small, repeatable package: it destroys an opponent's acting face-up Spell/Trap and then resets itself facedown instead of leaving the field, and once it reaches the GY it revives a "Junk" monster in Defense. Both halves are once-per-turn and neither is a real negate, so the interaction is soft and conditional. Its value is archetype-tied — it is only played in Junk/Synchron/Stardust builds where the Junk revival matters — rather than a generic staple. ATK/DEF are irrelevant here (it is a Trap with no body); the score comes from usefulness, cost, and the reality that it is naturally drawn at one copy rather than tutored.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Recovery/Recursion + 0.3 Removal/Negation. Intrinsic ≈ 47, Deck ≈ 47, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Compact 1-2 slot tech (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Destroys an opponent's already face-up Spell/Trap that activates its effect, a straight trade (verified).
• Resets itself facedown instead of being sent to the GY, so the card is not spent (verified).
• GY trigger Special Summons a "Junk" monster in Defense for extension or recovery (verified).
• Both halves are once-per-turn, but they are separate effects usable independently (verified).
• Very cheap to run: ~1.16 copies average, no garnet, no lock (observed).

Weaknesses

• Interaction only hits face-up Spell/Traps that actively resolve an effect, so it is dead against many decks (verified).
• Destroy is not a negate — the opponent's effect still resolves (verified).
• The Junk revival requires the card to reach the GY through another effect, since activating it keeps it on field (inferred).
• As a Normal Trap it must be Set and wait a turn, making it slow (verified).
• No in-archetype searcher and no combo evidence — value is inferred from text and deck fit (data gap).

Counters / choke points

• Cosmic Cyclone / Mystical Space Typhoon removing it before activation
• Solemn Judgment or any counter-trap negating its activation
• Decks with no persistent face-up Spell/Trap that activates effects
• Called by the Grave or D.D. Crow answering the "Junk" revival target

Best use

Recovery/recursion tech Trap that also chips enemy Spell/Trap. Decks: Synchron, Junk, Stardust. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: destroys an opponent's already face-up Spell/Trap that activates its effect, then Sets itself facedown instead of going to the GY.; Card text: if sent to the GY, targets 1 "Junk" monster in the GY and Special Summons it in Defense.; Card text: each effect once per turn; it is a Normal Trap with no ATK/DEF.; Legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links.; 49 recent decks run it, 49 in main, average 1.16 copies (41 at 1, 8 at 2).
• Observed: Top archetypes: Synchron 22.4%, Junk 12.2%, Stardust 12.2%.; Top partners: Junk Synchron 81.6%, Tuning 77.6%, Jet Synchron 75.5%, Junk Speeder 75.5%.; 0 combo appearances across recorded boards.
• Inferred: Primary role is Junk/Synchron recursion with a secondary reactive removal mode.; The Junk revival is only usable when the card is sent to the GY by another effect, since activation keeps it on field.; The removal mode is not a negate and misses decks without face-up Spell/Traps that resolve effects.
• 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