Scrapyard

Scrapyard — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 59 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 60 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Combo enabler, Starter

Why it scores here

Scrapyard is a one-for-one Normal Spell that adds a "Scrap" Tuner monster from Deck to hand, which in practice means it routinely fetches Scrap Raptor — the starter that drives the Scrap engine seen alongside Orcust (Scrap Raptor co-occurs in 80.7% of the 290 sampled decks). Its power comes almost entirely from that conversion: it is a compact, redundant route into a real combo line, not from stats, since a Normal Spell has no ATK/DEF to score. It brings no interaction of its own and does nothing without a legal "Scrap" Tuner target in the Deck, and with zero combo records supplied the conversion value is text-and-deck inference rather than a measured board outcome, which caps how high it can go.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 60, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Directly tutors a "Scrap" Tuner, converting into the Scrap Raptor starter line
• Normal Spell that is live immediately when drawn, with no summoning condition
• Highly redundant in its home deck: 196 of 290 sampled decks run the full 3 copies
• Cheap slot cost, splashable into Scrap-based engines such as Orcust, Crystron and Machina lists

Weaknesses

• Archetype-restricted: searches only "Scrap" Tuner monsters, so it is dead without such targets in the Deck
• Provides no negation, removal or board presence on its own
• Single, fragile search that folds to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring or Called by the Grave
• No recorded combo appearances, so its conversion is inferred rather than observed

Counters / choke points

• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
• Called by the Grave
• Droll & Lock Bird
• Any Spell/Trap negation resolving on the search
• Decks that remove or lock down the "Scrap" Tuner targets

Best use

Fetch the "Scrap" Tuner (typically Scrap Raptor) to open the Scrap/Orcust combo line. Decks: Scrap, Orcust, Crystron, Machina, Naturia. Suggested copies: 3.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: 'Add 1 "Scrap" Tuner monster from your Deck to your hand.'; It is a Normal Spell with no ATK/DEF, Level, or Type contribution as material; Legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links per the evidence pack; It grants no negation, removal or direct disruption
• Observed: 290 sampled decks run it, 290 in the main deck and 0 in the side; Average 2.51 copies per deck; 196 decks run 3, 47 run 2 and 47 run 1; 46 distinct archetypes appear in the deck sample, led by Scrap (25.5% + 9.7%) and Orcust (13.1% + 9.3%); Scrap Raptor co-occurs in 80.7% of its decks, Scrap Golem 75.5%, Scrap Recycler 71.4%, Scrap Wyvern 70%; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and Called by the Grave are in 57.6% and 65.2% of its decks respectively
• Inferred: Its practical role is tutoring Scrap Raptor to open the Scrap/Orcust combo line, based on text plus partner frequency; Because it is a single search, it is a choke point that a resolved hand trap can stop; Deck fit is strongest in Scrap-based engines and weak in decks without "Scrap" Tuner targets
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard) — archetype inclusion % inferred from deck sample only no dated metagame sample, so meta power is null