Signal Warrior

Signal Warrior — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 57 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 60 · Deck: 55 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Utility

Why it scores here

Signal Warrior earns its points almost entirely as a clean, generic Level 7 Synchro body: it demands only '1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters', costs no main-deck slots, and 52 of the 55 sampled decks run exactly one copy, mostly inside Synchron/Junk lines where partners like Junk Synchron, Junk Speeder and Satellite Warrior (38.2% co-decks) confirm it is a Synchro-climbing stepping stone. Its actual effect is a slow grind engine: counters accumulate only in the Standby Phase and the 4/7/10-counter payoffs (800 burn, draw 1, destroy 1) realistically need several turns, so it is not a combo piece and generates almost no card advantage. Its 2400 ATK and the conditional battle/effect indestructibility are noted but earn nothing on their own — the score is driven by flexibility, low deck cost, and generic material utility, not stats or rarity. Because it has 55 deck appearances but zero recorded combo appearances, it is treated as a role-player body rather than a core enabler.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: Material body (primary, single role). Intrinsic ≈ 60, Deck ≈ 55, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Fully generic Level 7 Synchro (1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner), fits any deck that can produce those materials
• Zero main-deck cost, no garnet, no self-locking restriction — a near free Extra Deck slot
• Becomes indestructible by battle and opponent's card effects once it holds a Signal Counter
• Reliable stepping-stone body for Synchro climbing in Synchron/Junk lines

Weaknesses

• Signal Counters only accumulate in the Standby Phase, so all three payoffs (4/7/10) are extremely slow
• No recorded combo appearances — it is a role-player body, not a starter or enabler
• As a plain effect, it generates essentially no card advantage or interaction
• Low impact as a final board piece: 2400 ATK with no meaningful disruption on the turn it lands

Counters / choke points

• Removal or negation before the first Standby Phase, when it has no Signal Counter and no protection
• Cards that banish or return it instead of destroying it (indestructibility does not apply)
• Effects that stop the opponent drawing/Standby Phase triggers or blanket negate monster effects

Best use

Generic Level 7 Synchro climbing body / material . Decks: Synchron, Junk, Stardust. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: '1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters', Level 7 LIGHT Warrior Synchro, 2400 ATK / 1000 DEF; Card text: once per turn during the Standby Phase, place 1 Signal Counter on each face-up Field Zone card and 1 on this card; Card text: this card with a Signal Counter cannot be destroyed by battle or the opponent's card effects; Card text: once per turn, remove 4/7/10 Signal Counters — 4 deals 800 damage, 7 draws 1 card, 10 destroys 1 card
• Observed: 55 decks run it, all in the main deck, average 1.05 copies (52 of 55 run exactly 1); Deck distribution: Synchron 36.4%, Rose Dragon 9.1%, Gravekeeper's / Synchro Event 5.5% each; Top partners: Junk Synchron, Junk Converter, Jet Synchron, Junk Speeder (52.7% co-decks each) and Satellite Warrior (38.2%); 0 combo appearances across recorded boards, so it is never a starter, searched piece, or payoff
• Inferred: Primarily used as a generic Level 7 Synchro body to climb into higher Synchro monsters in Junk/Synchron lines; Its counter payoffs realistically require several Standby Phases, so they rarely resolve in competitive games; The conditional battle/effect indestructibility gives modest staying power only after a full turn on board
• 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