DARK
7Slot Machine
ATK:
2000
DEF:
2300
View:
1190
The machine's ability is said to vary according to its slot results.
Slot Machine — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 39 ± 7 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 42.7 · Deck: 35.9 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body
Why it scores here
Slot Machine is a Level 7 DARK Machine Normal Monster with 2000 ATK / 2300 DEF and no printed effect, so essentially all of its power comes from being a clean, restriction-free body rather than from any ability. The observed sample only fields it as a 1-of filler in a single Limit 1 event (3 of 6 decks) plus a few unrelated archetype decks, and it appears in 0 recorded combo boards as a starter, search target, material, or payoff. Its Level 7 DARK Machine typing does give it genuine value as tribute / Rank 7 / Synchro material that survives being blanked, which is the only axis where it scores meaningfully. Its high DEF, vintage flavour text, and page views earn nothing here — absent accessibility, zero interaction, and no combo conversion cap the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 44 | Legal, unrestricted Normal Monster that can be drawn and Tribute/Normal Summoned, but no searcher or tutor route appears in the evidence and it sits at 1 copy in each of 6 sample decks (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 10 | 0 combo appearances and a blank effect line mean it builds nothing from a realistic start (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 10 | No search, draw, revival, or cost recovery anywhere in its text; committing it as material is a straight -1 (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 2 | The text is pure flavour — no negation, removal, or disruption of any kind (verified). |
| Material Utility | 48 | Level 7 DARK Machine with no summoning restriction gives it real tribute / Rank 7 / Synchro material value that persists even when its (nonexistent) effect is irrelevant, though 2000 ATK is a weak body (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 34 | A vanilla body has no protection or recursion and is answered by any single piece of removal; its only 'resilience' is that there is no effect to negate (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 42 | Zero locks, no garnet, and redundant copies are harmless, but spending a slot on a card that only contributes a body is a real cost in decks that want effects (inferred). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Material body / Normal (single primary role). Intrinsic ≈ 42.7, Deck ≈ 35.9, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Completely clean body: no summoning restriction, no lock, no once-per-turn clause.
- Level 7 DARK Machine typing supports tribute fodder, Rank 7 Xyz, and Synchro material lines.
- 2300 DEF lets it sit as a defensive wall against small attackers.
- Redundant copies are harmless and it fits a 1-of slot without strain.
Weaknesses
- No effect at all — no search, no disruption, no protection, no recursion.
- 2000 ATK is below curve for a Level 7 that costs a tribute.
- No archetype and no tutor, so it can only be drawn, never fetched.
- Near-dead in hand in any deck built around effects.
Counters / choke points
- Any single removal effect (spell, trap, or monster) trades favourably against it.
- Decks that put up negations make spending a tribute on it a wasted turn.
- Being a vanilla, it cannot play through or around any disruption.
Best use
Material body / vanilla beater. Decks: Limit 1 event decks, Vanilla / beatdown builds. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Slot Machine is a Level 7 DARK Machine Normal Monster with 2000 ATK / 2300 DEF and no printed effect (card text).; Deck sample: 6 decks total, 1 copy each, 6/6 in main deck and 0 in side deck (deck data).
- Observed: 3 of 6 sampled decks belong to the 'Sự kiện Limit 1' (Limit 1 event) archetype and the remainder are Ninja / Harpie / Egyptian God decks, indicating filler usage rather than a dedicated home (deck data).; 0 appearances across all recorded combo boards (combo data).; Its co-occurring cards are other vanilla beaters such as Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Dark Magician, present in 6/6 decks (deck data).
- Inferred: Level 7 DARK Machine typing with no restrictions makes it usable as tribute, Rank 7 Xyz, or Synchro material even when its effect is irrelevant (inference from card text).; With no archetype and no tutor it can only be drawn, never searched (inference from the absence of search evidence).
- 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 deck sample is tiny (6 decks) and all captured on a single date, so archetype breadth may be an artifact of one event