Speedroid CarTurbo

Speedroid CarTurbo — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 58 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 60.4 · Deck: 60.8 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Material body, Combo enabler

Why it scores here

Speedroid CarTurbo converts a hand card into a free Level 3 WIND Tuner body once a WIND monster is already on board, which is why it appears in 100% of the sampled Speedroid decks (400/400) at an average of 1.39 copies. Its real value is as a compact Synchro extender toward Clear Wing / Crystal Wing lines, not as an independent starter — it needs a WIND body first and its 800 ATK earns nothing here. The GY banish effect is a minor ATK pump rather than disruption, and the 'no monster effects except WIND for the rest of the turn' clause is a genuine cost that caps flexibility. High ATK/DEF (800/1200) and rarity/popularity were explicitly not scored; accessibility, material utility, and the self-lock dominate the result.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 60.4, Deck ≈ 60.8, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Self-locking restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Free Special Summon from hand whenever a WIND monster is already controlled
• Level 3 WIND Machine Tuner — ideal Synchro material for the Clear Wing / Crystal Wing line
• Carries the 'Speedroid' name, so it is a legal target for in-archetype search and GY banishing
• Second effect works from the GY, letting it be banished for an 800 ATK pump on all current WIND monsters
• Runs at a single copy in most lists (277/400), keeping the slot cost low

Weaknesses

• Not a starter: it does nothing without an existing WIND monster on board
• Locks the player out of non-WIND monster effects for the rest of the turn, cutting off generic extenders and hand traps
• Provides no disruption, removal, or negation of any kind
• Generates no card advantage; the GY effect is only a temporary ATK boost
• Archetype-restricted power means it is close to a dead slot outside Speedroid / WIND builds

Counters / choke points

• Effect negation on the hand ignition effect (e.g. a negate on the Special Summon)
• Special Summon lockouts / floodgates that prevent the hand summon
• Removing the WIND monster first, leaving CarTurbo stranded in hand
• Graveyard hate that empties the GY before the banish-to-boost effect can be used
• Backrow or hand disruption that punishes the WIND-only follow-up window

Best use

Extender and Synchro Tuner material for Clear Wing / Crystal Wing lines. Decks: Speedroid, Radiant Typhoon, Mecha Phantom Beast, Windwitch, Synchron. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: if you control a WIND monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand; Card text: after that Special Summon you cannot activate monster effects for the rest of the turn except WIND monsters; Card text: banish this card and 1 'Speedroid' monster from your GY to give all WIND monsters you control +800 ATK until end of turn; Card text: each effect is once per turn; Card identity: Level 3 WIND Machine Tuner, 800 ATK / 1200 DEF, 'Speedroid' archetype
• Observed: 400/400 sampled decks run it in the main deck, 0 in the side; Average 1.39 copies; 277 decks run 1, 90 run 2, 33 run 3; Co-decked with Speedroid Terrortop and Speedroid Taketomborg in 98% of lists; Co-decked with Clear Wing Synchro Dragon in 92.2% and Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter in 91.5%; 27 distinct archetypes appear across the sampled decks; Speedroid accounts for the large majority; Usage statistics: Speedroid inclusion 44.4% at 1 copy typical
• Inferred: Because it carries the 'Speedroid' name and the archetype has search routes, it is reliably tutorable within Speedroid builds; Its practical function is as an extra Level 3 Tuner body feeding Level 7/8 WIND Synchro summons, based on co-decking with Clear Wing/Crystal Wing
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no avg_power_index or avg_starter_count, so board strength and line redundancy cannot be measured usage_statistics covers only 2 archetypes, one of which (Yosenju) looks inconsistent with the deck sample no rulings data for the timing/interaction of the WIND-only monster-effect lock