WIND
4Speedroid Menko
Archetype:
Roid
ATK:
100
DEF:
2000
View:
4305
When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack while this card is in your hand: You can Special Summon this card in Attack Position, and if you do, change all face-up monsters your opponent controls to Defense Position.
Speedroid Menko — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 55 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 56 · Deck: 53 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Utility · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Speedroid Menko converts one hand card into an emergency battle-phase stopper: when the opponent declares a direct attack it Special Summons itself and flips every face-up opponent monster to Defense Position, which effectively shuts down the rest of that Battle Phase. Outside that narrow window it is a blank 100 ATK Level 4 WIND Machine, so its own-turn combo value is minimal and it never generates card advantage. It lands in the mid-50s because deck evidence (65 decks, 1.49 copies, 22 archetypes) confirms it is a real, low-cost defensive tech that is rarely dead, not because of its stats — the 100 ATK and 2000 DEF earn it nothing. The absence of any combo-board appearance keeps combo conversion and interception modest.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 50 | A Level 4 monster that is live from the hand whenever the opponent declares a direct attack and sits inside the Speedroid name (searchable by Speedroid Terrortop), but it was never recorded as a starter or as a searched card in any combo (observed). |
| Combo & Conversion | 33 | Does nothing on your own turn and appears in 0 recorded combo boards; its only contribution is a 1-for-1 defensive body rather than a built board (observed). |
| Resource Economy | 40 | Summons itself from the hand for no net card gain or loss and provides no search, draw, or GY refuel (verified). |
| Effect & Interaction | 42 | Flips all face-up opponent monsters to Defense Position when a direct attack is declared, which stops the remaining attacks that turn, but it is a defensive battle trigger only with no negation or removal (verified). |
| Material Utility | 56 | A generic Level 4 WIND Machine body that stays usable as Synchro/XYZ material even if its effect is blanked (verified text; material use inferred from type/level/attribute). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 56 | Operates from the hand so it survives field interaction, and is usable across turns either as a defensive self-summon or as a Normal Summoned material body (inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 66 | Seen at 1.49 copies on average with 45 of 65 decks using exactly 1, making it a low-commitment 1-of with no locks or garnet risk (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Utility (default) + 0.3 Material body. Intrinsic ≈ 56, Deck ≈ 53, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Compactness/splashability (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Triggers from the hand during the opponent's turn to Special Summon itself and flip all face-up opponent monsters to Defense Position, effectively ending the Battle Phase.
- Needs no field setup or material to summon, so it is a free emergency defender against OTK pushes.
- Generic Level 4 WIND Machine body that remains usable Synchro/XYZ material even when its effect is negated.
- Very low deck cost: 1.49 average copies with 45 of 65 decks running exactly one.
Weaknesses
- 100 ATK gives it essentially no offensive presence; all value is defensive.
- Only triggers on a direct attack, so it does nothing when the opponent attacks your monsters or wins through effect damage/combo.
- No card advantage — it consumes a hand card to put a body on board.
- Does nothing on your own turn as a play starter and never appeared in any recorded combo board.
Counters / choke points
- Special Summon negation such as Solemn Warning or Solemn Strike stops the self-summon outright.
- Effects that prevent Special Summoning (e.g. Vanity's Emptiness-style locks) make it dead in hand.
- Non-battle win conditions — burn, deck-out, or uninterrupted combo lines — bypass a Battle Phase-only trigger entirely.
- Monsters that can attack multiple times or be re-positioned back to Attack Position can push through after the flips.
Best use
Defensive battle-phase stopper and spare Level 4 WIND material. Decks: Speedroid, N/R event builds, Scareclaw. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: when an opponent's monster declares a direct attack while this card is in your hand, you can Special Summon it in Attack Position and change all face-up monsters your opponent controls to Defense Position.; Stats/typing: Level 4 WIND Machine, 100 ATK / 2000 DEF, archetype Roid with the Speedroid name.; Deck evidence: 65 decks run it, all in the main deck, 0 in the side deck.
- Observed: Copies per deck average 1.49; 45 decks run 1, 8 run 2, 12 run 3.; 22 distinct archetypes include it, with Speedroid dominant (16 + 14 decks across two rows) and scattered appearances in Scareclaw, Mikanko, Synchron, Dinowrestler, Kaiju, Exosister.; Top partners are almost entirely Speedroid cards (Speedroid Terrortop co-occurs in 56.9% of decks).; 0 appearances in recorded combo boards; no starter, searched, material, or payoff occurrences.
- Inferred: Being a 'Speedroid' monster makes it a legitimate search target for Speedroid tutors such as Speedroid Terrortop, though no search event is recorded.; Because all face-up opponent monsters become Defense Position, the trigger effectively ends the remaining Battle Phase rather than merely blocking one attack.; Its N/R-event guide mention reflects non-battle defensive play in rarity-limited events.
- 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 per-deck tournament result data, so win-rate impact of the defensive trigger cannot be measured