Speedroid Passinglider

Speedroid Passinglider — Power Evaluation

Final Score: 53 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium

• Intrinsic: 51.7 · Deck: 52.3 · Meta: provisional
• Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Extender, Combo enabler

Why it scores here

Speedroid Passinglider converts its evidence into modest role-player value: a Level 5 WIND Machine 'Speedroid' name that Special Summons itself for free while the field is empty, doubles as a Scale-3 Pendulum with a scale-shifting effect, and redirects opponent attacks away from other Speedroid monsters. Its 2200 ATK and effect count earn nothing here - it provides no disruption, its revival clause needs a Tribute Summon, and the empty-field condition makes it dead once a board already exists. It is a cheap one-copy inclusion in Speedroid builds (48 decks, 41.7% Speedroid, 1.33 avg copies) but with zero combo appearances it is never observed as a starter, material, or payoff piece, so it scores as a solid support body rather than a core engine.

Axis scores

Calculation

Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Extender. Intrinsic ≈ 51.7, Deck ≈ 52.3, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Compact single-slot inclusion (1). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck

Strengths

• Special Summons itself from hand for free while the field is empty, giving a Level 5 body at no resource cost.
• Level 5 WIND Machine 'Speedroid' name: natural Synchro material and searchable through Speedroid tutors such as Speedroid Terrortop and Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter.
• Doubles as a Pendulum Scale 3 with a scale-shifting effect that can be tuned by sending a Speedroid Tuner from hand or face-up field to the GY.
• Attack-targeting clause redirects opponent attacks away from every other 'Speedroid' monster, giving the archetype a soft protection layer.
• Very cheap deck cost: 1 copy in most lists, no locks, unlimited, and no garnet requirement.

Weaknesses

• The free self-Special Summon requires an empty field, so the card is dead once any monster is already established.
• The revival effect requires a Tribute Summon of a Level 5 monster, which is expensive and rarely practical.
• The Pendulum effect is a temporary scale shift paid for by sending a card to the GY, so it costs resources for no board advantage.
• Provides no removal, negation, or interaction with the opponent - it does not disrupt their turn.
• Archetype-locked text; it contributes almost nothing outside 'Speedroid' shells.
• 2200 ATK sits below common boss thresholds and does not convert into points on its own.

Counters / choke points

• Holding any monster on the field turns off the empty-field self-Special Summon until the board is cleared.
• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring on Speedroid search effects, and effect negation (Infinite Impermanence / Forbidden Droplet) on the Speedroid starter chain.
• Non-targeting removal (Kaiju, Lava Golem, board wipes) bypasses the attack-targeting redirection entirely.
• Graveyard hate denies the Tribute-Summon revival target and any Speedroid Tuner sent by the Pendulum effect.

Best use

Level 5 self-summoning material body and Pendulum Scale support. Decks: Speedroid, Crystal Wing / Clear Wing Synchro builds. Suggested copies: 1.

Evidence & gaps

• Verified: Card text: while there are no monsters on the field, this card can Special Summon itself from the hand, once per turn that way.; Card text: Pendulum effect (once per turn) sends 1 'Speedroid' Tuner from hand or face-up field to the GY to raise or lower this card's Pendulum Scale by the sent monster's original Level until end of turn.; Card text: when Tribute Summoned, it targets and Special Summons 1 Level 4 or lower 'Speedroid' monster from the GY.; Card text: opponent's monsters cannot target 'Speedroid' monsters for attacks except this one.; Card data: Level 5 WIND Machine Pendulum Effect Monster, Pendulum Scale 3, 2200 ATK / 2000 DEF, archetype 'roid', legal in TCG, OCG, Master Duel and Duel Links.
• Observed: 48 decks in the sample run the card, all in the main deck and none in the side deck.; Copies per deck: average 1.33 (38 decks at 1, 4 at 2, 6 at 3), i.e. a one-of inclusion in most lists.; 41.7% of the sample decks are tagged Speedroid (archetype 576), with two further Speedroid-tagged archetype ids at 10.4% and 4.2%.; Top partners: Speedroid Terrortop 85.4%, Speedroid CarTurbo 83.3%, Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice 83.3%, Speedroid Taketomborg 83.3% co-deck rate.; Zero appearances across the recorded combo sample and zero guide mentions, so no observed starter/material/payoff centrality.; Not a top card in any format ranking (top-card status false).
• Inferred: As a Level 5 WIND Machine it fits Level 7-8 WIND Synchro plays alongside a Speedroid Tuner such as Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice or Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke (level math from card data).; 'Speedroid' in the name makes it a legal add off archetype tutors like Speedroid Terrortop and Hi-Speedroid Rubber Band Shooter (inference from naming).; The empty-field condition is anti-synergistic mid-combo, so the card is best used as a first body or as a going-second/rebuild body.; The Tribute Summon revival trigger is effectively unused at Level 5 in a modern Speedroid list and should not be counted as reliable value.; No banlist token was supplied; three copies are assumed legal in all listed formats.
• 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 the attached deck sample only no dated metagame sample - Meta stays null/provisional several deck archetype labels are non-informative ('Không có', 'Sự kiện Limit 1'), so part of the 17 distinct archetypes does not represent genuine non-Speedroid portability