FIRE
4Springans Rockey
Archetype:
Springans
ATK:
1800
DEF:
800
View:
4592
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can target 1 "Great Sand Sea - Gold Golgonda" or 1 "Springans" monster in your GY, except "Springans Rockey"; add it to your hand. If this card is in your hand, field, or GY: You can target 1 "Springans" Xyz Monster you control; attach this card to it as material. You can only use each effect of "Springans Rockey" once per turn.
Springans Rockey — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 60 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 61 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Material body · Secondary: Recovery/Recursion
Why it scores here
Springans Rockey is a Level 4 Fire Machine whose value is as Xyz material for Springans Xyz monsters, plus a summon-triggered recovery of a Springans monster or Great Sand Sea - Gold Golgonda from the Graveyard. Its 1800 ATK earns nothing. The card is in all 400 sampled decks, but that inclusion reflects the archetype's staple status and is not counted as power. Its archetype-locked text and a single recorded combo keep the score in the middle band, with Medium confidence.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 55 | Summon-triggered GY recovery and hand/field/GY attach effect give live routes once summoned, but no as_starter or as_searched evidence exists in the combo sample (observed, inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | Its only recorded combo use is as material for a Springans Xyz; it builds no board on its own (observed, inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The summon effect is a +1 card from the Graveyard, and the attach effect is a body-only cost with no return (verified, inferred). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect is present in the text (verified). |
| Material Utility | 70 | Level 4 Fire Machine body that converts into Xyz material even when its effects are negated (verified, observed). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 65 | Two once-per-turn effects that work from hand, field, and Graveyard give multi-zone flexibility (verified). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 70 | Runs 1 to 3 copies with no garnet or lock clause, and both effects are once per turn (verified, observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Material body + 0.3 Recovery/Recursion. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 61, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Clean Level 4 Xyz material that still converts when its effects are negated
- Summon effect recovers a Springans monster or Great Sand Sea - Gold Golgonda from the Graveyard
- Both effects are once per turn and work from hand, field, and Graveyard
- In 400 of 400 sampled decks, with 1.78 copies on average
Weaknesses
- Archetype-locked text limits portability outside Springans
- No effect interaction and no starter role in the combo evidence
- Its value depends on Springans Xyz monsters being on the field
Counters / choke points
- Interruption of the summon trigger or Graveyard targeting limits the recovery effect
- Board wipes or Xyz-material removal reduce the attach value
Best use
Xyz material fodder with a Graveyard recovery on summon. Decks: Springans. Suggested copies: 2.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summon-triggered effect adds a Springans monster or Great Sand Sea - Gold Golgonda from the Graveyard to hand, once per turn; Hand/field/Graveyard effect attaches it to a Springans Xyz monster, once per turn; Level 4 Fire Machine, ATK 1800, DEF 800; Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks with 1.78 copies on average
- Observed: Single recorded combo, where it appears only as material (100%); Springans Xyz gameplay inclusion 52.9% with 1 typical copy
- Inferred: Recovery from Graveyard is the main value beyond material conversion; Score held in the middle band because the combo sample is a single board
- Data gaps: no banlist token - assumed 3 copies (unlimited) only one recorded combo, so the combo sample is too thin to confirm a starter or payoff role no as_starter or as_searched evidence no top-card ranking, so the card is not confirmed as a high-volume pick outside Springans