DARK
6Storagepod
ATK:
2500
DEF:
2500
View:
2848
"Trifortressops" or "Stegocyber" + 1 Machine or Dinosaur monster Cannot be destroyed by battle while a monster Special Summoned from the GY is on the field. If a monster(s) is Special Summoned from the hand while this monster is on the field (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 card you control and 1 card your opponent controls; destroy them. You can only use this effect of "Storagepod" once per turn.
Storagepod — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 48 · Deck: 43.8 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Storagepod's power is conditional: its destruction effect needs a monster Special Summoned from the hand while it is on the field, and it costs the controller a card too, so it trades 1-for-1 at best and gains no advantage. Its battle protection only applies while a GY-Special-Summoned monster is on the field, and its 2500 ATK earns nothing on its own. The 64-deck, 11-archetype spread is genuine but reflects a generic Dark Magician / Magician-style staple slot rather than proof of intrinsic strength (guardrail 3), and the absence of combo data keeps the conversion scores close to text-only inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 40 | Needs a Trifortressops or Stegocyber plus a Machine or Dinosaur material; it is a Fusion, so it is not a hand or GY-searchable body. Deck inclusion is 64 of 64 (observed), but no searcher route is evidenced (inferred). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No combo boards recorded (0 appearances); the destruction effect converts only when a hand Special Summon happens on the field (inferred from text). |
| Resource Economy | 25 | Destroys 1 of the controller's own cards to destroy 1 opposing card, so the trade is even at best with no refuel or draw (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 55 | Optional destruction of one opposing card on each qualifying hand Special Summon, once per turn, and it cannot trigger during the Damage Step (verified from text); no negation or hand-trap reach. |
| Material Utility | 25 | Fusion monsters are not normally used as material, and the text gives it no material-conversion value (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Battle protection is conditional on a GY-Special-Summoned monster being on the field and the effect is once per turn; no recursion or redundancy (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | One copy per deck, no garnet or lock, but it takes a specific Fusion material pair; 64 of 64 decks run it at 1 copy (observed). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Primary role Removal only; no secondary blend applied to weights. Intrinsic ≈ 48, Deck ≈ 43.8, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Fusion-material restriction (-2). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Optional destruction of one opposing card on each qualifying hand Special Summon
- Battle protection from GY-Special-Summoned monsters
- Easy to slot in at one copy across 11 archetypes
- Stable inclusion across multiple homes (64 decks, 1 copy each)
Weaknesses
- Costs the controller a card, so the exchange is even at best
- Effect is conditional on a hand Special Summon being on the field
- Once per turn with a Damage Step exclusion
- Fusion material requirement limits how often it reaches the field
- No combo or guide evidence to show a realistic board
Counters / choke points
- Negation or effect-negating responses to the trigger
- Opponent removal aimed at Storagepod before the hand Special Summon
Best use
Single-copy Fusion removal/defence slot in a Dark Magician or Machine-material shell. Decks: Dark Magician, Magician Girls, Millennium, Relinquished, Kuriboh. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Card text: Fusion summon from Trifortressops or Stegocyber plus 1 Machine or Dinosaur monster; Card text: battle indestructibility while a GY-Special-Summoned monster is on the field; Card text: once-per-turn optional destruction of 1 own card and 1 opponent card on hand Special Summon, excluding the Damage Step; Decks: 64 of 64 run it at 1 copy, across 11 archetypes
- Observed: Appears in 64 of 64 recent decks, always as a main-deck copy; Top partners include Harpie's Feather Duster (96.9%) and Cosmic Cyclone (95.3%)
- Inferred: The removal exchange is roughly even because the controller must destroy one of their own cards; Hand Special Summons are the practical trigger, so the effect is situational in most boards
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) no usage statistics (StatisticsCard), so archetype inclusion is inferred from the deck sample only