EARTH
4Superheavy Samurai Security
Archetype:
Superheavy Samurai
ATK:
500
DEF:
1500
View:
3069
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 face-up Machine Pendulum Monster from your Extra Deck to your hand. If you have no Spells/Traps in your GY: You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 EARTH Machine monster with 1500 or less ATK from your hand or GY, except "Superheavy Samurai Security". You can only use each effect of "Superheavy Samurai Security" once per turn.
Superheavy Samurai Security — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 62 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 62 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Starter / Combo enabler · Secondary: Searcher/Tutor, Extender
Why it scores here
The card reliably converts a Normal or Special Summon into a search for a face-up Machine Pendulum Monster from the Extra Deck, and its second effect turns a spent body into a Special Summon of a 1500-or-less EARTH Machine from hand or GY, so it is a repeatable engine piece that refuels the line. Its 500 ATK and 1500 DEF earn nothing, and the Level 4 EARTH Machine body is credited only as generic material fit. The 244 of 244 deck inclusion confirms accessibility and role, not intrinsic power (guardrail 3), and with no combo evidence the combo_conversion score stays text-only and capped near 50.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 78 | Runs in 244 of 244 sampled decks at 1 copy on average, and its Summon trigger searches from the Extra Deck, so it is live from hand in most lines (observed; text-verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 50 | Its search and tribute-Summon give a clear extension path, but no recorded board, starter, or payoff stats exist, so conversion is text-only (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The Summon search is a net gain, and the tribute-Summon swaps the card for a body, so overall advantage is roughly even to slightly positive (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 10 | No negation, removal, or hand-trap effect is printed on the card (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 60 | A Level 4 EARTH Machine without Tuner status fits generic Level 4 Xyz and Synchro requirements, and the body still exists when its effects are negated (inferred from text). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 55 | Two separate once-per-turn effects give repeated use across turns, but both trigger on summon or in the GY and can be stopped by generic on-summon negation (verified from text, inferred for the counter). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 72 | Single-copy use with no garnet or lock restriction, though the search and tribute targets require the Superheavy Samurai ecosystem (observed; text-verified). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Starter / Combo enabler + 0.3 Searcher / Tutor (Extender weight not blended; reflected in combo and resilience scoring). Intrinsic ≈ 62, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Included in all 244 sampled decks, with 100% co-deck rates for five Superheavy Samurai partners
- Summon trigger adds a card to hand by searching from the Extra Deck
- Second effect converts the card into a Special Summon of another body, keeping the line moving
- Level 4 EARTH Machine body fits generic material requirements
- One copy suffices; no garnet or lock restriction
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so board-level conversion is unverified
- 500 ATK and 1500 DEF give no board presence
- Both effects are once per turn each and are lost if negated
- The search and tribute targets require the Machine and EARTH Superheavy Samurai ecosystem
Counters / choke points
- Generic on-summon negation, such as Ash Blossom-type hand traps (inferred from text; not measured in evidence)
- Interruption of the Extra Deck Pendulum search by negating the Summon trigger (inferred from text)
Best use
Starter / Searcher engine enabler (Extra Deck Machine Pendulum search, plus tribute to Special Summon a 1500-or-less EARTH Machine). Decks: Superheavy Samurai. Suggested copies: 1.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summon trigger: add 1 face-up Machine Pendulum Monster from the Extra Deck to hand; Tribute effect: Special Summon 1 EARTH Machine with 1500 or less ATK from hand or GY, except this card, requires no Spell/Trap in GY; Each effect is once per turn; Average 1.01 copies per deck across 244 decks
- Observed: Present in 244 of 244 sampled decks; 150 in archetype 575; Top five Superheavy Samurai partners co-occur in 100% of decks; Distinct archetypes: 25, dominated by Superheavy Samurai
- Inferred: Accessibility rated high from the Summon search and deck inclusion; Material fit for generic Level 4 Xyz and Synchro requirements; Counter examples are generic on-summon negation, not from evidence
- 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 deck sample only no list of Machine Pendulum Monsters supplied to confirm search targets