DARK
4Time Thief Adjuster
Archetype:
Time Thief
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1800
View:
3528
If you Normal or Special Summon a "Time Thief" monster(s), except "Time Thief Adjuster" (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Time Thief" card from your Deck to the GY, except "Time Thief Adjuster". You can only use 1 "Time Thief Adjuster" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
Time Thief Adjuster — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 53 · Deck: 58.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Extender · Secondary: Combo enabler, Material body
Why it scores here
Time Thief Adjuster scores on what it converts: a Level 4 DARK body that can come out of hand whenever a Time Thief monster is summoned, and that sends a Time Thief from the Deck to the GY. Its 1200 ATK and 1800 DEF earn nothing. Its 100% appearance across the 4 recorded boards and the archetype's 400-deck sample support a real role in the line, but the combo roles are thin (no starter or payoff tags, 25% as material), so the score stays in the mid-50s. Its restriction to the Time Thief shell is the main drag, and its single-effect-per-turn limit and zero interaction cap the score.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 62 | Hand-summonable only after a Time Thief summon, but 400 of 400 sampled decks run it and it is in all 4 recorded boards (observed; hand-summon condition from text, verified). |
| Combo & Conversion | 62 | Appears in 4 of 4 combos with average power index 88, yet combo role arrays are empty, so its contribution is unclear (observed; contribution is inference). |
| Resource Economy | 55 | Deck-to-GY send of a Time Thief is a fuel effect, not card advantage; the hand summon adds a body without spending a card (verified text; net advantage of 4 in boards is observed but not attributable to this card). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | No negation, removal or hand-trap reach; the text has no opponent interaction (verified). |
| Material Utility | 65 | Level 4 DARK Psychic body used as Rank 4 Xyz material in 25% of its combo appearances, and the body stays usable as material when its effect is negated (observed; Rank 4 link from guide text, inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Two effects on separate triggers, but both are shut off by a single negation, and only one of them may be used per turn (verified text; single-negation reading is inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | Run at 1 to 3 copies (avg 2.36) with no garnet or lock, but it is dead outside a Time Thief shell, so it occupies a slot that only pays off in one archetype (observed distribution; restriction is verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Extender + 0.3 Starter/Combo enabler. Intrinsic ≈ 53, Deck ≈ 58.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Single-archetype restriction (-3). Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Hand-summons off any Time Thief summon, adding a body to a line that already runs 3 copies in most decks
- Sends a Time Thief from the Deck to the GY, feeding the archetype's graveyard
- Level 4 DARK body that stays usable as Xyz material even when its effect is negated
- Present in 100% of the sampled decks and all 4 recorded combos
Weaknesses
- Zero opponent interaction
- Needs a Time Thief summon before its hand effect is available
- Outside a Time Thief shell it is a 1200 ATK body with no function
- Only one Time Thief Adjuster effect may be used per turn
Counters / choke points
- Negating its effects removes the hand summon and the GY send, leaving only the body
- Disrupting the Time Thief summon that triggers the hand effect
Best use
Extender. Decks: Time Thief (archetype 644, 163 of 400 decks), Time Thief (archetype 296), Time Thief (archetype 1847).
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Hand Special Summon condition: when a Time Thief monster (other than this card) is Normal or Special Summoned, except during the Damage Step; On-summon effect: send 1 Time Thief from the Deck to the GY, except this card; Once per turn, one Time Thief Adjuster effect only; Level 4 DARK Psychic Effect Monster, 1200 ATK / 1800 DEF
- Observed: Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks, average 2.36 copies (238 decks at 3 copies); Appears in 4 of 4 recorded combos, average power index 88; Inclusion 100% across the Time Thief usage-statistics archetypes
- Inferred: Deck-to-GY send feeds the archetype's graveyard rather than generating card advantage; Negating the effect leaves the body as material; Rank 4 Xyz use from guide text
- Data gaps: No banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) Combo examples have empty combo role arrays, so the starter, payoff and material breakdown is thin No meta sample supplied; meta power left null No top-card ranking for this card