FIRE
3Volcanic Trooper
Archetype:
Volcanic
ATK:
1000
DEF:
1000
View:
3322
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Volcanic" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Volcanic Trooper". You can discard 1 card; Special Summon 1 "Bomb Token" (Pyro/FIRE/Level 1/ATK 1000/DEF 1000) to your opponent's field. Each time 1 is destroyed, its controller takes 500 damage. You can only use each effect of "Volcanic Trooper" once per turn.
Volcanic Trooper — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 61 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 59 · Deck: 62 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Utility
Why it scores here
Volcanic Trooper's value is its on-summon search: a Normal or Special Summon adds one other Volcanic card from the Deck to hand, which converts a single body into a second live card. The Bomb Token effect is a secondary, discard-costed play that gives the opponent a 1000 ATK body, so it adds little to the score. The 1000 ATK and Level 3 Pyro body earn only modest points, and the high deck inclusion (3 copies in 397 of 400 decks) confirms it is a dependable staple rather than adding extra power. Without recorded combo data, the combo conversion score rests on text inference.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 65 | Runs 3 copies in 397 of 400 decks and is a plain Level 3 body that is live in hand, with no searcher needed to reach it (observed; the search it provides is inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 45 | No combo boards are recorded, so the one-card-into-search plus opponent-token line is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | The on-summon search is a net +1 card, offset by the optional discard cost of the Bomb Token effect, which is roughly even overall (verified text; inferred balance). |
| Effect & Interaction | 35 | The Bomb Token it gives the opponent is a soft deterrent that punishes destruction for 500 damage, not real removal or negation (verified text; inferred weight). |
| Material Utility | 50 | A Level 3 Pyro FIRE body is a usable material, and it stays a body if its effects are negated (verified text; inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | Both effects are once per turn each and the search trigger is shut off by a single negate, so it survives poorly to interaction (verified text; inferred). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 85 | Three copies in nearly every deck with no garnet, lock or brick risk, since the search excludes itself but has many Volcanic targets (observed; verified text). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Searcher/Tutor + 0.3 Utility. Intrinsic ≈ 59, Deck ≈ 62, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Searches another Volcanic card on Normal or Special Summon, so one body becomes two cards
- Present in 397 of 400 recent decks at 3 copies, with no garnet or lock cost
- Level 3 Pyro body that stays useful as material even when its effects are negated
Weaknesses
- The search only pays off inside a Volcanic deck (the 1000 ATK body does little on its own)
- A single negate on the summon trigger shuts off the search
- Bomb Token effect gives the opponent a 1000 ATK body and costs a card to use
Counters / choke points
- Hand traps or negates that respond to the on-summon search trigger (inferred from text; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is a common partner in these decks, not a recorded counter)
Best use
Searcher/Tutor (Volcanic). Decks: Volcanic (archetype 900), Volcanic Emperor-based Volcanic builds. Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Normal or Special Summon adds 1 Volcanic card from the Deck to hand, except itself (card text); Discard 1 card to Special Summon a Bomb Token to the opponent's field; the Bomb Token's destruction deals 500 damage to its controller (card text); Each effect is once per turn (card text); Level 3 Pyro FIRE, 1000 ATK / 1000 DEF (card data)
- Observed: Runs 3 copies in 397 of 400 recent decks (decks_evidence); 14 distinct archetype IDs, with Volcanic (900) at 43% of decks and Snake-Eyes, Diabellstar and Charmer as other homes (decks_evidence); Top partners (Volcanic Emperor, Volcanic Rimfire, Blaze Accelerator) appear in 99-100% of decks (decks_evidence); Included in 57% of Volcanic gameplay type 7 stats and 100% of gameplay type 4 Volcanic stats (usage_statistics)
- Inferred: The search is a net +1 card, offset by the optional discard cost of the Bomb Token effect; The on-summon trigger is the card's main tool, and a single negate shuts it off; Searching from the Deck makes it an accessibility and consistency piece rather than a board-control card; Its three copies are a deck-building staple rather than a power signal (guardrail 3)
- Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo conversion is text-only inference no banlist token; assumed 3 copies (unlimited) archetype name 'Volcanic' appears under three archetype IDs (900, 1376, 1387); treated as one home family no rulings or interaction data for negation timing