WIND
7Windmill Genex
Archetype:
Genex
ATK:
2000
DEF:
1600
View:
3483
"Genex Controller" + 1 or more non-Tuner WIND monsters This card gains 300 ATK for each face-down Spell and Trap Card on the field. You can send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard to select and destroy 1 face-down Spell or Trap Card.
Windmill Genex — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 45 ± 8 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 47.6 · Deck: 42.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Removal / Negation · Secondary: Boss/End-board
Why it scores here
Windmill Genex is a Level 7 WIND Machine Synchro whose real value is a single removal effect: discard 1 card from hand to destroy 1 face-down Spell or Trap. That is a fair one-for-one trade that only hits set backrows, and the summon needs Genex Controller plus a non-Tuner WIND, which both deck samples already run. The 2000 ATK and the +300 ATK per face-down backrow earn little, since the rubric does not score ATK; the score stays in the mid-40s because the effect is conditional, costs a hand card, and the evidence is only two decks with no recorded boards.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 45 | Needs Genex Controller as the Tuner plus a non-Tuner WIND, and Genex Controller is in both sampled decks, but no recorded board shows it as a starter or searched card (inferred from deck co-occurrence). |
| Combo & Conversion | 35 | No combo boards exist for this card, so conversion is text-only: a Synchro body whose removal effect is a single destruction and does not build further board (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 45 | Discarding one hand card to destroy one face-down backrow is an even trade with no refuel or draw (verified from text). |
| Effect & Interaction | 50 | Destroys a face-down Spell or Trap on demand, which can hit set backrows, but it is conditional on those being face-down and costs a hand card (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 35 | Level 7 WIND Machine non-Tuner body is usable as Synchro material, but no combo or material-count evidence supports a strong material role (inferred). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | A single 2000 ATK body with a hand-cost effect is removed by a single destruction or negation, with no recursion or redundancy in the text (verified from text). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 50 | Typically one copy per deck (avg 1.5, max 2), uses one Synchro slot, and depends on Genex Controller, a mild restriction rather than a severe garnet (observed from decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: 0.7 Removal / Negation + 0.3 Boss / End-board. Intrinsic ≈ 47.6, Deck ≈ 42.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Destroys a face-down Spell or Trap on demand, which answers set backrows
- Summoned from a Genex base that is already present in both sampled decks
- Single-copy use keeps deckbuilding cost low
Weaknesses
- Removal only works on face-down Spells and Traps, so it misses open cards
- Costs a hand card, making it an even trade rather than card advantage
- A single destruction or negation removes the body and the effect
Counters / choke points
- Negating the summon or the Genex Controller Tuner stops the Synchro
- Opponents who keep backrows face-up avoid the removal
Best use
Removal / backrow answer in Genex decks. Decks: Genex.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Summon condition: Genex Controller plus one or more non-Tuner WIND monsters; Effect: discard 1 card from hand to destroy 1 face-down Spell or Trap; Archetype: Genex; 2 of 2 sampled decks run it, and both run Genex Controller
- Observed: Average copies per deck 1.5 (max 2) across 2 decks
- Inferred: Removal role is the card's real function, since no combos or guides confirm it; Material utility is modest; a Level 7 non-Tuner body only has a niche material role
- 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 deck sample is only 2 decks — deck synergy and resilience are low-confidence