EARTH
4Yellow Gadget
Archetype:
Gadget
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1200
View:
4421
When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Green Gadget" from your Deck to your hand.
Yellow Gadget — Power Evaluation
Final Score: 56 ± 6 · Confidence: Medium
- Intrinsic: 54.3 · Deck: 56.6 · Meta: provisional
- Primary role: Searcher/Tutor · Secondary: Material body
Why it scores here
Yellow Gadget is a Level 4 Machine that, when Normal or Special Summoned, adds one Green Gadget from the Deck to hand, so it converts its own summon into one searched card. Its deck evidence is strong: it runs in all 400 sampled decks at an average of 2.45 copies, and it co-occurs with Red Gadget (99.8%) and Green Gadget (99.2%), which confirms it is a practical, consistently played piece of the Gadget line. The score is held down by the absence of combo evidence, the single-target search with no interaction, and the fact that the search is lost if the summon trigger is negated; its 1200 ATK and 100% inclusion in the Gadget archetypes earned no points.
Axis scores
| Axis | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 68 | Runs 3 copies in 218 of 400 decks and sits with Red/Green Gadget in nearly every deck, so it is reliably live when summoned, but no combo starter/searched data was supplied to confirm its route (observed deck counts; route inferred from text). |
| Combo & Conversion | 40 | Text gives a one-card search for Green Gadget and no board-building effect; with zero combo examples, conversion is text-only inference (inferred). |
| Resource Economy | 60 | Its summon trigger returns one card (Green Gadget) while the body stays on the field, a small net gain with no repeated advantage or GY refuel in the text (verified text, inferred value). |
| Effect & Interaction | 5 | The card has no negation, removal, or disruption effect of any kind (verified from text). |
| Material Utility | 45 | A plain Level 4 Machine EARTH body is a generic material even if its trigger is negated, but no combo material counts were supplied (inferred from verified stats). |
| Resilience & Flexibility | 40 | The search is lost if the summon trigger is negated, and there is no second route or multi-zone effect in the text, offset only by the 2-3 copy redundancy in decks (verified text, observed copies). |
| Deck-Building Efficiency | 75 | No garnet or lock requirement, and it is a cheap 3-copy staple across Gadget decks with no restriction in text (verified text, observed decks). |
Calculation
Weight profile: Searcher/Tutor primary weights only; secondary Material body not blended because no combo evidence confirms it as a material piece. Intrinsic ≈ 54.3, Deck ≈ 56.6, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: none. Final formula: 0.40*Intrinsic + 0.60*Deck
Strengths
- Practical Gadget staple: in 400 of 400 sampled decks at 2.45 average copies (observed)
- Summon-triggered search for Green Gadget, the line's key partner card (verified text)
- Clean deckbuilding: no garnet or lock restriction and easy to run at 3 copies (verified text)
Weaknesses
- No combo evidence, so board conversion is unproven beyond one searched card (data gap)
- No interaction or negation at any level (verified text)
- Search is lost if the summon trigger is negated (verified text)
- Generic 1200 ATK Level 4 body adds little on its own (verified stats)
Counters / choke points
- Negating the summon trigger ends the search effect (verified text)
- Gadget-line access is shared with other searchers in the same decks (inferred from deck partner data)
Best use
Summon-triggered searcher for Green Gadget within the Gadget engine. Decks: Gadgets (566, gameplay 7), Gadgets (298, gameplay 4). Suggested copies: 3.
Evidence & gaps
- Verified: Effect: when Normal or Special Summoned, add 1 Green Gadget from Deck to hand (card text); Level 4, EARTH, Machine, 1200 ATK / 1200 DEF, Gadget archetype (card stats); Present in 400 of 400 sampled decks; avg 2.45 copies; 218 decks run 3 (deck evidence); Top partners: Red Gadget 99.8%, Green Gadget 99.2% (deck evidence); Usage statistics: 100% inclusion in two Gadget archetypes, typical 2 copies (usage statistics); Not a Top Card in any format (top_card_context)
- Observed: 85% of sampled decks are gameplay type 7 (deck evidence); Gadgets archetype accounts for 44.5% of sampled decks (deck evidence)
- Inferred: Primary role is Searcher/Tutor because the text is a summon-triggered search; Summon trigger yields a small net gain: one card searched while the body remains on the field; Generic Level 4 Machine body remains usable as material even if the trigger is negated; Intrinsic GenericUtility capped to 45 because the text names Green Gadget and the card functions in one home
- Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo conversion is text-only inference no guides supplied no banlist token — assumed 3 copies (unlimited) legal_copies empty for all formats no avg_starter_count_when_present (no combos) — DeckResilience inferred from copy redundancy