Drytron Deck #102459 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 32/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Toolbox
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Tempo
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 8 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Drytron Ritual/Xyz board of Drytron 2000-ATK monsters and Drytron Meteonis Draconids (4000 ATK), converting through Drytron/Herald/Cyber Angel attackers; Link and Synchro beaters (Black Rose Dragon, Michael, Dyna Mondo, Knightmare Unicorn)
• Turn 1 (going first): Drytron Nova or Drytron Fafnir to search or Special Summon a Drytron, then Ritual or Xyz into a 2000-ATK Drytron; no recorded boards, so this is text-derived and Inferred
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 12 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Herald of Orange Light, Droll and Lock Bird) to interrupt the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Drytron searchers; Inferred
• Recovery: Drytron Gamma/Zeta/Alpha recursion from hand or GY and Drytron Mu Beta Fafnir Xyz for re-extension; Inferred from card text
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs 0 side cards, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens its Drytron core: P(at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand) is about 0.95, and P(at least one searcher-text card) is about 0.91 (Inferred). Its interaction package is broad, with 12 hand traps and about 0.79 odds of at least one going second, which supports the going-second and interruption scores. Those strengths are offset by a 30% exact-archetype purity across 16 sub-archetypes, 16 tech slots, and the rules problem: 8 cards exceed their legal copy limits and 5 are Forbidden in this format, so the list is Illegal and receives only a structural read capped low. No recorded boards, combos, or tournament results exist, so the ceiling and median scores are text-based inferences, not observed output. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points, and no card scores were averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 48.2, Going First ≈ 44, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); engine conflicts (-4). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*48.2 + 0.20*40 - 12 = 34.6, then capped to 32 by the Illegal legality rule (structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.95 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ — (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Core Drytron density: 24 copies of the archetype core give about 0.95 odds of a core card in the opening hand
• Broad interaction: 12 hand traps plus Herald negates and Lightning Storm give layered answers, strong going second
• High-ceiling end-board: Meteonis Draconids (4000 ATK) and multiple 2000-ATK Drytron attackers

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: 8 cards exceed legal copy limits and 5 are Forbidden in this format
• Low archetype purity (30%): the deck mixes 16 sub-archetypes and 16 tech cards, weakening the engine
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation
• No recorded boards, combos or tournament results to confirm the plan

Critical choke points

• Drytron Meteonis Draconids (1 copy) is the single top-end finisher, and the ritual route depends on Meteonis Drytron (2 copies)
• Forbidden or over-limit cards (Herald of the Arc Light, Anti-Spell Fragrance) sit inside the core interaction package and would be unplayable in a legal list

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0; within size rules; 8 copy-limit violations and 5 Forbidden cards in-format (legality block); Card stats and text for all 55 + 15 cards
• Inferred: Opening-hand odds from the hypergeometric table; Engine and interaction read from card text; Going-second hand-trap coverage (~0.79)
• Provisional: Meta and format fit (D13); no dated metagame sample or tournament link
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) exists in YGOVN Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied the deck has no side cards, so post-side performance cannot be assessed