Gaia Deck #448951 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 28/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Fusion (Polymerization engine)
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 52 / Extra 18 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon a large Fusion Monster (Dark Magicians, Red-Eyes Slash Dragon, Gilti-Gearfried, Dark Paladin) from Polymerization-type effects, then close with ATK 2500-2900 bodies; Dark Magician and Eyes Restrict board presence via Spellcaster-linked effects (Magician's Left/Right Hand, Dark Sacrifice, Millennium-Eyes Illusionist)
• Turn 1 (going first): Search Polymerization or a Fusion-enabler (Fusion Recycling Plant, Fusion Recovery, Kaitoptera, King of the Swamp), Fusion Summon one Extra Deck monster, and keep Spellcaster negation up
• Turn 2 (going second): Fusion Duplication or Super Polymerization in response to a board, followed by a Fusion Monster with negation or removal text
• Recovery: Recur Polymerization from the GY via Fusion Recycling Plant or Fusion Recovery, then rebuild a single Fusion Summon
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no side deck (0 cards), so no post-side plan exists

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: Polymerization-type searchers (10 searcher-text cards, about 67% to hit at least one in an opening 5) give a plausible first Fusion Summon, but a 52-card singleton Main Deck with 27 level-0 spells makes most openings dead. The median output is unrecorded (no boards in the export), so floor and median are text-only inferences. Interaction is broad (about 14 removal-text and 5 negation-text cards, including Magician's Left/Right Hand and Dark Sacrifice) and earns credit on D7. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points; the usage stats show only 2 of 25 core cards present, and card scores were not averaged. The list is Illegal (Magicians' Souls is Forbidden and the Extra Deck has 18 cards against a limit of 15), so it receives a capped, structural-only score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 43, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 38, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 30. Modifiers: Illegal list (banned card and Extra Deck overflow) (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*43 + 0.20*30 - 12 ≈ 28 (Illegal cap applied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.1 · 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

• Broad interaction: about 14 removal-text and 5 negation-text cards
• Searcher density (10 cards) gives a reasonable chance of a Fusion starter
• Strong Dark Magician-family Fusion bosses at ATK 2500-2900

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Magicians' Souls is Forbidden and the Extra Deck runs 18 against a limit of 15
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation
• High dead-card rate from 27 level-0 spells and singleton Fusion enablers

Critical choke points

• Polymerization or a Fusion-enabler must be drawn to make a Fusion Summon at all
• A single Fusion Summon with no redundant starter after one disruption

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Magicians' Souls is Forbidden and run 1 copy; Extra Deck is 18 against a limit of 15; Composition: 52 Main singletons, 0 side cards, 27 level-0 cards, 14 removal-text and 5 negation-text cards
• Inferred: P(at least 1 starter in opening 5) ≈ 0.67 for searcher text, from hypergeometric estimate; Going-first and going-second scores are structural estimates from text and composition
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit: 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 exists in YGOVN for this deck No side deck, so post-side performance is unscorable Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied