Phantom Beast (Chimera) Deck #453792 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Phantom Beast (Chimera) — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 57/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Fusion-based engine, Hand-trap disruption, Control
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon layered boards with Chimera/Azamina engines to generate interaction and defensive value; Hand-trap-first disruption into mid-game grind via Sinful Spoils recursion and resource advantage
• Turn 1 (going first): Search Chimera Fusion, Fusion Summon 1-2 monsters (Chimera King or Guardian Chimera), set Infinite Impermanence and disruption traps, hold hand traps for opponent's turn
• Turn 2 (going second): Mulligan for hand traps (93% probability of ≥1); break opponent's board with hand-trap chain + Fusion-based removal (Chimera effects); Fusion Summon as tempo and interactive play
• Recovery: Sinful Spoils cycling from GY (WANTED banish → draw, Deception tribute → add Azamina); recursion via Azamina Moa Regina GY Special Summon; multiple independent searcher paths if first is interrupted
• After siding: No side deck provided (0 cards); deck is locked into main configuration for games 2-3 in best-of-3 format

Why it scores here

This Chimera-Azamina-Sinful Spoils hybrid is a well-constructed midrange control deck that opens 97% of hands with a searcher (19 searchers in 41 cards), enabling reliable Fusion engine access and resource cycling. The deck generates moderate interactive value through hand-trap density (14 in-deck interruptions, 93% going-second probability of ≥1), Fusion monster effects (Chimera King's send, Guardian Chimera's draw, Azamina Moa Regina's destruction), and Infinite Impermanence set plays. However, with zero side-deck cards, the deck cannot adapt post-game in best-of-3 formats, and the absence of combo boards means ceiling/floor/median outputs are inferred from card text rather than observed pilot performance. The deck's middle-ground positioning—neither a combo deck with extended lines nor a pure control deck with floodgates—yields solid structural consistency but limits both explosive ceiling and defensive floor.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 68, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 53, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 63. Modifiers: No side deck (-8); No combo telemetry (-2); High hand-trap density (-1); Coherent hybrid engine (1). Final formula: 0.80·Structural(68) + 0.20·TournamentReliability(63) − 10 context = 67 − 10 = 57 (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.12 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Exceptional searcher density (19 in 41, 96.5% opening consistency) ensures near-guaranteed engine access
• Outstanding going-second hand-trap probability (93.4% of ≥1 in opening 6), enabling reactive disruption
• Multiple independent searcher paths (Gazelle, Nightmare Apprentice, Cornfield Coatl, Big-Winged Berfomet) provide redundancy after first-line interruption
• Sinful Spoils recursion (WANTED banish→draw, Deception tribute→search, Morrian set from GY) enables resource regeneration and mid-game grinding
• Fusion monsters with quality interaction (Chimera King removal, Guardian Chimera draw + destruction, Azamina Moa Regina GY recovery + removal)
• Tight 41-card main with high density of 3-copy cards ensures critical pieces are consistently live
• Chimera Fusion is Quick-Play (can activate in response to disruption), adding tempo flexibility

Weaknesses

• Zero side deck (0 cards) — cannot adapt post-game in best-of-3 format; critical competitive flaw
• No combo board data — ceiling/floor/median outputs are inferred from text, creating high uncertainty on actual board quality
• 14 hand traps in 41 cards (34%) means significant T1 brick risk; hand-traps are dead draws when going first before opponent acts
• High resource cost per board (2–3 monsters per Fusion Summon); limited grind sustainability if gamestate extends
• Primary interaction relies on hand traps (QE activation) and set traps (Impermanence); lacks proactive layering or floodgate denial
• Lacks generic board-wipes (no Lightning Storm, Raigeki, or card-agnostic removal), limiting going-second flexibility against unfamiliar boards
• No established combo lines — pilot must improvise every turn, raising variance and error risk
• Mistitled archetype (0% exact Phantom Beast purity) creates labeling confusion despite coherent hybrid construction

Critical choke points

• Searcher denial (Ash on Gazelle or WANTED → first-line disruption; multiple starters mitigate but not eliminate risk)
• Chimera Fusion negation (Infinite Impermanence on Chimera Fusion activation → stalled T1 board; limited recovery if no backup line)
• Empty side deck forces main-deck deck-building compromise (forced to run narrow utility 1-ofs instead of flex slots)
• Hand-trap flood T1 (5 cards drawn with 3+ hand traps + no searcher = unplayable hand)
• Fusion material depletion mid-game (if main combo line burns too many monsters T1, mid-game Fusion Summons cost resources faster than Sinful Spoils can replenish)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal (TCG format, all cards within limits, Called by the Grave Limited 1-copy rule satisfied); Card composition: 41 main, 9 extra, 0 side confirmed; Card text: All cards resolved from database (Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom, Chimera Fusion, etc.); Banlist status: Called by the Grave is Limited (running 1 legal copy); Copy histogram: 7 at 1-copy, 5 at 2-copy, 8 at 3-copy verified; Archetype purity: 0% exact Phantom Beast (Chimera) naming confirmed
• Observed: Type/attribute/race spread verified from composition data; Extra Deck breakdown: 7 Fusion, 1 Synchro, 1 Link confirmed; Role tag counts: 14 hand traps, 19 searchers, 0 floodgates verified from text hints
• Inferred: Engine consistency: P(≥1 searcher in hand 5) ≈ 0.9649 via hypergeometric (19 searchers in 41 main); Going-second probability: P(≥1 hand trap in hand 6) ≈ 0.9342 via hypergeometric (14 hand traps in 41 main); Brick rate: Estimated 10–15% (hands with 3+ hand traps and no starters); no empirical data; Combo ceiling/floor/median: Inferred from card text (Chimera King 2100, Guardian Chimera 3300 ATK) due to 0 scored boards; Interruption resilience: Multiple independent searcher paths provide redundancy (Gazelle, Nightmare Apprentice, Coatl, Berfomet); inferred from text; Resource economy: Fusion Summons cost 2–3 monsters; Sinful Spoils cycling provides neutral flow; inferred from effect text and cost analysis; Going-first power: Estimated 60 from starter reliability + end-board interaction + hand traps; inferred; Going-second power: Estimated 53 from hand-trap density + removal power − board-wipe gaps; inferred; Pilotability: Moderate complexity (multiple searcher paths, hand-trap timing); no set combo lines increase variance; inferred from structure
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample provided); archetype meta-share unavailable; matchup coverage unknown; Matchup coverage & format fit (D13): No tournament context; ranked 50 (default middle) pending meta sample
• Data gaps: No combo boards supplied — zero scored boards means ceiling/floor/median outputs are text-only inferences (Major gap) No archetype usage statistics — cannot compare deck's core build vs. meta-standard Chimera/Azamina core composition No tournament link — no archetype meta-share % or per-pilot match records; format fit is provisional No win-rate telemetry — no going-first/second win rates, matchup win rates, brick rates, or OTK rates exist in YGOVN for this deck No side deck (0 cards) — cannot evaluate post-game adaptability; best-of-3 performance is unknown Deck title is null — labeled by archetype only; no player commentary or intended strategy note available