Paleozoics Deck #56734 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 22/100 (±12 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Control
• Secondary strategies: none
• Format: duel-links

Legality

Main 20 / Extra 8 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Control the board with Paleozoic trap monsters and deny opponent actions; Limited board breaking via Knightmare Phoenix effects (illegal copy present)
• Turn 1 (going first): Set up multiple Paleozoic Traps, summon a Swap Frog or Ronintoadin, and use Crackdown to capture an opponent monster for early control
• Turn 2 (going second): Use six‑card hand to activate Warning Point on opponent summons, then flip or special‑summon Paleozoic monsters from the graveyard to establish a defensive barrier
• Recovery: Draw with Paleozoic Pikaia and recycle traps via their graveyard effects; use Ronintoadin self‑summon to refill monster zones
• After siding: No side deck present; the list relies on the main deck alone

Why it scores here

The deck opens with a heavy concentration of Paleozoic traps, but it lacks the core engine cards (Opabinia, Leanchoilia, etc.) that normally make the archetype reliable, leading to frequent brick hands. Its control tools (Warning Point, Crackdown) give it some interaction, yet the absence of solid finishers and the illegal Knightmare Mermaid keep offensive pressure low. Resource recovery relies on Pikaia draws and self‑summoning monsters, which are inconsistent in Duel Links. Overall the system is fragile, poorly compact, and unable to consistently convert early plays into a decisive board, resulting in a low contextual power score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Control. Structural ≈ 35.35, Going First ≈ 30, Going Second ≈ 32, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 30. Modifiers: Illegal card presence (-10); Missing core engine cards (-5). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.87 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.13 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Multiple Paleozoic trap lines provide some redundancy
• Warning Point offers turn‑one monster negation
• Crackdown can seize opponent monsters for control

Weaknesses

• Missing core engine cards makes the combo unreliable
• Heavy trap garnet (75% of main deck) raises brick probability
• No side deck for matchup adaptation
• Illegal Knightmare Mermaid blocks legality

Critical choke points

• Absence of Paleozoic Opabinia prevents easy trap‑monster search
• Reliance on drawing Pikaia for hand advantage

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: legality status and copy limits; side deck count = 0
• Inferred: engine accessibility from core trap probability; brick estimate from trap density; combo ceiling/floor from absence of boards; resource economy from trap recycling text; interaction quality from listed trap effects; going‑second board‑break potential from hand size; offensive closing power from monster ATK values; main deck efficiency from composition ratios; extra deck efficiency from slot usage; pilotability from complexity of trap chain
• Provisional: matchup format fit due to missing tournament data
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per‑pilot match record absent no win‑rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied