Noble Knights Deck #577106 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Combo
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro/Link/Fusion boards led by Infernoble Knight Emperor Charles, Ultimate Flame Swordsman and Amblowhale, reached through Noble Knight and Flame Swordsman searchers (text-based, Inferred); Equip-based pressure from Infernoble Arms and Noble Arms equips on FIRE Warriors (text-based, Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a FIRE Warrior starter (Fighting Flame Swordsman, Dark Flare Swordsman or Renaud), search an engine piece with Flame Swordsman or Noble Knight text, and convert to a Synchro or Link (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Effect Veiler or Infinite Impermanence to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through the searchers (Inferred)
• Recovery: Searchers and recursion from Heritage of the Chalice, Reinforcement of the Army and Flame Swordsman GY effects rebuild a starter after a hand trap or board wipe (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The list is Illegal: it runs three Forbidden cards (Called by the Grave x2, Isolde x2, Baronne de Fleur x1) and exceeds the copy limits on Ash Blossom and Maxx C, so it is scored as a theoretical, structural-only read and capped at 35. The structure is reasonable on paper: 16 searcher effects give roughly a 0.94 chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand, and eight hand traps plus 8 interaction-text cards support going second (all Inferred from the hypergeometric estimates and card text). Conversion is credible but unproven, since no recorded boards exist, so the Synchro and Link ceiling from Emperor Charles, Ultimate Flame Swordsman and Amblowhale is text-only. There is no side deck, which drags adaptability to the floor, and the archetype is split across Flame Swordsman, Noble Knight, K9, Salamandra and Skyblaster sub-engines, which weakens cohesion. The score comes from consistency and interaction on the system, not from Noble Knights being a popular archetype and not from averaging card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Balanced. Structural ≈ 50.5, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); no side deck (-3). Final formula: Illegal list: normal blend 0.80*50.5 + 0.20*40 - 11 modifiers = 37.4, capped to 35 as theoretical/structural-only (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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

• 16 searcher effects give high opening-hand access to an engine piece
• 8 hand traps and 12 negate-text cards give layered interaction on going second
• Strong Extra Deck closers: Emperor Charles, Ultimate Flame Swordsman, Amblowhale, Vallon

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: three Forbidden cards and two over-limit cards
• No side deck, so no adaptability
• Engine split across several sub-archetypes (K9, Skyblaster, Mulcharmy, Fleur, Salamandra)
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median cannot be verified

Critical choke points

• Fighting Flame Swordsman and Dark Flare Swordsman as the T1 starters (3 copies each)
• Every Synchro or Link line depends on Noble Knight or Flame Swordsman searchers surviving the opponent's hand traps

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 40, Extra 15, Side 0 for an OCG export; Ash Blossom 3 copies vs legal 2; Maxx C 2 vs legal 1; Called by the Grave, Isolde and Baronne de Fleur are Forbidden in the export; Emperor Charles 3000 ATK; Ultimate Flame Swordsman 2800 ATK; Amblowhale 2600 ATK
• Inferred: P(>=1 starter in 5) = 0.34 and searcher group P(>=1) = 0.94; Going-second interaction density from hand-trap and negate text; Text-only Synchro and Link ceiling
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no archetype usage statistics: core and meta-standard comparison unavailable no tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no side deck present, so post-side performance cannot be assessed