Seventh Emperors Deck #617659 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 11 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck Xyz and Link boards (K9-X Werewolf, Super Starslayer TY-PHON, Number 38, Vallon) built from searched K9 and Seventh material; Mitsurugi Ritual Reptile beaters (Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi) that destroy the opponent's board on Special Summon
• Turn 1 (going first): Search with Seventh Tachyon or A Case for K9 and Normal Summon K9 Level 5 monsters without tribute, then Xyz into a K9 boss while holding Ash Blossom and Droll for interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Nibiru, Droll) for the opponent's first summon or search, then rebuild through K9 searchers
• Recovery: Recycle through the GY with K9-X Forced Release, K9-66b Lantern and Mitsurugi Ritual Special Summons, and Mulcharmy draw effects to refill the hand
• After siding: Not available: the Side Deck is empty, so no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal for TCG: it runs 3 copies of several Limited and Semi-Limited cards and includes four Forbidden cards (Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi, K9-04 Noroi, Called by the Grave, Saryuja Skull Dread), so it gets only a structural read capped at 25. The structural read (about 50) comes from searcher density (22 searcher-text cards, P(at least one searcher in 5 cards) ≈ 0.92), a 12-card hand-trap package (P(at least one in 6 cards going second) ≈ 0.78), and a 15-card Extra Deck with Xyz and Link boards that can close games. The score does not come from the popularity of the Seventh Emperors, K9, or Mitsurugi archetypes, and card scores were not averaged. Consistency is held back by the archetype-core probability (P ≈ 0.31 for at least one core card in an opening 5) and by sub-archetypes that split the engine across K9, Mitsurugi, and Mulcharmy. No combos, guides, tournament link, or Side Deck are supplied, so the floor, median, and post-side scores are Inferred or unavailable.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 80/20 primary/secondary. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 55, 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*50 + 0.20*40 - 12 = 36, then capped at 25 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.92 · 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

• Searcher density (22 cards) gives a high chance of a functional opening hand
• Twelve hand traps give strong going-second interaction
• Extra Deck is fully used with multiple Xyz and Link bosses that can reach 2,900–3,300 ATK

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: copy limits exceeded and four Forbidden cards are present
• Archetype core is thin (P ≈ 0.31 for at least one core card in 5) and the engine splits across sub-archetypes
• Empty Side Deck means no post-side adaptability

Critical choke points

• Seventh Tachyon and A Case for K9 as the only paths into the K9 Xyz boss
• Forbidden K9-04 Noroi and Ame no Habakiri removes key Normal Summon and Ritual lines

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 57 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; copy-limit and Forbidden violations listed; Card text for every card in the evidence pack; Extra Deck breakdown: 11 Xyz, 4 Link; Side Deck is empty
• Inferred: P(≥1 searcher in opening 5) ≈ 0.92; P(≥1 hand trap in 6 going second) ≈ 0.78; P(≥1 archetype core card in 5) ≈ 0.31; Going-first and going-second power estimates; Ceiling and median estimates from card text only
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (no tournament data)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inferences No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot records are absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Side Deck is empty, so post-side performance cannot be scored