Gizmek Deck #618140 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 29/100 (±6 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Toolbox
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Blind-Second/OTK
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 6 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Gizmek Orochi and Extra Deck boss monsters (Super Starslayer TY-PHON, Predaplant Triphyoverutum, Starving Venom) converting board presence into attacks, with Gren Maju Da Eiza scaling off banished cards; Hand-trap and negation-driven interaction stalling the opponent until the Extra Deck boss takes over
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Gizmek Orochi or a self-contained banish-based starter, then use Thunder King Rai-Oh and Forbidden Crown or Pot of Desires to build board and banish fuel. Text-only inference, no recorded boards
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand to hold up Ash Blossom, Droll and Maxx C style hand traps and Solemn Judgment, then go through a boss from the Extra Deck once the opponent commits to the board
• Recovery: Recover from a disrupted opening through Pot of Desires and Eater of Millions banish fuel, then rebuild with Gizmek Orochi from the Graveyard
• After siding: No side deck (0 cards). Post-side plan is not available

Why it scores here

The list cannot be scored as a normal legal deck: it carries six copy-limit violations, including two Forbidden cards (Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo and Albion the Branded Dragon), so the score is capped low and labelled theoretical/structural-only. Structurally the 56-card main is a Toolbox-style build with 9 hand traps, 22 negation-text and 27 removal-text cards, which gives it real interaction density (D7). Gizmek Orochi is a full core of 3 copies, and the archetype core group gives about 0.87 probability of at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand, but the deck is 0-level-heavy with 33 zero-level main cards and 29 distinct main-deck cards, which dilutes its starter reliability. There are no recorded combos, no tournament link and no side deck, so the combo floor, median and ceiling are inferred from card text alone; popularity of the Gizmek archetype did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 43, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 41.4, then Illegal-deck handling applies a -12 banlist/legality modifier to 29; theoretical/structural-only

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

• Broad interaction: 9 hand traps, 22 negation-text and 27 removal-text cards
• Core Gizmek Orochi and Gren Maju at 3 copies each give consistent access to the archetype core
• Extra Deck bosses with high ATK provide closing power

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: six copy-limit or Forbidden violations
• Zero-level dilution (33 of 56 main cards) and 23 tech cards weaken engine consistency
• No side deck
• No recorded boards, so combo conversion cannot be verified

Critical choke points

• Gizmek Orochi as the main engine piece (3 copies, P(>=1 in 5-card hand) ~0.25 alone)
• Extra Deck access, since the illegal Albion and Pachycephalo slots would need replacing

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Illegal: 6 copy-limit or Forbidden violations; Main 56 and Extra 15 are within size rules; side 0; Card stats and banlist status from the evidence pack; Archetype core copies 18 and inclusion data from usage statistics
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter and brick estimates; Consistency and interaction density read from card text; Going-first and going-second plans from text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no 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 record absent No win-rate telemetry; going-first, going-second and matchup rates unknown No side deck; post-side plan cannot be evaluated Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied