Superheavy Samurai Deck #623264 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Pendulum-chained Vaylantz boards into Fusion, Link or Xyz boss monsters at 2800-3000 ATK (Arktos XII, Genesis Grand Duke, AA-ZEUS, Unchained Abomination); Synchro and Link beaters via Dracoslayer and Endymion access, with Pendulum Zone extension
• Turn 1 (going first): Pendulum Summon Vaylantz monsters from the Pendulum Zone and search a Vaylantz Field Spell or Pendulum monster, then build a Link or Xyz board (Inferred from text)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Maxx C and Nibiru as hand interaction to protect the first summon, then continue into the Pendulum engine (Inferred)
• Recovery: Search through Shinonome, Mad Marquess and Wakaushi, and use Gallant Granite or Majesty Pegasus to rebuild the Pendulum Zone (Inferred)
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan; the deck cannot adapt between games

Why it scores here

This list cannot receive a normal score because it is Illegal in OCG: three Forbidden cards are run (Called by the Grave, Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo, Baronne de Fleur) and the Extra Deck holds 16 cards against a maximum of 15. The structural read is that the Vaylantz Pendulum engine can usually reach a searcher (about 0.70 chance of at least one searcher-text card in an opening 5, Inferred), but the core archetype cards are thin (2 copies of Buster Baron and Nazuki, about 0.18 chance to open one, Inferred). Conversion is strong on paper because the Extra Deck carries several 2800-3000 ATK bosses, and it has real interaction through 4 hand traps and about 19 removal-text cards. Median output and matchup fit are unmeasured because there are no recorded boards, no tournament data and no side deck, and the score is not the average of card scores or popularity. The 30 reflects the structural read capped for illegality, not a normal final score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 49, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-10); extra_deck_oversize (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional), then capped low because the list is Illegal (0.80*49 + 0.20*40 = 47.2, modifiers -12, illegal cap to 30)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.7 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.18 · 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

• Dense searcher text (11 cards) and Pendulum Summon access
• Four hand traps plus Maxx C and Nibiru for going-second interaction
• High-ATK Extra Deck bosses (Arktos XII, Genesis Grand Duke, AA-ZEUS, Unchained Abomination)

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: three Forbidden cards and Extra Deck oversize
• Core archetype is thin: Superheavy Samurai is 3 copies, exact-name purity 4.3%
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation
• No combo data, no tournament data, so the ceiling and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Pendulum Zone scale setup depends on the Pendulum monsters being on field
• Forbidden cards are not legal, so the list must be rebuilt before any real evaluation

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 3 Forbidden cards run; Extra Deck 16 vs 15 maximum; Card text for the Vaylantz, Dracoslayer and Ash Blossom effects; Copy histogram and archetype purity (4.3%)
• Inferred: Opening-hand access to searchers and core cards; Going-second interaction and recovery plan from hand traps and Pendulum search
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no side deck registered no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN; going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied