Destruction Sword Deck #641981 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 47 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck Synchro/Xyz/Fusion/Link boards (Chasma, Buster Blader the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman, Super Starslayer TY-PHON) that run through Buster Blader and Dragon Ruler starters; Destruction Sword recursion and Dragon Ruler chains that put Buster Dragon, Buster Blader and Dragon Ruler monsters on board from hand or GY
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Buster Whelp or Spectral search line, use the Destruction Sword / Dragon Ruler searchers to find the Buster Blader and Dragon Ruler starters, then build a Synchro or Fusion board. Theoretical only, because the list is illegal.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll, Infinite Impermanence) to slow the opponent's first play, then a Dragon Ruler or Buster Blader line that rebuilds from GY. Theoretical only.
• Recovery: Recursion through Buster Blader GY effects, Prologue of the Destruction Swordsman and Destruction Sword Memories (Fusion from GY), plus Dragon Ruler GY revival. Text-only inference.
• After siding: Not available. The Side Deck is empty (Side Deck size 0), so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck's structure is a Combo system built on Destruction Sword and Dragon Ruler starters that feed Buster Blader, Dragon Ruler and Extra Deck Synchro, Xyz, Fusion and Link boards. The archetype core is only partly present: 9 core copies give P(at least one in a 5-card opening hand) ≈ 0.67, and the searchers give a high chance of finding a starter. Interaction is dense (9 hand traps and 26 removal-text cards), but three of the hand traps are over the copy limit. The ceiling and median are not measured because there are no recorded boards, so those scores rest on card text alone. The deck is illegal (Triple Tactics Talent is Forbidden, Ash Blossom runs 3 copies against a limit of 2, and Droll runs 3 against a limit of 1), so it does not receive a normal Final Contextual score and is capped low. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: illegal_list_cap (-22); no Side Deck (0). Final formula: Illegal list: theoretical structural score only (Structural 52, capped to 30 by the Illegal status); Meta provisional

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.67 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.33 (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 (17 cards) makes Destruction Sword and Dragon Ruler starters reachable
• 9 hand traps plus 26 removal-text cards give broad interaction on paper
• Extra Deck covers Synchro, Xyz, Fusion and Link boards with real closing threats

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: Forbidden Triple Tactics Talent and two copy-limit overages
• Exact-archetype purity 29% (44 off-archetype copies) makes the engine loose
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation
• No recorded combo boards to measure ceiling or median

Critical choke points

• Dependence on the 9-copy Destruction Sword core for a consistent opening
• Single-copy Buster Blader Fusion and Extra Deck summon paths
• Over-limit Ash Blossom and Droll would have to be cut before the list is playable

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Triple Tactics Talent Forbidden (1 copy); Ash Blossom 3 copies vs limit 2; Droll 3 copies vs limit 1; Composition: 47 main, 15 extra, 0 side; exact-archetype purity 29%; Probabilities: archetype-core P(≥1 in hand5) ≈ 0.67; searcher-text P ≈ 0.91
• Inferred: Hand-trap and removal density read from card text; Consistency and brick estimates from hypergeometric draws and text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (no tournament link)
• 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 (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates) in YGOVN Side Deck is empty, so post-side plan cannot be scored Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied