Rokket Deck #648382 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Control
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon high-ATK Borrel bosses (Borrelsword Dragon, Borrelend Dragon) via Rokket engine; convert field advantage into lethal or grind advantage through recursion.; Bystial fusion-banish midrange payoff; Red-Eyes alternative win via Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon loops.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Rokket starter (Loader, Tracer, Quick Launch) into Trisborrel Dragon or Borrelsword Dragon, layering negation via Borrel Reboot and Dominus Impulse; end with 2-3 interaction pieces.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash, Droll & Lock) into Bystial banish-removals (Druiswurm, Magnamhut, Baldrake); board-break via Borrelsword or Borrelend recursion; pivot into Synchro lines via Draco Berserker if board is clear.
• Recovery: Recursion via Rokket and Borrel GY effects; Bystial banish mill; Red-Eyes loops from Wyverburster/Collapserpent handtraps to regrind resources.
• After siding: No side deck supplied (0 cards); post-side plan is theoretical. Likely: anti-meta floodgates (Koa'ki Meiru Drago effect negation, Anti-Spell Fragrance to slow spell decks).

Why it scores here

This Rokket-based Link combo deck reliably opens a starter (P≈0.78 searcher live) into a functional Borrel board with 2-3 interaction pieces (negation or removal). The median combo output is solid but not exceptional; 11 distinct Extra Deck targets support flex play and going-second pivots. However, the deck suffers from a 55-card main (above the 40 minimum), inconsistent brick hands when all starters are drawn together, missing 21 of 25 core cards per usage stats, and zero side deck coverage. The archetype deviates significantly from modern Rokket builds, mixing in outdated Bystial lines and Red-Eyes loops that dilute engine cohesion. Going-first resilience is moderate (Dominus Impulse + hand traps handle disruption but no secondary independent lines), and going-second power relies on Bystial removal rather than a cohesive board-breaker plan. The deck is playable but below-threshold for the current format.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 62, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: 55-card main deck bloat (-2); Missing 21/25 core cards per archetype stats (-3); No side deck (0 cards) (-4); Engine dilution (Bystial/Red-Eyes splice) (-2); Solid Extra Deck coverage (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (62) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (52) + Modifiers = 59.2 ≈ 58 (Meta provisional, no dated metagame sample supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.78 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.15 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Consistent Rokket starter access (P≈0.78) via Loader, Tracer, Quick Launch, and searchable payoffs.
• High interaction density: 13 negation cards + 22 removal cards + 5 hand traps enable defensive pressure.
• Extra Deck flexibility: 15 distinct cards (11 Links, 2 Synchro, 2 Fusion) support going-first and going-second pivots.
• Bystial banish-mill adds utility for resource regrind and graveyard setup.
• Borrel bosses (Borrelsword, Borrelend, Trisborrel) are high-ATK, layered interaction pieces with float effects.
• Legal list with no copy violations or banlist conflicts.

Weaknesses

• 55-card main deck creates variance and increases brick-hand frequency; dilutes core consistency.
• Missing 21 of 25 archetype core cards per usage stats (Evenly Matched, Chaos Angel, modern Borrel lineup, hand trap suite); significant deviation from proven builds.
• No side deck (0 cards); cannot adapt to metagame in best-of-3 format; D12 = 0.
• Trisborrel is a choke point: most plays funnel through this Link; disruption forces reliance on Bystial or Red-Eyes backup, which are slower.
• Red-Eyes and Bystial splices dilute engine cohesion; Red-Eyes loops require Wyverburster/Collapserpent GY setup (not guaranteed early).
• Limited non-engine spell removal (Harpie's Feather Duster ×1 Limited, Chaos Space ×1 Limited); vulnerable to backrow-heavy decks.
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia require specific board states (no cards) to activate; conditionally dead in grind scenarios.
• Going-second board-break plan relies on hand traps + Bystial removal; limited hard board wipes or aggressive pivots.

Critical choke points

• Trisborrel Dragon: Opening this Link is the primary T1 path; negate or remove it pre-activation, and the deck pivots to slower Bystial/Red-Eyes lines.
• Quick Launch self-destruction: Activating it locks Extra Deck to DARK monsters for the turn; missequencing can brick follow-up lines.
• Bystial banish targets: Druiswurm, Magnamhut, Baldrake require LIGHT/DARK monsters in GY to Special Summon; no targets = dead hand.
• 55-card main deck bloat: Drawing multiple starters or Level 7-10 dragons in opening hand is a hard brick; no recovery path.
• No side deck: Post-side play is hypothetical; cannot answer meta threats or metagame hate in G2-G3.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Legal (no copy violations, no banlist breaches).; Card count: 55 main + 15 extra + 0 side (resolved from legality JSON).; Role tags and text hints for each card (from cards array).; Archetype composition: 17 exact Rokket names, 10 Borrel, 4 Bystial, 5 Red-Eyes, 24 off-archetype (from composition.archetype_spread).; Extra Deck breakdown: 11 Link, 2 Synchro, 2 Fusion (from composition.extra_deck_breakdown).
• Observed: Archetype usage stats available: 16% core present (4/25 core cards in deck per usage_statistics).; Copy histogram: 20 singles, 4 doubles, 9 triples (from composition.copy_histogram).
• Inferred: D1 consistency: P(≥1 searcher in hand 5) ≈ 0.78; Rokket starter core = {Loader, Tracer, Quick Launch} = 5 copies from probabilities.searcher_text_group.; D2 brick rate: ~15% estimated from 55-card main, 9 Level 7-10 dragons competing for Normal Summon, and Mulcharmy conditional activation.; D3 combo ceiling: Trisborrel → search heavy spell/trap → Borrelsword Dragon (3000 ATK, double attack) + Borrel Reboot/Dominus Impulse interaction ≈ PowerIndex 72.; D4 median output: Trisborrel + one Bystial removal + Borrel Reboot negation ≈ PowerIndex 58.; D5 resilience: 9 starter diversity (Loader, Tracer, Quick Launch, Absorouter, Bystial Druiswurm/Magnamhut/Baldrake, Wyverburster/Collapserpent) support modest recovery post-disruption; single-point reliance on Trisborrel limits alternative routes.; D6 grind: Borrel float GY effects, Bystial banish-mill, Red-Eyes Wyverburster loops; net advantage moderate due to hand-size overhead from 55-card deck.; D7 interaction: 13 negation + 3 Borrel Reboot + 5 hand traps + 22 removal cards = strong but fragile (Trisborrel vulnerable to Kaiju).; D8 going-second: 5 hand traps + Bystial removal engine + Borrelend recursion enable board-break; no dedicated board-wipe or mass spell removal.; D9 offensive: Borrelsword (6000 swing over 2 attacks) + Borrelend (3500 multi-attack); grind-dependent, no burn/piercing payoff.; D10 efficiency: 55-card main (15 over minimum) with only 33 distinct cards; high brick variance despite high ratios.; D11 flexibility: 15 distinct Extra Deck slots, all used; high coverage, but Trisborrel-dependent first Link.; D13 format fit: No metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share unknown; deviation from core build (missing 21/25 cards) suggests off-meta positioning.
• Provisional: Meta Power: No dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share and pilot match records absent (tournament_context.available = false).; D13 matchup coverage: Format alignment is speculative without metagame data.; Post-side performance (D12): No side deck supplied; best-of-3 plan is theoretical.
• Data gaps: No combos supplied in combos_evidence: combo floor/median/ceiling are inferred from card text and role tags only. No tournament link: archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, and dated metagame context absent; Meta Power cannot be computed. No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN: going-first/second match rates, matchup-specific win rates, brick/starter/OTK frequencies are unknown and cannot be verified. No side deck supplied (0 cards): D12 = 0 by definition; post-side plan is theoretical. No explicit combo examples or boards: PowerIndex values inferred from text-role-hints and interaction density tags, not from real recorded lines.