Tearlaments Deck #650604 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 32/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 49 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz-based fusion loops and board presence via Gunkan Suship engine with Tearlaments fusion support; Adventurer Token token engine for negation and disruption
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish Gunkan Suship Xyz board (Shirauo-class Carrier or Ikura-class Dreadnought) with Tearlaments fusion material setup; layer interaction via Adventurer Token and hand traps
• Turn 2 (going second): Break opponent board with Harpie's Feather Duster, Lava Golem, or board-wipe effects; use Gunkan engine to extend after disruption
• Recovery: Tearlaments mill effects trigger fusion recursion; Gunkan Xyz materials enable draw and search via Uni and Shirauo recursion loops
• After siding: Unable to assess — no side deck provided (0 cards); theoretical Tearlaments plays only

Why it scores here

This deck is unplayable in TCG format due to two Forbidden cards (Maxx "C" and Spright Elf). Setting legality aside for structural analysis: the core Gunkan Suship engine (6 copies of Shari variants, Uni, Ikura, Shirauo) provides a Level 4/5 Xyz platform with draw and recursion, but the Tearlaments support is severely underbuilt—only 4 actual Tearlaments monsters (Merrli, Havnis, Scheiren, Reinoheart, one Kashtira) when standard lists run 8+ core Tearlaments. The deck is missing Super Polymerization (the glue that enables Tearlaments fusion loops) and key Extra Deck bosses (Predaplant Dragostapelia, Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart, Time Thief Redoer). The Adventurer Token line (Rite of Aramesir, Water Enchantress, Wandering Gryphon Rider) is skeletal (2 Rite, 1 Water Enchantress) and conflicts with the mill/GY strategy. No combo data is available, so ceiling/floor are text-inferred. The deck ends to a single disruption and has minimal recovery routes without the Tearlaments fusion payoff.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 44, Going First ≈ 46, Going Second ≈ 54, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: Illegality (2 Forbidden cards) (-20); Severe underbuilding of Tearlaments core (36% of archetype standard) (-8); Oversized main deck (49 vs 40 legal minimum) (-3); No side deck (-2); No combo data available (-1). Final formula: Illegal deck — capped at structural + reliability blend; 0.60*Structural (44) + 0.40*TournamentReliability (35) adjusted for illegality penalty (−12) = 32. Meta provisional (no dated sample).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.65 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.35 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Gunkan Suship Xyz engine is compact and recursive—core 6 cards (Shari, Uni, Ikura, Shirauo, Shari Red) form multiple Level 4/5 Xyz paths
• Draw and search generation from Gunkan Xyz monsters (Shirauo-class Carrier, Ikura-class Dreadnought) provides resource recovery within the Xyz line
• Going-second board-breaking suite (Harpie's Feather Duster, Lava Golem, Evenly Matched) is coherent for disruption-heavy meta positions
• Extra Deck coverage is dense—12 Xyz monsters plus Knightmare Links provide multiple summon routes
• Adventurer Token engine (Rite of Aramesir, Wandering Gryphon Rider, Water Enchantress) offers quick negation and field presence if assembled

Weaknesses

• Illegal in TCG format: runs Maxx "C" (Forbidden) and Spright Elf (Forbidden)—makes the deck unplayable as-is
• Tearlaments support severely underbuilt: missing Super Polymerization (100% inclusion in standard), Predaplant Dragostapelia, Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart, and Tearlaments Metanoise—fusion recursion is crippled
• Engine conflict: Gunkan, Tearlaments, and Adventurer Token operate on different activation timings (Normal Summon, mill triggers, token generation); turns can brick if forced into incompatible sequences
• Brick risk elevated: 7 three-ofs can clog opening hand; no clear unification between Gunkan Xyz and Tearlaments fusion paths
• Inconsistent Adventurer Token line: only 2 copies of Rite of Aramesir and 1 Water Enchantress means token generation is unreliable; Gryphon Rider is a one-of
• No side deck (0 cards) prevents post-game adaptation; best-of-3 resilience is null
• Main Deck oversized at 49 cards (legal but loose); many one-ofs (24) reduce consistency
• Limited independent lines for recovery after disruption; relies heavily on Tearlaments fusion payoff, which is incomplete

Critical choke points

• Maxx "C" and Spright Elf are Forbidden in TCG—deck cannot be played legally
• Super Polymerization is missing—Tearlaments fusion chain is broken at the link; deck cannot close out games via the archetype's primary win condition
• Gunkan Xyz summon is the core plan, but a single negate (Ash Blossom on Uni or Ikura, negation on Xyz attempt) can freeze the board if Tearlaments fusion is unavailable
• Adventurer Token assembly competes for spell speed and board space with Gunkan setup; a forced choice between token and Xyz often leaves the board vulnerable

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal in TCG: Maxx C (Forbidden), Spright Elf (Forbidden); Main Deck is 49 cards, Extra Deck is 15 cards, Side Deck is 0 cards; Tearlaments core presence: 36% of archetype standard (9 of 25 core cards present); Card text confirmed for all monsters, spells, and traps from the provided list
• Observed: Gunkan Suship engine occupies ~21 deck slots and forms a viable Level 4/5 Xyz base (from card list frequency)
• Inferred: P(at least one Gunkan starter in opening 5) ≈ 0.65; P(full brick) ≈ 0.35 (hypergeometric estimate from 49-card Main Deck); Engine conflict risk: Gunkan activation window (during Main Phase), Tearlaments mill trigger (during summon), Adventurer Token (during activation) are not synchronized; brick risk from incompatible sequences estimated ~25%; Combo ceiling: Gunkan Xyz board (Shirauo-class or Ikura-class) + 1–2 triggers, estimated PowerIndex ~55 (based on card text roles; no supplied combos); Combo median: single Level 4 Xyz + draw/search effect, estimated PowerIndex ~45 (Inferred from starter diversity and engine split); Going-second resilience: deck has 4–5 board-breaker cards and goes second P(hand trap) ≈ 0.495 (from 5 hand traps, 6-card hand); Recovery after disruption: Tearlaments recursion incomplete (missing Super Polymerization); estimated resilience D5 ≈ 38 due to single-choke-point reliance; Pilotability: moderate decision density (engine sequencing, Xyz material choice, Xyz trigger timing); error tolerance low because brick/choke-point consequences are severe
• Provisional: Meta Power is Provisional — no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share (Tearlaments meta presence) is unknown for this format/date; Matchup outcomes (Tearlaments mirror, Spright, Swordsoul) are Provisional without tournament data; Post-side resilience is null (no side deck) — best-of-3 reliability cannot be assessed
• Data gaps: Illegality: Maxx C and Spright Elf are Forbidden in TCG; deck cannot be played No combo data supplied — all combo-related scores (D3, D4, D5) are text-inferred from card roles and engine structure, not from observed boards No tournament link or match record — Meta Power and format fit cannot be grounded; only archetype-level stats available (36% core presence is a red flag) No side deck (0 cards) — post-side resilience and best-of-3 adaptation are unmeasurable No dated metagame sample — meta-fit and meta-power are Provisional; speed of the format, top-deck archetypes, common interactions are unknown No win-rate telemetry (brick rate, starter frequency, game-level outcomes, OTK/FTK rates) — all such claims are Inferred from card text and probabilities Missing core Extra Deck cards (Predaplant Dragostapelia, Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart) are mentioned in usage stats but not in this deck's list — unclear if they are removed or simply omitted from export