Phantom Knights Deck #660253 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Phantom Knights — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 48/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro/Xyz boss beatdown (Black-Winged Dragon, Full Armor Master, Bystial Dis Pater); Hand-trap disruption into established board
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Blackwing starter (Simoon/Sudri) to search and Synchro into level 8-10 boss with hand-trap cover
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Forbidden Droplet/Dominus Impulse/S:P Little Knight to clear board then summon boss
• Recovery: Recursion via Black Feather Whirlwind, Zephyros, Small World bridges
• After siding: None – empty side deck (0 cards)

Why it scores here

This 55-card list blends Blackwing synchro engines with sparse Phantom Knights/Raidraptor XYZ payoff but runs only 12% of the archetype's standard core, hurting cohesion as a connected system. Consistency is moderate (P(opening searcher)≈0.69 inferred) yet diluted by oversize main and several dead combo pieces like Rank-Up spells without their targets. The deck can convert a Blackwing starter into a level 8-10 synchro boss with hand-trap cover, but median output is fragile to interruption and it has zero side deck for best-of-3 adaptation. The score reflects system synergy and brick risk, not the individual power of cards like Ash Blossom or Bystial Dis Pater, and not the archetype's meta presence.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: weak_post_side_plan (-8). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.69 · key two-card combo ≈ — · 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

• High interaction density via hand traps and negation spells/traps
• Redundant Blackwing searchers (Simoon, Sudri, Whirlwind)
• Multiple high-ATK synchro/xyz bosses

Weaknesses

• 55-card main deck reduces consistency
• Missing 88% of archetype core (Rusty Bardiche, Fog Blade, etc.)
• No side deck for post-side games
• Several dead combo pieces (Rank-Up spells without targets)

Critical choke points

• Blackwing starter reliant on Normal Summon + Whirlwind line
• Empty side deck invalidates best-of-3 reliability

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Legal with main 55/extra 15/side 0; Banlist statuses: Called by Grave Limited, Solemn Judgment Limited, Droll Semi-Limited; Card text excerpts for all listed cards; Side deck count 0
• Inferred: Hypergeometric opening probabilities for searcher/hand-trap groups; Strategy classification as Combo from card roles; Consistency and brick risk from 55-card size and dead cards; Combo ceiling/floor from synchro/xyz summon conditions
• Provisional: Matchup format fit (no dated metagame sample)
• 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 exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied