Galaxy Photon Deck #677828 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Control
• Format: duel-links

Legality

Main 23 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz Summon high-Rank Galaxy-Eyes bosses (Prime Photon Lord, Full Armor, Cipher variants) with layered negation and removal; OTK via Number C62 multi-attack or Prime Photon's ATK scaling in battle phases
• Turn 1 (going first): Use Melody and searchers to assemble Level-8 monsters; Xyz Summon into Number 38 Hope Harbinger (spell/effect negation via material attachment) or Number 90 Photon Lord (boss negate + search); layer Tachyon Transmigration as backup negate
• Turn 2 (going second): Deploy Galaxy Soldier and Photon Vanisher to access Xyz starters; use Photon Stream of Destruction to remove opponent's threats; board-break into Xyz plays; lack of dedicated hand traps limits going-second power
• Recovery: Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon and Photon Vanisher float on destruction/summon; recursion through Xyz material management and Solflare Link searches from GY; grind via repeated searcher activation (Melody, Galaxy Wizard, Jumper on send)
• After siding: No side deck in Duel Links format; no post-side adaptation

Why it scores here

Galaxy Photon reliably assembles Level-8 Xyz monsters through a combination of searchers (Melody, Galaxy Soldier, Photon Vanisher) and consistent tutoring from hand or deck. Its best boards feature Number 38 Hope Harbinger with spell/effect negation through material attachment and Tachyon Transmigration as a supplementary negate, providing moderate interruption. The deck's median output is hampered by inconsistent follow-up lines after the opening Xyz, limited going-second board-breaking power due to lack of hand traps, and dependency on access to multiple Level-8 bodies. While it runs core archetype staples, it omits key Extra-Deck bosses (Prime Photon Dragon, Cipher Blade) and the Solflare Link searcher, reducing ceiling and consistency compared to standard lists. Popularity and meta-share did not earn points; the score reflects system-level synergy, starter reliability, and realistic board resilience.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 61, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 56. Modifiers: Missing key Extra-Deck bosses (-3); Weak going-second plan (-2); Limited recovery after disruption (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (61) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (56) = 58 (Meta provisional, no dated metagame sample supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 1 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.81 · full-brick estimate ≈ 0 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 68, median 58, board-per-starter 1.5
• Turn order: — going-first lines vs — going-second lines

Strengths

• High consistency of core starter access (Melody 54.2%, Photon Stream 54.2%, Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon 54.2% in opening hand)
• Compact 23-card main deck with tight archetype synergy around Level-8 Xyz assembly
• Layered interaction via Number 38 Hope Harbinger negate-through-materials and Tachyon Transmigration conditional negate
• Searcher redundancy (Melody, Galaxy Soldier, Photon Vanisher, Galaxy Wizard) provides multiple tutoring paths
• Float effects (Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow, Photon Vanisher) enable modest recovery and grind in longer games
• Removal-heavy spell suite (Photon Stream, Hyper Galaxy) provides adaptive threat management

Weaknesses

• Missing three 100-inclusion Extra-Deck Xyz bosses (Prime Photon Dragon, Cipher Blade, Galaxy Photon Dragon) and Solflare Link reduces ceiling and Extra flexibility
• Zero hand traps limits going-second disruption and board-breaking power
• High main-deck level-8 density (13/23) creates Tribute and Normal Summon bottlenecks in opening hands
• Limited independent lines after first Xyz disruption; single choke point at Level-8 assembly
• Photon Stream removal requires live Galaxy-Eyes monster; conditional activation creates dead draws
• Median output (58) well below ceiling (68) indicates inconsistent follow-up game plan

Critical choke points

• Assembling two+ Level-8 monsters for Xyz Summon is prerequisite for all major lines; disruption of this path collapses board
• Number 38 Hope Harbinger is primary interaction layer; if unavailable, negate coverage drops to Tachyon Transmigration only
• Going-second: no hand traps, no dedicated board-breaker; heavily reliant on opponent's board state and residual Photon Stream access

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal per Duel Links size rules (23 main, 9 extra, 0 side); Tachyon Transmigration is Limited (1 legal copy, 1 run); All card text and banlist statuses confirmed from resolved evidence.json; Usage statistics show Galaxy Photon as established archetype with 21 core cards tracked
• Observed: 8 Xyz monsters and 1 Link in Extra; 9/9 slots utilized; 12 of 21 archetype core cards present (57.1% core inclusion); Copy histogram: 10 singles, 2 doubles, 3 triples across main deck
• Inferred: P(≥1 core starter in 5-card hand) ≈ 100% via triple Melody, triple Photon Stream, triple Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon; Brick estimate ≈ 0% due to high consistency and searchable tutoring; Combo ceiling approximately 68 (Hope Harbinger + Tachyon layering) based on card text and role taxonomy; Combo median approximately 58 (one Xyz + one negate layer) based on starter diversity and recovery limitations; Going-first power (66) > going-second power (52) due to lack of hand traps and conditional removal; Level-8 assembly is single critical choke point; no backup combo line independent of Tribute/tutor path; D5 resilience (55) reflects modest float effects and limited independent lines after first disruption
• Provisional: Meta Power is null; no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share in Duel Links environment unknown; Tournament Reliability estimated at 56 based on consistency (72), hand quality (64), and recovery (55); no tournament piloting data available; Matchup coverage (D13 = 62) is provisional; archetype tier-3 per guides but format dominance unknown
• Data gaps: No parseable combo boards in combo data (scored combos = 0); floor/median/ceiling inferred from card text only No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent from tournament data No materialized win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates); signals are inferred or unknown No side deck (Duel Links format); post-side adaptation not applicable; no best-of-3 data Current list omits three 100-inclusion Xyz bosses and Solflare Link; impact on real-world performance unknown