Gadgets Deck #697707 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 28/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Shining Sarcophagus engine board with Spellcaster negators and boss monsters; Gandora-G field nuke into removal beatdown
• Turn 1 (going first): Assemble Shining Sarcophagus with Silent Magician/Swordsman Zero protection; lay floodgates (There Can Be Only One, Dimension Shifter if live)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Impermanence, Nibiru) to disrupt; leverage Gandora-G removal; board-break with Accesscode Talker or Knightmare Unicorn
• Recovery: Shining Sarcophagus searchers and recursion via Gadget Trio; Monster Reborn as a one-of safety valve
• After siding: None available — no side deck supplied

Why it scores here

This deck is Illegal (runs Forbidden Maxx "C") and therefore receives a structural-only evaluation. Even setting that aside, the core engine is severely compromised: it runs zero Gadget archetype cards and zero core Gadget staples (Limiter Removal, Called by the Grave, Juggernaut Liebe, Gustav Max), instead splashing Shining Sarcophagus with Dark Magician, Silent Zero variants, and tech hand traps. No combo evidence is supplied, so ceiling and floor are text-inference only. The list is incoherent — it mixes 13 distinct sub-archetypes with 11 cards that mention "Shining Sarcophagus" but lacks density and synergy to generate reliable boards. Starter probability P(≥1 of the 3-ofs) is ~34%, but redundancy is thin and the hand-trap suite (8 cards) creates brick risk. Going-second has some removal value via Accesscode and hand traps, but going-first protection is fragile without a real engine. The absence of a side deck (best-of-3 format) and zero top-16 tournament data compound the uncertainty.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.70 Midrange + 0.30 Control. Structural ≈ 39, Going First ≈ 44, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 32. Modifiers: Illegal deck penalty (-10); Zero archetype core (-8); No side deck (-3); No combo evidence (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (39) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (32) = 0.80*39 + 0.20*32 = 31.2 + 6.4 = 37.6 → 38; capped at 28 due to Illegal status and incoherent engine (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.08 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Hand-trap density (8 cards) gives reasonable disruption when going second
• Gandora-G provides unique mass-removal engine if Shining Sarcophagus is live
• Extra Deck is functional with Accesscode, Knightmare Unicorn, and XYZ removal options
• Silent Magician/Swordsman Zero offer conditional negation layers when Shining Sarcophagus is established
• Floodgates (There Can Be Only One, Dimension Shifter) add stall potential if assembled

Weaknesses

• ILLEGAL: Maxx "C" is Forbidden in OCG; deck violates the ban list and cannot compete
• Archetype integrity: Zero core Gadget staples (Limiter Removal, Called by the Grave, Juggernaut Liebe, Gustav Max); declared archetype has no functional engine
• Extreme inconsistency: 25 distinct Main cards with 14 at 1-copy creates high brick risk and unreliable openers
• Incoherent multi-archetype splash: 13 sub-archetypes dilute synergy; no clear primary plan beyond 'live Shining Sarcophagus'
• Weak offensive closures: Silent Magician/Swordsman have low ATK; Gandora-G has 0 ATK baseline; no lethal clock without multiple turns
• Single-point failure: Gadget Trio → Shining Sarcophagus is the main line; one interruption (Ash on Gadget effect, or Shining Sarcophagus destruction) collapses the board
• No recovery plan: Only 1 Monster Reborn as recursion; limited ability to rebuild after board wipe
• No side deck: Cannot adapt for best-of-3; locked into Game 1 list every round
• No tournament data: Zero meta context; archetype representation in current OCG metagame is unknown

Critical choke points

• Gadget Trio search into Shining Sarcophagus setup: if the Normal Summon is negated or the search is Ash-blocked, the deck has no backup line
• Shining Sarcophagus on-field requirement: most negators and protection effects depend on it; if destroyed before activation, the board collapses
• Hand-trap dependency: 8 cards (20% of Main) are hand traps; a hand full of these with no engine starter is a dead draw
• Conflicting Normal Summons: Silent Magician and Silent Swordsman both are Level 4 non-Tuners; can only use one per turn without conflict
• Maxx "C" violation: running a Forbidden card makes the deck unplayable in any official OCG event

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal (Maxx "C" Forbidden in OCG); Deck size: 40 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side (Legal sizing but illegality overrides); Card text roles: Shining Sarcophagus is a Continuous Spell with searcher effect; Gadget Trio is a Normal/Special Summon searcher; Archetype core missing: 0 of 8 Gadget staples present (Limiter Removal, Called by the Grave, Liebe, Gustav Max, etc.); Hand-trap count: 8 cards with hand-trap role tags (Ash, Impermanence, Nibiru, Ghost Ogre, Dimension Shifter, Maxx C)
• Observed: Extra Deck composition: 8 Link, 5 XYZ, 2 Synchro monsters; mostly utility-focused (Accesscode, Knightmare, Numeron); Searcher text presence: 13 cards mention search/add effects (from card excerpts)
• Inferred: P(≥1 Shining Sarcophagus or Gadget Trio in hand 5) ≈ 0.34; low starter consistency due to 25 distinct Main cards; Brick rate estimate ~8%: multiple 1-ofs and hand-trap density create dead-hand risk; Combo floor (median): likely 2–3 live effects per turn (searcher chain + 1 negator + follow-up); high variance; Combo ceiling: text-only, inferred from Shining Sarcophagus + 2 negators + 1 protection Spell; ~35 power index (text estimate); Interruption resilience: Gadget Trio is single-choke point; Shining Sarcophagus destruction collapses most lines; Resource economy: Shining Sarcophagus net-zero advantage; Pot of Prosperity banishes 3–6 Extra; minimal recursion (Monster Reborn 1x); Going-first power: 44–48 if Shining Sarcophagus + negators assemble; fragile to Ash/Ogre; Going-second power: 46–50 via hand traps (Ash, Impermanence, Nibiru) + Gandora removal + Accesscode bounce; Pilotability: ~4–6 combo steps; moderate complexity; high decision variance due to engine fragility
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype Gadgets meta-share unknown in current OCG); Format tier (OCG): Gadgets archetype representation unconfirmed; no tournament link provided; Post-side performance: cannot assess (0/15 side deck)
• Data gaps: Deck is Illegal (Maxx "C" Forbidden in OCG) → cannot be evaluated as a valid competitive list No combos supplied → all combo assessment (floor, median, ceiling, board per starter) is text-based inference only No tournament link → no archetype meta-share, pilot record, or matchup telemetry No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN → going-first/second split, brick rate, matchup outcomes are Unknown or Inferred No side deck (0/15) → best-of-3 adaptation cannot be assessed Archetype declaration mismatch → deck is declared 'Gadgets' but runs 0 core Gadget staples and only 3 Gadget Trio; core engine may be Shining Sarcophagus instead No guides or strategic intent provided → no official archetype strategy to benchmark against