Train Deck #709772 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 62/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro/Xyz engine producing Level 10 Machine bosses (Gustav Max, Liebe, Gustav Rocket, Flying Launcher) for board pressure and interaction; Grinding advantage through Mulcharmy and Crystron recursion engines
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish Level 10 Xyz boards with negation/removal utility; use Train field spell and Schedule effects to manage resources and establish going-second blanks
• Turn 2 (going second): Deploy board breakers (Forbidden Droplet, Dark Ruler No More, Raigeki) and leverage Mulcharmy draw triggers to disrupt and refill hand
• Recovery: Recursion via Scrap Recycler, Crystron Sulfefnir/Sulfador, and Night Train Blue Traveler; banish-zone recovery via Crystron Citree synchro lines
• After siding: No side deck; structural adjustment limited to main deck tech slots

Why it scores here

This Train/Crystron hybrid opens a Level 10 Xyz core reliably (P≥1 archetype starter ≈0.94 in opening 5 going first) and converts that into functional boards with 2–3 negations and removal tools. The ceiling (Juggernaut Liebe, Gustav Rocket, Flying Launcher stacked with interaction) is strong, but the median output is muddled by conflicting Normal-Summon pathways—Night Train Blue Traveler, Heavy Armored Knight Babeldecker, and Super Express Bullet Train compete for the Normal Summon, reducing consistency when multiple brick conditions align. The deck's going-second plan (Forbidden Droplet, Dark Ruler No More, Raigeki plus Mulcharmy draw triggers) is functional but not exceptional; the post-side plan is non-existent (0 side deck). Recovery through Scrap Recycler and Crystron recursion is solid mid-game, but single-choke-point disruption (e.g. one Hand Trap negating the Turn 1 Normal Summon or Turn 2 Schedule activation) can collapse lines. The score reflects a competent but fragile engine: strong opening consistency, good end-board quality, but limited floor redundancy and no siding flexibility.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 63, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 57. Modifiers: Main deck over-size penalty (-2); Missing core Xyz bosses (-3); Zero side deck (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (63) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (57) = 62.4 → 62 (Meta provisional, no dated sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.94 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.87 · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.06 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 82, median 61, board-per-starter 2.4
• Turn order: 14 going-first lines vs 12 going-second lines

Strengths

• Robust opening consistency: 94.2% chance of live core starter in opening 5
• High-ceiling end-boards with 3–4 layered negations and ATK-scaling bosses (Gustav Rocket 5000, Liebe 4000)
• Going-second tooling: Forbidden Droplet + Dark Ruler No More + Raigeki covers most established boards
• Strong recursion through Crystron Sulfefnir/Sulfador and Scrap Recycler; mid-game grind viable
• Extra Deck well-optimized for the engine: Synchro interaction, Xyz bosses, Link searchers

Weaknesses

• 55-card main over-size: increases brick rate and reduces consistency vs standard 40–42 core
• Multiple Normal-Summon conflicts (Babeldecker, Night Train, Super Express, Convex Knight) create hand redundancy and choke points
• Median output (61 power) significantly below ceiling (82); many lines do not establish full board
• Single-choke-point vulnerability: disruption to one Normal Summon or Schedule activation collapses many lines
• Missing 13 core cards (e.g. Gustav Max 100% inclusion, Clockwork Knight 100%, Ancient Gear Ballista) limits ceiling access
• Limited post-disruption routes: Crystron Synchro recursion is secondary and resource-hungry
• Zero side deck: no adaptability for best-of-3 format

Critical choke points

• Normal Summon slot congestion: Babeldecker, Night Train, Super Express, and Convex Knight all compete for the once-per-turn Normal Summon, causing brick hands when multiple appear together
• Hand Trap to core starter: Ash Blossom negating Schedule/Exceptional Schedule or Mulcharmy activation can collapse the entire T1 line if no independent second starter is live
• Absence of Gustav Max in Extra: Missing the 100%-inclusion Xyz boss forces awkward pivot lines and reduces board power vs meta expectations
• Resource depletion on Synchro routes: Crystron Sulfefnir and Sulfador recursion require banish-zone materials and graveyard setup; dead without proper turn-1 float

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: deck is Legal (55-card main, 15-card extra, 0 side); Restricted cards: Called by the Grave (Limited, 1 run), Harpie's Feather Duster (Limited, 1), Triple Tactics Talent (Limited, 1), Droll & Lock Bird (Semi-Limited, 2 run); Composition: 31 distinct main cards, 14 distinct extra cards, 14 distinct Synchro/Link/Xyz cards; Archetype core cards present: 12 of 25 top-core cards (48%)
• Observed: Archetype usage stats available: 38 total stat rows; core inclusion % for present cards matches meta expectations
• Inferred: Opening consistency: P(≥1 core starter in hand 5) = 0.9421 via hypergeometric; archetype core = 23 copies (Exceptional Schedule 3, Mulcharmy Fuwalos 3, Mulcharmy Purulia 3, Night Train 3, Crystron Inclusion 3, Scrap Recycler 3, Urgent Schedule 2) ; Brick estimate: ~5.8% (inverse of 0.9421) plus additional hand conflicts from Normal-Summon duplication; Combo ceiling: 82 power index inferred from three stacked Xyz boards (Juggernaut Liebe, Gustav Rocket, Gustav Max) with full negation suite; Combo median: 61 power index inferred from archetype construction; typical T1 line produces two Xyz + one-two interaction; Going-first power: 68 (strong opener + board interaction, weak grind recovery); Going-second power: 66 (good removal suite, Mulcharmy draw triggers, moderate force-interaction); Resilience: 61 (two independent Synchro lines, but single choke point on Normal Summon); Grind economy: 64 (Scrap draw + Mulcharmy triggers enable mid-game float, but net advantage modest)
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample supplied; Train archetype meta-share unknown); Tournament Reliability: 57 (inferred from opening stability 72, post-disruption 61, zero siding 0, error tolerance 58)
• Data gaps: No combo evidence supplied (no raw parsed boards): combo floor/median/ceiling entirely text-inferred No tournament link: no per-pilot match record or archetype meta-share data No dated metagame sample: Meta Power cannot be assigned; matchup-fitness is Provisional only No win-rate telemetry (brick rate, going-first/second split, by-matchup outcomes): all consistency and performance inferences are Inferred tier No side deck: post-side plan impossible; tournament reliability capped at single-game variance