Cubic Deck #714219 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 0/100 (Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 18 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Unable to evaluate — deck is illegal; N/A
• Turn 1 (going first): Unverified due to illegality
• Turn 2 (going second): Unverified due to illegality
• Recovery: Unverified due to illegality
• After siding: No side deck present

Why it scores here

This deck is ILLEGAL in OCG format and cannot receive a normal evaluation. The deck violates the Extra Deck size limit (18 > 15) and runs 2 copies of Triple Tactics Talent when only 1 is legal. Under these conditions, scoring the deck as a competitive system is not meaningful. The evaluation below reflects structural assessment only, with the understanding that no legal play is possible without correction.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ —, Going First ≈ —, Going Second ≈ —, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ —. Modifiers: Illegality cap (-100). Final formula: ILLEGAL — no scoring applied

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.04 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Cubic archetype core is high-density (3× Crimson Nova, 3× Duza, 3× Karma, 3× Dharma, 3× Vijam, 3× Unification, 3× Wave); reliable starter access P ≈ 0.96
• Removal package is comprehensive: Super Polymerization (fusion on-demand), Forbidden Droplet (2×), Lightning Storm (2×), Harpie's Feather Duster, Accesscode Talker, Topologic options
• GY recursion and draw engine via Cubic Dharma (send-draw), Cubic Karma (search + ATK boost), Foolish Burial Goods (setup)
• Multi-axis endboard potential: Knightmare Unicorn (co-link draw + shuffle), Topologic Zeroboros (board nuke + banish), Borrelsword Dragon (attack twice + evasion), Qliphort Genius (negate lock)

Weaknesses

• ILLEGALITY: Extra Deck 18 > 15; Triple Tactics Talent 2 > 1 legal copy — deck cannot be used in competition
• Main Deck 41 > 40 legal minimum — adds consistency variance and decreases starter probability
• Missing key Cubic core cards: Crimson Nova Trinity (75% inclusion), Cubic Ascension (67% inclusion), Linkuriboh (58% inclusion), Knightmare Unicorn (58% inclusion) — list is suboptimal even if legalized
• No hand traps; going-second vulnerability to interrupt-first boards
• No side deck (0/15); zero best-of-3 adaptability; cannot pivot post-game
• Cubic payoff (Crimson Nova Lord, Trinity) requires exact hand setup (3 Cubic cards reveal); brick risk on awkward hands despite high core P

Critical choke points

• Illegality: Extra Deck overflow and Triple Tactics Talent copy limit violation make the deck unplayable in OCG format as submitted
• Crimson Nova the Dark Cubic Lord (Level 10) has hard summon requirement (reveal 3 Cubic cards, different names); hand brick if insufficient Cubic diversity or disruption
• Fusion summon payoff line (Unification → Crimson Nova Trinity 4500 ATK) requires 3× Crimson Nova in GY or Extra Deck; grind game weakness if Fusion line is disrupted early
• Zero hand traps + no instant-speed board breaker = vulnerable to turn-1 negate lock from established decks; recovery depends entirely on GY recursion

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: Extra Deck 18 > 15 and Triple Tactics Talent 2 > 1 legal copy (Legality.violations); Main Deck size is 41 > 40 (legality.main_count); Cubic archetype core (Crimson Nova, Duza, Karma, Dharma, Vijam, Unification, Wave) runs 22 copies in-archetype (composition.archetype_spread); Archetype usage stats available for Cubic (usage_statistics.available = true, core_present_pct 63.6%); Card text excerpts confirm removal (Super Polymerization, Forbidden Droplet, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster), draw (Dharma, Karma, Knightmare Phoenix), and negate (Cubic Wave, Qliphort Genius, Predaplant Dragostapelia, Topologic Zeroboros banish-nuke)
• Inferred: Cubic core P(≥1 in opening hand 5) ≈ 0.9649 from hypergeometric (probabilities.archetype_core_group.p_open_at_least_one_hand5); Median combo board estimated at 2–3 summons (Cubic Karma + Fusion Summon + 1–2 Links), ~2200–3000 ATK endboard with single negate or effect (Knightmare Unicorn, Qliphort Genius, or Topologic removal option), but no measured combo data; Going-second board breaking: Forbidden Droplet (2×), Super Polymerization, Lightning Storm (2×), Harpie's Feather Duster cover common board types; power ~mid-tier for meta-neutral assessment; Pilotability moderate: Cubic Karma search step, Duza tutoring, Fusion summon sequencing, 2+ Link gates required; ~5–8 decision points per turn 1; Error tolerance low: single-choke-point dependency on Fusion Summon if Unification is disrupted; GY recursion recovery requires setup
• Provisional: Meta Power cannot be assigned: no dated metagame sample supplied, no tournament link, archetype meta-share unknown, Cubic is niche in current OCG; Format fit unknown: archetype representation and matchup win-rate not available
• Data gaps: Legality violation prevents any normal evaluation: Extra Deck 18 > 15, Triple Tactics Talent 2 > 1; deck cannot be used in OCG as submitted No combo evidence supplied (combos_evidence.total_combos = 0); all combo ceiling/floor/median claims are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; Meta Power is Provisional No win-rate telemetry (YGOVN does not supply going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates); all such claims are Inferred No guides evidence (guides_evidence.total_guides = 0); no human strategic intent on Cubic engine cohesion or post-side plans No side deck present (side_count = 0); post-side adaptability cannot be evaluated Main Deck 41 is 1 over legal minimum; consistency impact is marginal but unverifiable without full re-hypergeometric