Trickstar Deck #717633 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 32/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Control / Stun
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Grind
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Stun/Control through Trickstar damage effects and hand traps; grind through effect damage accumulation; Attrition via board wipes (Raigeki, Harpie's Feather Duster) and Trap-based interruption
• Turn 1 (going first): Set up a 1-2 Link board with searchers live (Trickstar Light Stage, Candina), hold interaction in hand (Infinite Impermanence, Solemn Judgment), accumulate burn through Lycoris/Holly Angel effects
• Turn 2 (going second): Leverage hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock) to disrupt opponent, clear board with Raigeki/Harpie's, then build modest Trickstar presence to reapply lock
• Recovery: Trickstar Reincarnation loops in GY to rebuild, Trickstar Lilybell/Hoody automatic recovery from search effects, recycle Traps via Reincarnation banish-recursion
• After siding: Unknown — no side deck supplied; cannot evaluate adaptation

Why it scores here

This deck is illegal in OCG and receives a theoretical-only evaluation capped to reflect its violations. The core Trickstar engine (3x Candina, 3x Light Stage, 3x Hoody, 3x Lycoris) opens consistently (~78% P[≥1 Candina opener]), but the list is undermanned in Extra Deck core pieces (missing S:P Little Knight, Trickstar Noble Angel, Trickstar Colchica as per meta standards, running only 32% of core 25-card set) and diluted by 55-card main (excess bricks: Mulcharmy cards are weak starters, Dominus Spark/Purge are niche removal). The deck's going-first board is modest (typically 1-2 Links + interaction) with mid-tier burn potential; going-second has decent removal coverage but limited punch. Recovery and grind are adequate via Reincarnation loops. The three forbidden/over-limit cards (Maxx C, Dimensional Barrier, second Solemn Judgment) represent severe format violations that cannot be scored as strengths. Without a legal list or side deck, confidence is low and the score reflects structural inefficiency, not popularity or casual merit.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Control. Structural ≈ 39, Going First ≈ 41, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 28. Modifiers: Illegal violations penalty (-12); 55-card main deck efficiency loss (-3); Missing core Extra Deck pieces (-2). Final formula: Illegal deck capped; 0.50*Structural + 0.30*TournamentReliability − 12 (violations penalty)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.78 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.2 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Consistent Trickstar engine core (3x Candina, 3x Light Stage, 3x Hoody) opens ~78% of games
• Adequate hand-trap density (8 copies: Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock, Maxx C) provides disruption going-second
• Trickstar burn effects (Lycoris, Holly Angel, Foxglove Witch) accumulate through grind games
• Extra Deck Link package is functional (14 Links, 1 XYZ flex) with reasonable search/recursion coverage
• Going-second board-break package solid (Raigeki, Harpie's Feather Duster, Triple Tactics Thrust 2x) for clearing established boards

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG format: Maxx C (forbidden), Dimensional Barrier (forbidden), Solemn Judgment 2x (over-limit) — deck cannot be played competitively
• 55-card main deck bloats consistency; expected ~18-20% full-brick rate vs. 40-card tight lists
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia are weak conditional starters (requires empty board Quick Effect discard); create redundancy without power
• Missing key Extra Deck core pieces (S:P Little Knight, Trickstar Noble Angel, Trickstar Colchica) reduces consistency vs. meta standard (32% core compliance)
• Going-first board modest (1-2 Links + in-hand interaction); low ATK ceiling (~2200) means burning to lethal takes 15+ turns
• Dominus Spark and Dominus Purge are niche; require opponent-specific conditions (hand activation, Deck-add negation) and clog slots
• No side deck supplied; cannot adapt post-match
• Trickstar Reincarnation and Lilybell are single copies; limited recursion density

Critical choke points

• Legality: three banned/over-limit cards make deck unplayable in OCG tournaments
• 55-card main deck: forces suboptimal consistency; single shuffle increases brick odds significantly
• Mulcharmy conditional starters: require empty board; vulnerable to any established board-state from T1
• Extra Deck depth: missing 17 of 25 meta-core pieces; limits Link combo paths and searchable tools
• Going-first interaction layer: relies on in-hand Solemn Judgment (over-limit, illegal) and Infinite Impermanence (only 2x); if both used, T1 board vulnerable to a second-turn push
• Burn win condition: 200 damage per trigger on Fairy summons means attrition-only closure; no OTK or alt-win despite Trickstar design

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality.status = Illegal (three violations: Maxx C forbidden, Dimensional Barrier forbidden, Solemn Judgment 2x over-limit); Main Deck size 55 (over 40-card minimum); Extra Deck size 15 (at maximum, legal); No side deck (0 cards); Archetype exact-name cards: 34 copies (Trickstar-named); All card text excerpts resolve; frame/attribute/race verified from evidence.cards
• Observed: Trickstar core usage stats: 8 of 25 meta-core cards present (32% inclusion); Hand-trap density: 8 copies (Ash Blossom 2x, Ghost Belle 2x, Droll & Lock 1x, Maxx C 1x, plus Infinite Impermanence 2x as tech); Searcher text density: 16 cards with searcher role hints; Extra Deck breakdown: 14 Link, 1 XYZ (verified from composition.extra_deck_breakdown); Copy histogram: 9x 3-ofs, 8x 2-ofs, 12x 1-ofs (verified from composition.copy_histogram)
• Inferred: P(≥1 Candina or Light Stage in opening hand 5) ≈ 0.78 via hypergeometric (14-copy core / 55 main); Full brick estimate ≈ 20% (Mulcharmy conditional starters, 55-card bloat); Combo ceiling PowerIndex ≈ 48 (inferred from text: Candina search → Light Stage search → Link-2 + interaction); Combo median PowerIndex ≈ 30 (modest T1 board due to hand-trap disruption and single-choke lines); Interruption resilience ≈ 40 (Reincarnation recursion + 2 independent starters, but limited redundancy after first disruption); Resource economy score ≈ 45 (Reincarnation GY recycle + searcher float, mid-tier grind potential); Going-second power ≈ 48 (hand-trap density 8 + removal package, but limited follow-up board); Going-first power ≈ 41 (modest interaction layer, requires in-hand negation, vulnerability to T2 push); Pilotability ≈ 38 (simple combo steps, 4-5 decision points per line; hand-trap variance creates play-skill variance)
• Provisional: Meta Power = null (no dated OCG metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share unavailable); Matchup coverage ≈ 25 (Trickstar archetype context only; actual OCG format fit unknown; Stun/Control archetype generally lower on current OCG metagame pace); Tournament context unavailable; no per-pilot match record or archetype meta-share telemetry
• Data gaps: Deck is ILLEGAL (3 violations); cannot be scored for tournament play — evaluation is theoretical/structural only No combos supplied; combo floor/median/ceiling are text-only inferences, not observed boards No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No dated OCG metagame sample; Meta Power remains Provisional No side deck (0 cards); best-of-3 adaptation cannot be evaluated No win-rate telemetry (brick rate, starter rate, OTK rate, matchup outcomes) — all consistency/performance claims are Inferred No guides or strategic commentary supplied Combination of oversized main (55 vs 40) + missing core Extra Deck pieces + banned cards makes comparison to legal meta decks unreliable