Dark World Deck #720249 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 50 / Extra 20 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Discard-triggered board assembly with Dark World monsters and Danger! enablers; late-game grind through recursion and hand disruption; Fusion and XYZ summoning for board control (Clorless, Grapha Overlord, Bagooska)
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish discard outlets (Gates, Allure, Danger! engines) and hold interaction (Dark World Punishment, Eradicator Epidemic Virus); field setup via Genta/Snoww triggers
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Danger! library to force opponent discard and summon breakers; leverage Lava Golem tribute and disruption to clear opponent threats
• Recovery: Recursion via Grapha (return to hand, destroy), Sillva (opponent hand bounce), Ceruli (opponent field disruption), and banish-to-hand synergies (Dark World Puppetry, Genta banish-effect)
• After siding: Unknown—no side deck supplied; structural vulnerability to best-of-3 adaptation (Illegal list status prevents evaluation)

Why it scores here

This Dark World deck suffers from structural illegality (Extra Deck 20 > format max 15), incomplete core coverage (56% of meta-standard cards present), and weak combo infrastructure. The deck relies on discard synergies and Danger! enablers to assemble a board, but lacks the redundant starters and clean lines of competitive midrange. Without combo evidence, the ceiling and floor are estimated from text; end-board interaction is moderate (one negate in Dark World Punishment, some Fusion/XYZ coverage), and going-second removal exists via Lava Golem and Danger! disruption. However, the 50-card main deck reduces consistency, the missing core (Broww, Dark World Dealings, Grapha Overlord Fusion, Skill Drain) weakens engine coherence, and a zero-card side deck—combined with illegality—makes best-of-3 performance impossible to evaluate. Structural Deck Power is driven by resource economy and grind resilience, but capped by low accessibility, brick risk, and absent competitive evidence.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.70 Midrange + 0.30 Control. Structural ≈ 36, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 42, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 28. Modifiers: Illegality penalty (-4); Incomplete core coverage (-2); 50-card main deck dilution (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional; Illegal list status applied −4 contextual modifier)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.93 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.07 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Strong discard synergy engine: Genta, Snoww, Grapha, Sillva, Reign-Beaux form a recursive core that rewards discards and generates advantage
• Resource economy: Allure, Gates, Danger! library, and GY recursion loops enable grind-out play and hand refill
• Flexible removal: Grapha destruction, Sillva hand bounce, Eradicator Epidemic Virus, Lava Golem tribute, and Danger! board breakers cover multiple threat types
• Going-second adaptability: Danger! enables removal summons and forced opponent discard; Lava Golem tribute disruption and Knightmare Phoenix removal provide outs
• Fusion payoff: Dark World Accession enables Grapha Overlord (quick-effect negate) and Clorless (board nuke on summon) as high-ceiling finishers

Weaknesses

• Illegal list status: Extra Deck 20 exceeds format cap (max 15); zero side deck violates best-of-3; deck cannot be legally registered
• Incomplete core: Missing Broww (100% inclusion), Dark World Dealings (100% inclusion), Grapha Overlord Fusion in Extra (100% core), Skill Drain (100% meta standard); only 56% core coverage weakens bootstrap and consistency
• 50-card main deck: Dilutes consistency vs. optimal 40-card baseline; high garnet/brick density from one-ofs (Ceruli, Zalamander, Sandwich Day, Harpie's Feather Duster, Triple Tactics)
• Weak first-turn board: End-board is typically one boss + modest interaction (one negate, one wall); easily disrupted; no multi-layer protection or blanket omni-negate
• Limited redundancy: Discard synergy collapses if Genta or Snoww is interrupted; second independent line weak; heavy reliance on Dark World Punishment (requires Fiend Tribute cost)
• No hand traps: Zero defensive cards; vulnerable to aggressive going-first meta decks
• Low offensive pressure: No piercing, direct damage, or lethal combo; relies on grind beatdown with 2700–3000 ATK bosses; slow clock
• Over-bloated Extra Deck: 20 slots with 19 distinct cards; toolbox redundancy (multiple Link options, multiple XYZ, three Fusions) sacrifices consistency for flexibility
• Missing archetype staples: No Skill Drain, no Radian/Kaiju removal package, no Bagooska in Extra; meta-critical floodgate Skill Drain absent

Critical choke points

• Genta/Snoww discard trigger — if both are negated or stuck in hand, the core line collapses; limited independent backup
• Dark World Punishment negation requires in-hand Fiend Tribute; if Punishment is face-down and opponent summons before activation window, no answer
• Extra Deck illegality — 20 > 15 is an immediate disqualification in tournament play; Clorless, Grapha Overlord, and multiple Link toolbox cards must be cut, destroying the deck's intended architecture
• Zero side deck — in best-of-3 format, no ability to adapt to game 1 opponent strategy or meta threats; structural format violation

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck illegality: Extra Deck 20 > OCG maximum 15 (legality.status Illegal, legality.violations); Zero side deck: 0 cards supplied (side_count 0); Archetype identity: Dark World + Danger! cross-engine, confirmed via card_id refs and archetype tags; Copy histogram: 10 three-ofs, 4 two-ofs, 12 one-ofs (composition.copy_histogram); Core card coverage: 9/16 meta-standards present, 56.2% (usage_statistics.core_present_pct); Restricted cards: Harpie's Feather Duster (Limited, 1 copy legal), Triple Tactics Talent (Limited, 1 copy legal); both run at limit; Card text: All 26 main + 19 extra cards have resolved description_excerpt and text_role_hints
• Observed: Archetype purity 35.7%: exact Dark World name-match, with off-archetype splashes (Danger!, Knightmare, generic)
• Inferred: Engine accessibility D1 ≈ 42: P(≥1 starter hand 5) ≈ 0.93 from archetype core, reduced by 56% core coverage and 50-card dilution; Brick estimate ≈ 6–7%: hypergeometric full-brick from core engine absence (Broww, Dark World Dealings), plus high garnet density (Ceruli, Zalamander, tech one-ofs); Best combo ceiling: inferred from text (Genta discard → Snoww trigger → Grapha/Sillva special summon → Fusion into Grapha Overlord or Clorless) ≈ 2–3 bosses + 1 negate; no board evidence to confirm; Median output: one discard outlet → one Dark World special summon → one recursion loop ≈ modest board; no evidence to verify; Interruption resilience D5 ≈ 38: two theoretical lines (Genta and Snoww paths) but both collapse to single choke point; Dark World Punishment requires Fiend Tribute setup; Going-second power D8 ≈ 44: Danger! removal + Lava Golem tribute + Knightmare Phoenix are real answers, but no dedicated board breaker suite; Resource economy D6 ≈ 48: net-positive from discard loops and recursion; moderate grind sustainability but not infinite; Offensive power D9 ≈ 28: 2700–3000 ATK bosses without piercing or direct damage; grind clock is slow; Pilotability D14 ≈ 35: straightforward discard sequencing but no complex decision tree; moderate trigger management complexity
• Provisional: Meta Power: null — no dated metagame sample supplied; Dark World archetype meta-share unknown; deck deviates from core (56% coverage) and includes Danger! cross-engine, making format fit uncertain; Tournament Reliability ≈ 28: extrapolated from consistency, brick risk, limited redundancy, and zero side deck; actual reliability impossible to measure without best-of-3 record
• Data gaps: Illegality status: Extra Deck 20 > 15; zero side deck; deck cannot be registered in OCG best-of-3 format No combo boards supplied: combos_evidence.total_combos = 0; all D3/D4 estimates are text-based Inferred No tournament link: archetype meta-share, metagame context, and per-pilot match record absent; Meta Power is Provisional No win-rate telemetry: YGOVN has no going-first/second records, matchup win rates, brick/starter/OTK rates for this deck; all frequency claims are Inferred Missing core cards: Broww, Dark World Dealings, Grapha Overlord Fusion (100% inclusions) absent; disrupts standard bootstrap and payoff No guides: guides_evidence.total_guides = 0; strategic intent inferred from card text only Side deck unknown: 0 cards supplied; post-side plan cannot be evaluated; best-of-3 reliability incalculable