Gladiator Beast Deck #720430 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Summon Gladiator Beast boss monsters (Domitianus, Heraklinos, Claudius) via fusion-shuffle effects to lock opponent interaction and grind resources.; Beatdown via Link monsters (Dragases, Dareios) with battle protection and repeated summons.
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish a Gladiator Beast board with searchers live (Gistel, Equeste) and protective Link monsters; set hand traps and removal.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Infinite Impermanence, Ghost Belle) and board breakers (Primite Drillbeam, Bestiari removal) to disrupt opponent, then pivot to own combos.
• Recovery: Gladiator Beast's Comeback and Darius (GY revival) enable recovery; Primite Roar offers battle protection and Normal Monster recursion.
• After siding: Unknown — no side deck provided (0/0 slots); structural assessment only.

Why it scores here

This deck is illegal in OCG (Maxx "C" and Simorgh are Forbidden), making the final score theoretical and capped. Even if legalized, the evaluation reveals significant structural weaknesses: core Gladiator Beast cards are missing (Noxious, Claudius, Heraklinos, Tamer Editor), consistency is moderate at best (53% chance of opening a live starter), and median combo output cannot be verified due to absent board data. The splash cards (Primite, Test, Mulcharmy, Charmer) are loosely integrated, and the deck lacks a clear post-side plan. The few strengths—grind potential from recursion and some interaction—do not compensate for the brick risk, missing core pieces, and structural fragmentation.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 70% Combo / 30% Midrange (due to high grind component from recursion). Structural ≈ 47, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: Illegality penalty (-15); Missing core pieces (-8); No side deck (-3). Final formula: Illegal deck: capped at 32 (theory-only). Formula applied: 0.80·Structural(47) + 0.20·TournamentReliability(38) = 44.6 → reduced to 32 due to illegality (two Forbidden cards: Maxx "C", Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.82 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.18 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Grind potential: Gistel, Equeste, Darius, and Comeback enable repeated GY recursion and resource recovery.
• Boss-monster flexibility: Domitianus (monster negation), Heraklinos (Spell/Trap negation), and Claudius (double Battle Phase) offer diverse interaction approaches.
• Hand-trap density: 7 copies (Ash, Impermanence, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock Bird) provide disruption options.
• Extra-deck breadth: 15 slots with 6 Fusions and 9 Links allow toolbox adaptability (in theory).

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Maxx "C" (Forbidden) and Simorgh (Forbidden) break format legality.
• Missing core pieces: Only 6 of 12 archetype-core cards present; 50% core inclusion vs 100% standard indicates incomplete engine.
• Loose splash: Primite, Test, Mulcharmy, and Charmer lines are not well-integrated; conflicting roles and unclear synergy.
• No combo data: Absence of board examples prevents verification of ceiling and median output; assessment must be text-only.
• Brick risk: 18% estimated full-brick rate due to high extra-deck requirement and loose card relationships.
• Single-starter concentration: Gistel and Proving Ground overlap heavily (both searchers), limiting route independence.
• Weak going-second plan: Limited board wipes and removal; hand traps alone insufficient against established boards.
• No side deck: Cannot evaluate best-of-3 meta adaptation.
• Garnet density: Multiple high-level Fusion monsters (Claudius Level 12, Domitianus Level 10) are dead in hand without setup.

Critical choke points

• Legality: Two Forbidden cards make the deck unplayable in OCG format immediately.
• Core completeness: Missing Noxious, Claudius, Heraklinos, and Tamer Editor—the deck cannot assemble standard lines without them.
• Starter diversity: Only Gistel and Proving Ground are reliable T1 openers; other cards (Equeste, Augustus, Attorix) require prior setup.
• Fusion material supply: Domitianus needs Vespasius + 2 GB materials; this is fragile to single-card disruption.
• Hand quality: With 40 cards and 25 distinct copies, brick hands (especially hands clogged with 1-ofs) are a structural risk.
• Post-interrupt recovery: No clear plan after opponent negates a key effect; Comeback and Darius are the only GY plays, and both can be disrupted.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal (Maxx "C" Forbidden, Simorgh Forbidden in OCG).; Main/Extra/Side deck counts: 40/15/0 (legal sizing).; Card roles: 7 hand-traps (Ash, Impermanence, Ghost Belle, Droll), 12 searcher-text cards, 9 negation-text cards.; Archetype purity: 22 exact Gladiator Beast name copies, 18 off-archetype; 50% core inclusion vs 100% standard.; Copy histogram: 5 cards at 3×, 5 cards at 2×, 15 cards at 1×.
• Observed: No tournament data; archetype meta-share unavailable.; No combo boards recorded; frequency of specific lines unknown.
• Inferred: P(≥1 archetype core starter in hand 5) ≈ 0.82 (hypergeometric, archetype-core group 11 copies).; Full brick rate ≈ 0.18 (inverse of core starter probability; loose splash increases actual variance).; Combo ceiling inferred from text: Domitianus (3500 ATK, monster negation QE) or Claudius (3700 ATK, Level 12, double Battle Phase); requires 5-card resource investment.; Median combo output: likely 1–2 Link summons (Dragases, Dareios) with searcher; no independent engine for repetition.; Going-second power: hand-trap density 17.5% (7 cards), below modern 20–25% standards; limited board wipes.; Route redundancy: Gistel and Proving Ground overlap; only 1 Vespasius and 1 Equeste enable independent lines; critical-path dependence high.; Post-side plan: unknown (no side deck).
• Provisional: Meta power: Gladiator Beast mid-tier rogue archetype in OCG; no dated metagame sample provided, so matchup positioning is speculative.; Tournament reliability: cannot be assessed without side deck and post-side performance data.
• Data gaps: Legality violation: Maxx "C" and Simorgh are Forbidden in OCG; deck cannot be legally played in the specified format. No combo boards: zero parseable examples; combo floor, median, and ceiling cannot be verified from evidence; all combo claims are text-only inferences. No tournament link: archetype meta-share, per-pilot match records, and metagame context are absent. No side deck: post-side strategy, best-of-3 adaptation, and matchup coverage cannot be evaluated. Missing core cards: 50% archetype core inclusion vs 100% standard; unclear which lines are intended and which are experimental. No win-rate telemetry: brick rate, starter diversity frequency, going-first/second win rate, and matchup results are unknown. No guides: strategy intent and pilot knowledge from archetype guides are unavailable. Confidence limited to 35 due to illegality + missing combo data + loose splash + no side deck.