Memento Deck #724540 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 52 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Summon Mementoal Tecuhtlica - Combined Creation or fused Memento bosses to establish board control and grind value; Fusion-based removal and recursion loops to out-resource opponents
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish a Memento engine board with interaction via hand traps and disruption cards; search and recur core monsters; aim for a fused boss or Combined Creation if resources allow
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps and board-breaking cards (Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster) to clear opponent's board; pivot into Memento recursion and removal to grind back into the game
• Recovery: Leverage GY recursion via Mementotlan Ghattic, Mementotlan Shleepy, and Mementomictlan field spell to rebuild after disruption; use Fusion Summon as an alternate summon mechanic
• After siding: Unknown — no side deck supplied; likely tuning of hand traps and tech cards based on matchup

Why it scores here

This Memento list is fundamentally broken by three Forbidden cards (Heavy Storm, Maxx C, Dimensional Barrier), rendering it illegal in OCG and ineligible for a standard contextual score. Structurally, the deck shows moderate Memento core consistency (P(≥1 starter) ≈ 0.93) and reasonable hand-trap density (16 copies), but lacks critical Extra-Deck links (I:P Masquerena, Cross-Sheep, S:P Little Knight absent) that are 100% core to the archetype. With no combo evidence supplied, the ceiling, floor, and median output cannot be verified; the main-deck density (52 cards) suggests inconsistent opening hands and a bloated brick risk. The deck can generate removal and some recursion value mid-game, but without the signature fusion payoffs and proper link access, it cannot reliably convert a turn-1 engine into a threatening board. The evaluation is structural-only due to illegality; a legal version with the missing core cards and banned cards removed would require re-evaluation.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 54, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: Illegal banlist violations (-18); Missing core Extra-Deck cards (-5); Oversized main deck (-3); No combo evidence (-2). Final formula: Structural score capped due to illegality; formula: 0.50·Structural (restricted to ≤52 due to violations) + 0.50·TournamentReliability. Meta = null (no dated sample). Final reduced to 32 with −18 modifier for three Forbidden cards and structural incoherence.

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

• Solid hand-trap suite (16 copies total) provides going-second disruption and going-first hand quality
• Mementomictlan field spell + GY recursion (Ghattic, Shleepy) enable modest resource generation and rebuild
• Removal coverage (Lightning Storm ×3, Harpie ×1, Ghost Ogre ×3) supports going-second pivots
• Memento core engine shows high opening-hand consistency (93.5% for at least one starter)

Weaknesses

• Three Forbidden cards (Heavy Storm, Maxx C, Dimensional Barrier) render the deck illegal in OCG
• Missing critical 100%-core Extra-Deck cards: I:P Masquerena, Cross-Sheep, S:P Little Knight, Underworld Goddess
• 52-card main deck significantly exceeds OCG minimum, inflating brick rate and reducing consistency
• No combo evidence; ceiling, floor, and median output are unverified; routing through the engine is opaque
• Limited independent starter lines; interruption of one line likely halts the deck
• Missing Mementomictlan Tecuhtlica - Creation King (2 copies typical; 0 in this list) severely limits fusion payoff access

Critical choke points

• Deck is Illegal — three Forbidden cards must be removed before any legal evaluation is possible
• Missing I:P Masquerena and Cross-Sheep breaks the Extra-Deck link toolbox; routing becomes incoherent
• No Mementomictlan Tecuhtlica - Creation King (100% core fusion payoff) means Memento combo lines cannot close
• 52-card size forces excessive bricking; even with high starter probability, opening hands will include conflicting tech

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal (3 Forbidden cards, 52-card oversized main); Card text excerpts confirmed for all 30 distinct main-deck and 14 distinct Extra-Deck cards; Archetype purity: 20 exact Memento-name copies (30%), 43 related/splash (43%), 4 unaccounted for; Restricted cards: Heavy Storm (Forbidden), Maxx C (Forbidden), Dimensional Barrier (Forbidden), Crossout Designator (Limited), Harpie's Feather Duster (Limited), Pot of Prosperity (Limited), Solemn Judgment (Limited), Droll & Lock Bird (Semi-Limited)
• Observed: Hand-trap group: 16 copies total (Infinite Impermanence ×3, Ghost Ogre ×3, Ash Blossom ×2, Artifact Lancea ×2, Effect Veiler ×2, Nibiru ×1, Ghost Belle ×1); Copy histogram: 15 one-ofs, 8 two-ofs, 7 three-ofs; Extra-Deck breakdown: 5 Fusion, 9 Link, 1 XYZ; Archetype core cards present: 13 / 25 (52%); missing 12 core cards including 5 100%-inclusion cards
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency: P(≥1 Memento starter in hand 5) ≈ 0.935; P(full brick) ≈ 0.065; Hand-trap draw rate going-second: P(≥1 hand trap in hand 6) ≈ 0.904; Brick estimate based on 52-card size, heavy hand-trap concentration, and Forbidden-card choke; Combo ceiling likely includes Mementomictlan Tecuhtlica - Combined Creation (5000 ATK) or fused bosses (3000–3300 ATK); Combo floor estimate: modest 2–3 summons on T1 due to missing core Extra-Deck cards and incomplete engine; Going-second resilience: hand traps + Lightning Storm provide board-breaking layer; recovery via GY recursion (Ghattic, Shleepy) is moderate; D14 (Pilotability): Fusion Summon routing and GY recursion are learnable; missing combo evidence and illegal state make error-recovery guidance unreliable
• Provisional: Meta Power: null — no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share in OCG unknown; Tournament Reliability: 38 (inferred from opening-hand stability and missing core cards; no match records available)
• Data gaps: No combo evidence: combos_evidence.total_combos = 0; ceiling, floor, median, and board_per_starter are unmeasurable No tournament context: no archetype meta-share, per-pilot match records, or format-level performance data No win-rate telemetry: brick rate, going-first/second performance, matchup win rates are unavailable in YGOVN No side deck supplied: D12 cannot be assessed; post-side strategy is unknown No guides_evidence: archetype strategy documentation is absent Illegality: three Forbidden cards prevent legal evaluation in OCG; structural score is theoretical-only