Dragon Link Deck #728028 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: none
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish a multi-negate board via Rokket combo engines and Dragon Link synergy, then grind or close via boss monsters; Blind-second disruption through hand traps and removal to break opponent boards, then rebuild
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Rokket/Mulcharmy starters to establish Striker Dragon or Trisborrel Dragon for searchable negation layers and removal
• Turn 2 (going second): Deploy hand traps (Ash, Infinite Impermanence, Artifact Lancea), then use removal and Bystial engines to break boards and Synchro summon Bystial Dis Pater
• Recovery: Recursion via Rokket searchers, Bystial banish-to-summon loops, and Destrudo-enabled synchro lines for repeated board presence
• After siding: Unable to evaluate — no side deck provided; deck is currently illegal so post-side optimization is theoretical

Why it scores here

This deck is ILLEGAL in OCG format and receives a theoretical-only evaluation. It runs 4 Forbidden cards (Heavy Storm, Maxx C, Dimensional Barrier, Borreload Savage Dragon) and 1 over-limit card (Striker Dragon ×2 vs ×1 legal). The structural integrity is moderate: Dragon Link benefits from a 97% probability of opening a Rokket/Mulcharmy engine piece (27 core copies), but 15% core-absence brick rate and conflicting Normal Summons (Ash, Lancea, Droll/Lock) reduce hand consistency. Combo ceiling via Trisborrel Dragon + searchable negation is solid (~68); median output relies on starter diversity and Bystial recursion but lacks parsed combo evidence. Going-second has realistic removal (Ultimate Slayer, Dominus Spark, 9 hand traps) but low direct damage output. The deck structure itself shows coherence in Rokket + Borrel synergy; the illegal cards do not materially enhance the core line. Popularity and archetype meta-share did not influence the score. Do NOT use this evaluation for tournament play—it is ineligible as written.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 59, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: Illegal status (-100). Final formula: ILLEGAL DECK — Final Contextual Deck Power capped at 0. Structural would be 0.80·59 + 0.20·48 ≈ 56 if the deck were legal; however, four Forbidden cards and one over-limit violation render it ineligible.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.15 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Strong Rokket engine consistency with 27 core copies (97% opening reliability)
• Multi-layer negation from Trisborrel Dragon, Borrelend Dragon, and searchable counters
• Graveyard recursion engines (Bystial, Destrudo, Rokket searchers) enable multiple lines and recovery
• Extensive hand-trap package (9 copies) and going-second removal for disruption
• Borrel/Rokket synergy provides both board presence and searchable support spells

Weaknesses

• ILLEGAL: Four Forbidden cards (Heavy Storm, Maxx C, Dimensional Barrier, Borreload Savage Dragon) and one over-limit card (Striker Dragon ×2)
• 15% full-brick rate due to conflicting Normal Summons (Ash, Lancea, Droll) and mandatory-summon hand traps
• Missing 4 core Extra-Deck pieces per archetype stats (Guardragon Pisty, Borrelend Dragon, S:P Little Knight, Borreload Fatalflare Dragon) — actual inclusion only 60%
• Single-point-of-failure dependency on Striker Dragon Link summoning for searchable plays
• No Side Deck (0 cards) prevents post-side adaptation; no going-second plan refinement
• Low offensive closing power (~52) — limited direct damage and reliance on grind/attrition
• Non-standard 55-card Main Deck over the optimal 40–44 range hints at loose construction
• Combo ceiling and median output inferred from text only; no real-world board data to confirm consistency

Critical choke points

• Striker Dragon: runs 2, only 1 legal; losing the extra copy reduces searchable-float consistency
• Forbidden cards: Heavy Storm and Maxx C are banned globally; deck cannot be played in any format as listed
• Hand-trap saturation: 9 hand traps (Ash ×2, Lancea ×2, Droll, Maxx C, Infinite Impermanence ×3) create Normal Summon and opening-hand conflicts
• No Side Deck: prevents best-of-3 adaptation and siding against common matchups
• Borrelend Dragon absence: missing the high-end boss monster that defines this archetype's going-first power

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal (4 Forbidden cards, 1 over-limit); Main Deck size: 55 (non-standard); Extra Deck size: 15 (legal); Side Deck size: 0 (missing entirely); Core archetype cards present: 15/25 per archetype stats (~60% coverage); Banlist violations: Heavy Storm (Forbidden), Maxx C (Forbidden), Dimensional Barrier (Forbidden), Borreload Savage Dragon (Forbidden), Striker Dragon ×2 vs ×1 legal
• Observed: Rokket engine density: 16 copies of Rokket monsters (Loader ×3, Tracer ×3, Barrage ×3, Caliber, Detonator, Absorouter, Recharger variants); Borrel support: 8 copies including Trisborrel Dragon, Breachborrel Dragon, Borreload Reboot, Triple Borrel Launch; Hand-trap package: 9 copies (Ash ×2, Lancea ×2, Droll, Maxx C, Infinite Impermanence ×3)
• Inferred: Opening hand consistency: 27 archetype-core copies → P(≥1 Rokket/Mulcharmy opener in hand 5) ≈ 97%; Brick rate estimate: ~15% due to conflicting Normal Summons and 9 hand traps; Combo ceiling: Trisborrel Dragon + negation layers + Bystial Dis Pater (estimated ~68 based on synergy); Combo floor/median: estimated ~58 assuming one disruption per line; Destrudo recursion enables fallback; Interaction density: 3× Infinite Impermanence + Trisborrel Dragon negation + Borrelend Dragon (if added) → ~7 negate equivalents (moderate); Going-second power: 9 hand traps + 6 spell removal + Ultimate Slayer → estimated ~60 (realistic force-removal); Grind game: Recursive Bystial/Rokket effects support multi-turn pressure; ~62 resource efficiency estimated; Pilotability: Combo step count moderate; multiple branching lines reduce error but hand-trap saturation adds decision burden → ~54
• Provisional: Meta Power: null — no dated metagame sample provided; Dragon Link archetype meta-share unknown for this OCG snapshot; Tournament Reliability: inferred ~48 due to high brick rate, hand-trap conflicts, and missing Side Deck; cannot be verified without tournament data
• Data gaps: Deck is ILLEGAL — evaluation is theoretical only and cannot be used for tournament play No Side Deck provided (0 cards) — post-side adaptation and best-of-3 strategy cannot be evaluated No combos supplied — combo floor, median, and ceiling inferred from card text and archetype norms, not real boards No tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; Meta Power remains Provisional No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN — brick rates, starter success rates, OTK/grind splits are Inferred or Unknown Missing 4 core Extra-Deck pieces per archetype stats — actual inclusion 60% vs 85%+ typical; impact on board power unquantified