Salamangreat Deck #730449 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Salamangreat (untitled) — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±5 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-summon Salamangreat boss monsters (Raging Phoenix, Pyro Phoenix) and leverage repeated FIRE recursion to overwhelm; Board control via removal spells/traps and hand traps then beatdown
• Turn 1 (going first): Use Gazelle/of Fire/Circle to establish Balelynx/Sunlight Wolf/Raging Phoenix with Roar and Sanctuary protection
• Turn 2 (going second): Clear opponent board with Raigeki/Evenly/Droplet then combo into Salamangreat links
• Recovery: Sunlight Wolf GY retrieval, Balelynx banish protection, Charge recursion
• After siding: None – side deck is empty (0 cards)

Why it scores here

This deck is illegal in OCG because it runs a forbidden Maxx "C", so per rubric it receives a capped theoretical score rather than a normal Final Contextual rating. The underlying Salamangreat system is coherent: hypergeometric estimate shows ~95.9% chance to open at least one core starter (Inferred), and the extra deck supplies Balelynx, Sunlight Wolf, Raging Phoenix and Pyro Phoenix for layered boards. However, the 55-card main deck dilutes consistency, there is no side deck, and no parsed combo data exists, lowering confidence. The score reflects the illegal status and structural-only evaluation, not the individual card strengths, and we did not average card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 66, Going First ≈ 70, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal forbidden card (-40). Final formula: Illegal deck: no normal Final Contextual score; capped low per rubric (structural theoretical only, modifier -40 for forbidden card)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.04 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Coherent Salamangreat core with multiple starters (Gazelle, of Fire, Circle)
• Strong interaction suite: Impermanence, Droplet, Roar, Crown
• Extra deck covers Link/Synchro/Xyz with recursion and board wipe

Weaknesses

• Illegal due to Forbidden Maxx "C"
• 55-card main deck reduces consistency vs optimal 40-45
• No side deck (0 cards) limits best-of-3 adaptability

Critical choke points

• Maxx "C" forbidden violation must be removed
• Reliance on FIRE monsters for Link materials
• Missing side deck for post-side plans

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Illegal (Maxx C forbidden); Card text excerpts for all distinct cards; Banlist statuses from OCG banlist (Forbidden/Limited/Unlimited)
• Observed: No parsed combo boards (combo data total combos 0)
• Inferred: P(core starter in opening hand) 0.959 from hypergeometric on 55-card deck; Brick proxy 0.041 from core group none; Interaction density from role counts (negation 18, removal 21)
• Provisional: Meta Power null - no dated metagame sample; Matchup coverage D13 provisional
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied