Ryzeal Deck #730593 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Ryzeal Combo (Rank 4 Xyz) — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 38/100 (±6 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Control, Hand-Trap Midrange
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish a Rank 4 Xyz board with layered negation and control; grind down opponent LP over multiple turns.; Exciton Knight board wipe (if opponent leads on cards) into Ryzeal Detonator or Eclipse Twins for damage close.
• Turn 1 (going first): Summon Ryzeal starters (Ice, Sword, Ext, Node, Star) or Seventh Tachyon to tutor Rank 4 Xyz; establish 1–2 Xyz (e.g., Detonator for effect negation + Bagooska for static stall); hold removal/negation for opp's turn.
• Turn 2 (going second): Ash Blossom and hand traps disrupt opponent's searchers; Lightning Storm or Forbidden Droplet clear board; pivot into Ryzeal starters and Xyz into Rank 4 for counter-pressure.
• Recovery: Ryzeal Cross field spell recycles 2 GY Ryzeal into 1 draw (slow); Mulcharmy Fuwalos/Purulia trigger draw on opponent's summons; Ryzeal Detonator floating on summon and recursive material retrieval.
• After siding: Unknown (no side deck provided; cannot evaluate Games 2–3 adaptability).

Why it scores here

This Ryzeal Rank 4 Xyz combo deck demonstrates solid structural design with reliable searchers (Seventh Tachyon, Seventh Ascension), redundant starters (8 Ryzeal copies), and strong interaction coverage (14 negation, 17 removal cards), supporting a realistic output of 1–2 Xyz with 2–3 interaction layers. However, the deck is ILLEGAL due to running 3 copies each of Solemn Judgment and Droll & Lock Bird against copy limits of 1 and 2 respectively, making it unplayable in its current form and eliminating the possibility of a normal contextual score. The 57-card main deck (overcapped by 17 from the ideal 40) exacerbates brick risk and consistency loss; the absence of a side deck blocks post-Game-1 adaptability for best-of-3 play. Without parseable combo evidence, this evaluation is constrained to text-only inference and labeled theoretical. The final score of 38 reflects structural viability (estimated ~61 if legal and trimmed) heavily penalized by illegality, overcap, and missing side deck.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 63, Going First ≈ 68, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 55. Modifiers: Illegal legality status (copy limit violations) (-23); Main deck overcap (57 cards, ideal 40) (-8); Missing side deck (0 cards, format requires 15) (-5); No combo evidence (zero parseable boards) (-4). Final formula: Base: 0.80·Structural (63) + 0.20·TournamentReliability (55) = 61.4 ≈ 61. Capped to 38 due to Illegal legality status (−23 modifier for unplayability).

Probability & combo summary

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

Strengths

• Excellent searcher density: Seventh Tachyon x3 and Seventh Ascension x3 provide consistent tutor access to Rank 4 Xyz numbers and removal; Bonfire x1 adds free Pyro search.
• Multiple independent Ryzeal starters (Ice x2, Sword x2, Ext x2, Node x1, Star x1) create redundancy; loss of one starter line is survivable via backup routes.
• Robust interaction suite: 14 negation-tagged cards (Ash Blossom, Forbidden Droplet, Solemn Judgment, etc.) and 17 removal-tagged cards enable diverse disruption angles (effect negation, destruction, GY removal).
• Rank 4 Xyz lineup diversity: Ryzeal Detonator (effect negation on opponent's QE), Bagooska (static negation + stall), Tornado Dragon (S/T removal), Exciton Knight (board wipe), Eclipse Twins (2 attacks) address multiple board-state needs.
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia offer conditional draw acceleration if opponent summons multiple times; helps refill hand and generate resources on opponent's turn.

Weaknesses

• ILLEGAL: Solemn Judgment (3 copies, legal 1) and Droll & Lock Bird (3 copies, legal 2) violate copy limits; deck cannot be played in TCG format without corrections.
• Severely overcapped main deck (57 cards vs. optimal 40): dilutes consistency, increases brick rate, wastes 17 deck slots that should be core starters or refined tech.
• No side deck (0 cards, format requires 15): completely blocks post-Game-1 adaptation and matchup-specific teching for best-of-3 play.
• Mulcharmy activation gate: both Fuwalos and Purulia require 'control no cards' to activate; drawing both copies creates opening-hand conflict and wastes slots.
• Rank 4-only restriction from Ryzeal starters: Ice, Sword, Ext, Node restrict Extra Deck summons to Rank 4 only that turn, limiting access to other Xyz/Synchro/Fusion lines.
• No dedicated going-second engine: board-breaking relies on conditional Lightning Storm (must control no face-ups) or resource-intensive Forbidden Droplet; lacks proactive going-second strategy.
• Slow grind recovery: Ryzeal Cross (2 GY Ryzeal → 1 draw) is the only dedicated recovery, and it requires field presence; not sufficient for long-haul resilience.

Critical choke points

• Single-point failure: If both Seventh Tachyon and Seventh Ascension are negated (Ash Blossom), and no Ryzeal starters are in opening hand, the deck's primary engine stalls immediately.
• Mulcharmy mutual exclusion: Drawing both Fuwalos and Purulia in opening 5 often leaves one dead until field is cleared; activation condition conflict.
• Ryzeal Cross is the only GY recovery engine, and it is slow (2 cards → 1 draw) and requires a Ryzeal already summoned; inadequate for recovering from multiple disruptions.
• Three illegal Solemn Judgment copies: wastes 2 deck slots that should be legal tech; 2 dead cards every game.
• One illegal Droll & Lock copy: wastes 1 deck slot; limits deck curation flexibility.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal. Solemn Judgment 3 copies exceeds legal limit of 1 by 2. Droll & Lock Bird 3 copies exceeds legal limit of 2 by 1.; Main deck size: 57 cards (overcapped by 17 from ideal 40).; Extra deck: 15 cards at format limit; composition 14 Xyz + 1 Link.; Card text resolution: all 40 distinct Main cards have parsed text matching archetype/role hints.; Archetype core usage stats: Ryzeal 61.9% core presence (13 of 21 core cards included).
• Observed: Role tag distribution: 14 negation-tagged, 17 removal-tagged, 9 hand-trap-tagged cards.; Ryzeal starter copies: Ice x2, Sword x2, Ext x2, Node x1, Star x1 = 8 distinct starters.; Seventh searcher copies: Tachyon x3, Ascension x3 = 6 distinct searchers.; Mulcharmy draw engines: Fuwalos x3, Purulia x3 = 6 draw cards.; Rank 4 Xyz coverage: 11 Rank 4 in Extra (Detonator, Duo Drive, Banshee, Twins, Masquerade, Tornado, Exciton, Bagooska, Boxer, Rafflesia, Infernal Flame).
• Inferred: Consistency: P(≥1 core opener in opening hand 5) ≈ 0.966 hypergeometric; practical reliability reduced to ~0.80 by 57-card overcap and redundancy.; Brick rate: estimated 25–30% from excessive hand traps, removal, and tech duplicates.; Combo ceiling (text-only): 2–3 Rank 4 Xyz summons maximum due to Extra Deck restriction; Rank 4-only gates prevent larger loops.; Combo median (text-only): 1–2 functional Rank 4 Xyz (e.g., Detonator + Bagooska) plus 2–3 hand cards; no infinite engines.; Interruption resilience: 8 Ryzeal starters + Seventh searchers provide multiple independent lines; single-Seventh negation is survivable; moderate redundancy (not unbreakable).; Resource economy: Seventh searchers and Bonfire generate free value; Mulcharmy conditional draw on opp summons; Ryzeal starters cost tempo; net advantage is modest.; Going-second power: Lightning Storm (conditional) and Forbidden Droplet are primary board-breakers; hand traps disrupt; no dedicated going-second combo engine limits offensive capability.; Pilotability: Seventh Tachyon naming (101–107 Rank 4 Xyz) is a decision point; Ryzeal chains offer multiple routing; recursion mechanics provide forgiveness; moderate complexity.
• Provisional: Meta Power: null. Archetype meta-share, format tier, and common matchups not supplied; cannot assess environmental fit without dated metagame sample.; Matchup coverage: Ryzeal's position in current format tier unknown; format fit estimated neutral pending meta context.; Post-side effectiveness: no side deck provided; Games 2–3 adaptability cannot be evaluated.
• Data gaps: Zero combo evidence: no parseable boards supplied; combo ceiling, floor, median, and board-per-starter all inferred from card text (low confidence D3/D4). No tournament link: archetype meta-share, top-16 status, and per-pilot match records absent; Meta Power remains Provisional. No metagame sample: no dated format snapshot (metagame composition, deck popularity %, win rates by archetype); final score is meta-neutral. No win-rate telemetry: no going-first/going-second win rates, matchup breakdowns, brick rates, OTK frequencies, or long-game resilience data (all signals Inferred or Unknown). No side deck: best-of-3 sideboarding cannot be analyzed; post-Game-1 plans are unknown. No guides evidence: zero guides attached; strategic intent and known matchup strategies not provided.