Orcust Deck #735035 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 62/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish multi-layered Link board with Orcust engine core and hand-trap disruption; grind out resource advantage over multiple turns; Pivot to removal-heavy midrange game with Forbidden Droplet, Dominus Impulse, and board-breakers; close via beatdown or interactive stall
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Girsu or Orcust monster; send core card to GY via Girsu or Foolish Burial; extend into Link chain (Galatea-I → Barricadeborg Blocker or S:P Little Knight); set interaction from hand-traps and Orcust Crescendo; leave board state defensible but low on board presence (1–2 negates, mild protection)
• Turn 2 (going second): Open hand-traps (Ash Blossom, Evenly Matched, Droll & Lock Bird) to disrupt opponent's setup; use removal suite (Forbidden Droplet, Dominus Impulse, Lightning Storm) to clear established boards; attempt to recycle GY starters via Orcust monsters or World Legacy recursion after disruption resolves
• Recovery: Orcust GY recursion engine (Cymbal Skeleton, Harp Horror banish effects to revive; Orcustrated Babel to make recursion Quick) allows come-back lines after one disruption; World Legacy tokens and Mulcharmy Fuwalos conditional draw create card advantage recovery windows; however, reliant on specific GY setup — single choke point if GY is emptied early
• After siding: No side deck supplied (0/15 slots); cannot evaluate post-side resilience or matchup-specific pivots. Deck is locked into main-deck construction with no transformational tools.

Why it scores here

This Orcust deck opens consistent starters (P≥1 core ≈ 94%) but suffers from mid-range brick risk due to conflicting Normal Summon slots (Mulcharmy Fuwalos, multiple 4-level engines) and 55-card size bloat. The combo ceiling is modest—most lines resolve into 1–2 Link negates and a largely empty board rather than a layered wall—and the median output is further constrained by resource hunger and dead cards in certain hands. Interruption resilience relies heavily on GY-banish recursion mechanics, which remain strong but create choke points if the GY is emptied or key extenders are negated early. The deck excels in going-second removal (Forbidden Droplet, Dominus Impulse, Evenly Matched) and has real grind potential through hand-trap density and conditional draws, but lacks offensive closing power and post-side adaptability (0/15 side slots). The high archetype-core inclusion (87% of key cards present) and reasonable Extra Deck coverage do not translate to a high-power system because the primary lines are consistency-constrained, resource-hungry, and highly dependent on piloting precision. Meta-share and popularity did not influence this score—only the deck's internal system reliability, measured against its format and matchup demands.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.65 Combo + 0.35 Midrange. Structural ≈ 62, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 68, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 60. Modifiers: Empty Side Deck Liability (-3); Below-Core Archetype Inclusion (-2); 55-Card Bloat Penalty (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional; no dated metagame supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.94 · 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

• Strong going-second removal suite (Forbidden Droplet, Dominus Impulse, Evenly Matched, Lightning Storm, Raigeki) provides board-breaking coverage
• High hand-trap density (8 copies: Ash Blossom 3x, Evenly Matched 3x, Droll & Lock Bird 2x) enables early disruption and going-second play
• Orcust GY-recursion engine (banish revival effects on Cymbal Skeleton, Harp Horror; Orcustrated Babel Quick Effect) allows resource recovery and second-wave plays
• Reasonably complete Extra Deck with 12 Link toolbox slots covering multiple archetypes and situations
• 87% core card inclusion of meta Orcust staples (Girsu, Harp Horror, Cymbal Skeleton, Orcustrated Babel, World Legacy monsters) ensures engine coherence within the archetype

Weaknesses

• Modest combo ceiling—most first-turn lines resolve into 1–2 negates and light board presence rather than layered interaction walls; Enlilgirsu and Longirsu (top-tier Orcust tutors) absent from deck, reducing ceiling further
• Competing Normal Summon slots (Mulcharmy Fuwalos 3x, Girsu 3x, Ash Blossom 3x) create brick risk and reduce actual starter reliability despite high probability of opening one
• 55-card main deck (bloated; standard is 40) dilutes consistency and increases garnet/dead-card frequency
• Empty side deck (0/15 slots) locks deck into main-deck construction with zero post-game-1 adaptability in best-of-3 formats; critical structural liability in OCG
• Resource economy is net-negative—deck spends 3–4 cards to establish modest interaction and often lacks follow-up plays; recovery relies on slow conditional draw engines (Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Orcustrated Babel) that require specific conditions
• Offensive closing power is weak; boss monsters (Borrelsword Dragon 3000 ATK, Enlilgirsu 2600 ATK) are rarely reached, and end-game beatdown is slow and interruptible
• Single choke point if GY is cleared early (banished or milled) or primary revival targets are negated—no alternate combo lines ensure continuation

Critical choke points

• GY-banish recursion: If key Orcust revival targets (Cymbal Skeleton, Harp Horror) are banished, sent to hand, or negated before activation, the deck loses its primary extension engine and struggles to continue
• Normal Summon conflict: Opening hands with multiple competing Normal Summons (Mulcharmy, Girsu, Ash Blossom) force suboptimal plays or lead to inefficient routing
• Orcust Crescendo dependency: Deck has only one copy of Orcust Crescendo (1/3 optimal); if it is not in GY or negated before activation, negate coverage drops significantly
• No side-deck pivot: Complete absence of side deck (0/15) means the deck cannot transform between games; matchup-specific tools and adaptations are impossible

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal in OCG format; 55 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all card copy limits respected; Extra Deck composition: 12 Link, 1 Synchro, 1 Fusion, 1 XYZ; Core card inclusion: 12/22 meta cards (54.5%) present; missing S:P Little Knight, I:P Masquerena, Enlilgirsu, Longirsu, Galatea, Called by the Grave, Triple Tactics Talent, Galatea-I, Mulcharmy Purulia, Infinite Impermanence; Hand-trap density: 8 copies (Ash Blossom 3x, Evenly Matched 3x, Droll & Lock Bird 2x); role tags verified from card text; Archetype purity: 14 exact Orcust cards, 56 off-archetype
• Observed: Usage statistics show Orcust core inclusion 50–87.5% across meta decklists; this deck at 54.5% is below average; All 26 negation-text and 26 removal-text cards confirmed from card descriptions
• Inferred: P(≥1 core starter in hand5) ≈ 0.94 from hypergeometric; full brick rate ≈ 0.07; Combo ceiling inferred from Girsu→send→Link→Orcust Crescendo negate chain; best-line PowerIndex ~65–68; Median board output: 1–2 negates + GY setup; median PowerIndex ~55–60; Interruption resilience depends on GY-banish recursion availability; single choke point if GY cleared; Resource economy net-negative across typical turn cycle; recovery relies on slow conditional draws; Offensive closing power weak due to low boss ATK and slow beatdown conversion; Pilotability moderate; combo decision trees present but error-prone in disruption scenarios
• Provisional: Meta Power: No dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share is context only, not a power indicator; Tournament reliability: Cannot assess post-side performance (empty side deck); going-first/going-second winrate is Unknown without match telemetry
• Data gaps: No combo examples supplied—combo floor, median, ceiling are text-only inferences No tournament match records or win-rate telemetry in YGOVN; going-first/going-second performance, brick frequency, and matchup results are Unknown No dated metagame sample—Meta Power cannot be computed; archetype meta-share (from usage statistics) is context only Side deck absent (0/15)—post-game-1 plan and matchup adaptability cannot be assessed No guides or strategic intent documentation attached to deck