DoomZ Deck #735596 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz combo into layered board with DoomZ monsters and equip-based effects, converting discard cost into tempo advantage; Grind game through recursive equip loops and hand-trap responses; use Mulcharmy effects to pivot into card draw when opponent boards
• Turn 1 (going first): Open DoomZ engine (starters: Elara/Drastea) into Xyz plays and equip attachment; establish searcher loop and set interaction via Forbidden Crown or removal on field
• Turn 2 (going second): Leverage hand-traps (Ash, Ghost Belle, Droll) to interrupt opponent setup; pivot into Mulcharmy draw effects if hand empty; use removal/board-breaker suite to clear and establish Xyz
• Recovery: DoomZ searchers (Change, Raiders) recycle from GY; equip cards provide material recursion; Bystial Magnamhut and Called by the Grave enable recovery after disruption
• After siding: No side deck supplied (0/15 slots); deck is locked into main-deck 57 list; post-side adjustability cannot be evaluated

Why it scores here

This deck opens a functional DoomZ combo engine with ~93% consistency on an archetype starter and reaches a respectable mid-power Xyz board with layered equip effects and searcher loops. However, the floor–ceiling gap is pronounced: median combos produce 2–3 relevant pieces without overwhelming pressure, and the deck lacks a strong going-second pivot when the opponent boards first. The 57-card main-deck size, moderate brick rate from conflicting Normal Summons and hard garnets (Therion Regulus, Santa Claws), and absence of a side deck significantly limit recovery and post-disruption flexibility. Removal and hand-trap density support grind games but cannot compensate for modest offensive closing power. The system succeeds through consistency and recursion rather than raw ceiling or metagame positioning.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.70 Combo + 0.30 Midrange. Structural ≈ 61, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 54, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 59. Modifiers: Side Deck Absence (-3); Brick Rate & Garnet Density (-2); Floor–Ceiling Asymmetry (-1); Combo Engine Robustness (2). Final formula: 0.80·Structural (61) + 0.20·TournamentReliability (59) + Modifiers → 0.80·61 + 0.20·59 = 60.4 → rounded 58 (Meta provisional; no dated metagame supplied)

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

• High archetype-starter consistency (~93% opening live) anchored by triple Elara/Drastea and multi-copy DoomZ spells
• Dual-engine recursion: DoomZ Change/Raiders loop plus Mulcharmy draw-pivot enables grind and recovery
• Searcher-rich main deck (14 searcher-text copies) provides float and hand rebuilding after disruption
• Equip-attachment strategy creates unique discard-into-tempo conversion and boss-monster protection
• Moderate interaction density: triple Forbidden Crown, removal suite, and hand-trap package support going-second pivots

Weaknesses

• No side deck (0/15) eliminates best-of-3 adaptation and meta-targeting; hard constraint for tournament play
• Pronounced floor–ceiling gap: median Xyz boards (1–3 pieces) lack overwhelming pressure; ceiling requires perfect sequencing
• 57-card main deck oversize with 12 singletons and 2 hard garnets (Santa Claws, Therion Regulus) increases brick variance and reduces consistency edge
• Modest offensive closing power: boss ATK (2400–3500) and lack of piercing/direct effects make turn-2 lethal difficult without multi-turn setup
• Going-second removal suite limited: Evenly Matched (2 copies), Branded removal (3 copies), and hand-traps are functional but insufficient vs heavy boards
• Missing 4 meta-core cards (Varudras, S:P Little Knight, Harpie's Feather Duster, Jupiter) reduces flexibility and board ceiling

Critical choke points

• Single Bystial Magnamhut (Limited, 1 copy) is sole recovery tool after heavy disruption; over-reliance on Called by the Grave (Limited, 1 copy) for GY access
• Jupredo Pendulum scale (1) + Vidolium scale (11) provide wide spread but both are single copies; scale damage destroys momentum
• Mulcharmy draw-pivot requires empty hand to activate; contradiction with hand-trap setup costs; timing windows narrow in grindy games
• Xyz Rank mismatch: Elara/Drastea (Level 4) into Rank-4 Xyz; Jupredo/Vidolium (Level 10/12) require triple-material Rank 10 plays; low Rank density outside 4/5/8 limits Extra versatility
• No board-breaker in main deck (Evenly Matched only 2 copies); vulnerable to turn-1 floodgates from Stun/Control matchups

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal in OCG (57 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all copy limits respected); Restricted cards: Bystial Magnamhut (Limited, 1), Called by the Grave (Limited, 1), Solemn Judgment (Limited, 1), Droll & Lock Bird (Semi-Limited, 2) all legal; Archetype composition: DoomZ primary (24 core copies), Power Patron secondary (7), Mulcharmy tertiary (5); Card text excerpts: all role-hint tags (searcher, removal, negation, hand-trap) verified from description excerpts; Extra Deck: 13 Xyz, 1 Synchro, 1 Fusion; Xyz spread (2× Rank 4, 2× Rank 5, 2× Rank 8, 2× Rank 10, 5× utility/hybrid)
• Observed: Usage statistics: Mulcharmy Fuwalos (100% inclusion, 3 copies), Prohibited Portal (62.5%, 3 copies), Jupredo (62.5%, 3 copies) all match deck list; Core-card presence: 11/15 meta-core cards present (73.3%); missing Jupiter, Varudras, S:P Little Knight, Harpie's Feather Duster
• Inferred: P(≥1 archetype-core in 5-card hand) ≈ 0.93 from 23 core copies and hypergeometric distribution; Brick estimate ~7% based on garnet density (2 hard garnets) and 57-card oversize dilution; Combo ceiling inferred from triple Forbidden Crown + Xyz stacking + equip recursion → ~2–3-negate board with float; Combo median estimated from starter diversity (5 distinct starter lines) and typical 1–2 Xyz output without perfect sequencing; Interruption resilience moderate: two independent lines (Dragon starters vs Mulcharmy draw) but limited recursion depth after repeated disruption; Going-second power anchored by 9 hand-traps and Mulcharmy draw-pivot; estimated ~54 (lower than going-first ~66); Pilotability: moderate complexity (typical 4–5 decision points per turn, equip-targeting windows); error-prone sequencing but learnable; Resource economy: net 0 to +1 card advantage by turn end, balanced by discard costs and equip cycling
• Provisional: Meta Power: No dated metagame sample supplied; archetype popularity (4 sampled DoomZ decks, high core inclusion) confirms accessibility but not strength ranking; Matchup coverage: OCG format context assumed, but no specific meta breakdown provided; evaluation cannot rank deck vs Swordsoul, Ishizu, Kashtira, or other OCG tier-1s; Post-side performance: 0 side deck means no transformation data available; cannot assess best-of-3 reliability or meta-pivot strategy
• Data gaps: No parseable combos supplied: combo data.total combos = 0; floor/median/ceiling inferred entirely from card text, role stacking, and starter diversity No tournament link: archetype meta-share in OCG context unknown; top-16 representation and per-pilot match records absent No guides provided: strategic intent and common lines not externally verified No going-first/second performance telemetry: brick rates, starter consistency splits, post-disruption recovery rate unobserved Side deck absent (0/15): no post-disruption adaptation data; best-of-3 transformation plans unknown No metagame sample dated: Meta Power remains provisional; format-speed fit and anti-meta positioning cannot be assessed without dated metagame sample