Azamina Deck #735671 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Ritual, Fusion, Control
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 44 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon high-level Spellcaster monsters (Black Chaos, Magician of Dark Chaos) or Fusion Summon Azamina bosses; grind value through recursive searches and hand management; Accumulate advantage via Mulcharmy draw engines and Diabellstar recursion; pressure with boss monsters and Link toolbox
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Ragged Records or WANTED searcher into Ritual Spell or Azamina engine; build a board of 1–2 ritual/fusion bosses backed by Link interaction (Zenna, Dharc, or Accesscode); set Mind Shuffle or Dominus Spark for disruption
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Droll & Lock Bird) and removal (Called by the Grave, The Fallen & The Virtuous); pivot into Mulcharmy draw effects if establishing board; leverage Triple Tactics Talent for card advantage or control
• Recovery: Skull Archfiend of Chaos and Mind Shuffle retrieve Ritual Spells and monsters from GY/banish; Celtic Mystic draw fuels recovery; Cross-Sheep synergy with Ritual/Fusion summons resets resources
• After siding: No Side Deck available; post-side resilience limited to main-deck flexibility and tech choices already present (hand traps, removal, grind tools)

Why it scores here

This Azamina-hybrid Ritual/Fusion deck scores as a functional midrange grinder with solid opening consistency and recursive utility, but lacks the focused engine cohesion and board-breaking speed of pure archetypes. The deck opens a ritual or fusion boss ~70% of the time via Ragged Records, WANTED, or Deception searchers, and manages resources well through Mulcharmy draw, Skull Archfiend recovery, and graveyard recycling. However, the median board is modest—typically one unaffected ritual boss and a 1–2 Link package—and the ceiling is restrained by split resource commitment between Ritual and Fusion payoffs. Going-second interaction is present but limited (5 hand traps, light removal), and the deck lacks broad board-break tools beyond its bosses. The deck's ~67% core-card presence and missing key Azamina fusions (Ilia Silvia, Mu Rcielago) further constrain consistency and endboard quality. No side deck caps post-match resilience, and pilotability is moderate—many decision points but relatively linear paths once a searcher is live. Popularity and archetype meta-share did not contribute to this score; it reflects the system's actual consistency, conversion, and resilience metrics.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 62, Going First ≈ 65, Going Second ≈ 57, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 58. Modifiers: No Side Deck (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (62) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (58) + 0 modifiers = 62 (Meta provisional, no side deck penalizes TR by −4 from structural)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.91 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.09 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 72, median 58, board-per-starter 1.4
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Searcher density (15 cards with search/recursion text) ensures engine accessibility and graveyard reloading
• Ritual and Fusion payoffs (Black Chaos 3000 ATK unaffected, Magician of Dark Chaos effect-protected) provide durable bosses once assembled
• Mulcharmy draw engine (2–3 cards per turn if board is empty) grants resource replenishment and hand quality after setup
• Extra Deck Link package (Zenna, Dharc, Firewall, Accesscode) is well-stocked and offers utility (recursion, targeted removal, board access)
• Moderate hand-trap and removal suite (Ash x3, Droll x2, Called by the Grave, TTT, Fallen & Virtuous) enables reactive plays
• Mind Shuffle and Skull Archfiend provide graveyard recovery and recursive access to Ritual Spells across turns

Weaknesses

• Split resource commitment between Ritual Spell pathway and Fusion pathway dilutes focus; two engines sometimes conflict for draw and slot efficiency
• Missing core Azamina Fusions (Azamina Ilia Silvia 91% meta-inclusion, Azamina Mu Rcielago 79%); Extra Deck lacks primary payoffs, reducing Fusion line power
• Median board modest—typically one unaffected boss + one Link utility; lacks explosive multi-negate or board-stall potential of pure Ritual or pure Fusion archetypes
• Going-second interaction limited; no dedicated board-wipe, bounce, or stun engine; relies on hand traps and removal rather than proactive board-break
• No Side Deck eliminates post-match tuning and best-of-3 resilience; critical disadvantage in competitive OCG
• Pilotability moderate—many searchers and recursive lines but linear sequencing once a starter resolves; error tolerance estimated ~56
• Closing power restrained; no OTK, burn, or direct-damage effects; wins via attrition and boss ATK over multiple turns

Critical choke points

• Ritual Spell activation: if Ragged Records, Mind Shuffle, or Light and Darkness Ritual is negated on resolution, the Ritual line stalls; backup lines (Fusion via WANTED, Mulcharmy draw) partially mitigate but reduce consistency
• Searcher access: opening hand must contain at least one of 11+ starter/searcher cards to establish turn-1 board; approximately 9% full-brick rate if none present
• Single Extra Deck Azamina Fusion (only Ilia Silvia copy in extra): if that slot is insufficient or the Fusion line is disrupted, the deck reverts to Ritual as primary payoff
• No Side Deck: cannot adjust to bad matchups after game 1; best-of-3 format means 2/3 matches played with no post-game tools

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal (44 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all restricted cards within copy limits); Card text: all 38 distinct cards resolved with description excerpts and role-tag flags confirmed; Archetype composition: 3 exact-archetype Azamina cards (3%), 15 Light and Darkness Ritual support, 5 Mulcharmy, 5 Sinful Spoils, 6 hybrid/tech; Banlist status: OCG format; Called by the Grave Limited (1 copy run), Triple Tactics Talent Limited (1 copy run), Droll & Lock Bird Semi-Limited (2 copies run); all legal; Meta-core presence: 8 of 12 core cards present (66.7%); missing Ilia Silvia (91%), Mu Rcielago (79%), S:P Little Knight (57.6%), Dark Magician of Destruction (54.5%)
• Observed: Copy distribution: 9 singletons, 7 two-copies, 7 three-copies; density supports consistency without excessive redundancy; Searcher/recursion role-tag count: 15 cards flagged as searcher_text, 4 with negation_text, 5 with hand_trap roles
• Inferred: Engine accessibility (D1): P(≥1 core starter in hand5) ≈ 0.91 via hypergeometric; archetype core 16 copies; estimated D1 = 68; Opening-hand brick rate: estimated 9% (no starter, all high-level bosses or Spell/Trap); brick management score ~61; Combo ceiling: Black Chaos 3000 ATK + Ritual setup + Mind Shuffle board + Link overlay; inferred power index ~72; Combo median: one Ritual/Fusion boss (2500–3000 ATK) + Link utility; board_per_starter ~1.4; inferred power index ~58; Interruption resilience (D5): Skull Archfiend and Mind Shuffle provide recursion; dual pathways (Ritual vs Fusion) offer partial redundancy; resilience score ~60; Resource economy (D6): Mulcharmy draw +2–3 per turn; Celtic Mystic draw 3–discard 2; Cross-Sheep synergy; net advantage +1 to +2; estimated score ~66; Endboard interaction (D7): one unaffected boss + 1–2 Links; interaction_density ~2.0; score ~62; Going-second power (D8): hand traps cover 5–7 main slots; removal present but limited; no dedicated stun/bounce; score ~59; Offensive closing power (D9): 3000 ATK ceiling, no piercing; win via attrition; score ~53; Extra Deck efficiency (D11): 10 Links (strong), 4 Fusions (one is core, two missing), 1 Synchro (tech); coverage ~68 but missing primary Fusion payoffs; Pilotability (D14): Ritual line 3–4 decision points, Fusion line 2–3 steps; complexity moderate; score ~56; Structural Deck Power: weighted midrange profile (11% D1, 7% D2, 7% D3, etc.) = 62
• Provisional: Matchup fit (D13): Azamina archetype meta-share unavailable (tournament_context.available = false); 66.7% meta-core presence suggests moderate format alignment but exact meta-power requires a dated metagame sample; score remains ~55 (provisional, labeled); Meta Power: null / provisional; no dated metagame supplied
• Data gaps: No combos parsed: best_line, median_power_index, board_per_starter all inferred from card text and role-tag density; actual combo boards not supplied No tournament context: archetype meta-share, pilot match records, and field representation absent; Meta Power cannot be scored No go-first vs go-second split in combos: cannot separate T1 board power from T2 interaction power; both inferred as a blend No brick/starter/consistency telemetry: opening hand quality and full-brick rate estimated via hypergeometric only No Side Deck (0 cards): post-game adaptation score is necessarily zero; best-of-3 format resilience capped No win-rate data: YGOVN does not materialize per-format, per-matchup, or per-pilot win rates; no damage output, turn-length, or OTK telemetry available