Primite Deck #735693 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 28/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 53 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish layered interaction through Bystial recursion and hand traps; close via direct/pierce damage from bosses; Red-Eyes Fusion engine into Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon or board breaker advantage
• Turn 1 (going first): Use Primite searchers to set up Bystial recursion loop; open interaction via hand traps and Solemn Traps; control board with Kaiju pressure and interaction density
• Turn 2 (going second): Leverage heavy hand-trap suite (12 copies) and removal staples (Lightning Storm, Infinite Impermanence) to clear opponent board; pivot to Kaiju tribute-removal if needed
• Recovery: Bystial Dragons recur from GY via banishment outlets; Primite Fusion and Red-Eyes Spirit enable graveyard recursion; banishment-to-deck cycle via Branded Regained
• After siding: Side out hand traps for floodgates (Rivalry of Warlords already maindeck); no side deck supplied — adaptation potential unknown

Why it scores here

This Primite-Bystial-Red-Eyes hybrid is illegal in OCG (Maxx C and Dimensional Barrier are Forbidden), which caps its practical utility. The deck's core engine (Primite searchers, Bystial recursion via banishment) opens reliably (P[≥1 Primite starter] ≈ 0.74), but sits at an awkward density threshold: 7 of 17 archetypal core cards are run, leaving 41% of standard inclusions absent (missing Blue-Eyes payoffs, Majesty, True Light). Combo median output is moderate—no parsed boards exist to anchor ceiling/floor, so inference relies on card text redundancy and Bystial loop sustainability. Going-second power is the deck's strength via a dense hand-trap suite (12 copies), but a 53-card main deck and heavy one-ofs create brick risk. The deck prioritizes interaction and grind over tempo, and lacks a coherent side plan (zero side deck supplied). This evaluation reflects structural legality violations and incompleteness, not card-level power.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 65, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: Legality violation (Maxx C, Dimensional Barrier Forbidden in OCG) (-25); Main deck size violation (53 > 60 max framework baseline) (-3); Archetype core incompleteness (41.2% present, 58.8% missing) (-4); No side deck supplied (-2). Final formula: Illegal deck capped low; Structural 51 * 0.45 + TournamentReliability 42 * 0.20 + LegalityPenalty -25 = 28 (Meta provisional, no banlist sample supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.74 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.58 · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.18 (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 suite: 12 hand traps + 2x Infinite Impermanence + Lightning Storm; P[≥1 disruption in 6] ≈ 0.80
• Bystial recursion engine: 4 independent banishment-triggered summons (Druiswurm, Magnamhut, Baldrake, Saronir) enable multi-turn grind
• Kaiju board wipe: 3x Kumongous removes opponent threat at low resource cost
• Interaction layering: Solemn Traps + hand traps + board effect negation create 3+ denial routes
• Graveyard recovery: Branded Regained, Red-Eyes Spirit, multiple GY-access effects sustain resources across turns

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Maxx C and Dimensional Barrier are Forbidden; deck cannot compete in sanctioned play
• Over 40-card main deck (53 cards) increases brick risk and consistency drift; archetype purity only 11.8%
• Missing 58.8% of standard Primite-Bystial core (absent Majesty, True Light, Blue-Eyes payoffs); engine feels patched rather than cohesive
• Combo ceiling is moderate: no OTK lines evident; end-board typically 1–2 negates + grind setup rather than clock pressure
• Heavy one-ofs (27 distinct main cards) and conflicting Normal Monster support (Red-Eyes, Dark Magician, Hyozanryu, Redox) dilute consistency
• No side deck supplied; post-side adaptability cannot be assessed; tied to main deck only

Critical choke points

• Banishment zone saturation: Bystial recursion loop depends on available banishment space; clogging removes engine fluidity
• Red-Eyes Fusion lock: One-turn summon lock limits flexibility if Fusion is drawn early
• Kaiju reliance: Tributting own board for Kumongous removes established interaction; ineffective against immune/untargetable bosses
• Hand depletion: Hand-trap + searcher density can create empty-hand scenarios if not sequenced carefully
• No coherent win condition: Deck grinds and controls but lacks a clear close-out plan; vulnerable to attrition in long games

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal (Maxx C, Dimensional Barrier Forbidden in OCG); Main deck size: 53 cards (exceeds 40-min framework); Extra deck size: 15 cards (legal cap); Card text: Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon unaffected + negation; Bystial Druiswurm banish-then-summon Quick Effect; Primite Lordly Lode searcher + Normal Monster summon; Archetype core: 7 of 17 standard Primite-Bystial core cards present (41.2%); Hand-trap density: 12 copies of recognized hand traps and interruption monsters
• Observed: Usage statistics: 7 of 17 core archetype cards in this deck; Primite Drillbeam 82.6% inclusion in Primite decklists; Maxx C 69.6% inclusion (standard tech but forbidden in OCG)
• Inferred: P[≥1 starter in opening 5] ≈ 0.74 (Primite archetype-core 12 cards, hypergeometric); P[≥1 hand-trap in 6] ≈ 0.80 going-second; Combo ceiling ~60–70 PowerIndex; median ~48–52 (no parsed boards; inferred from Bystial recursion layers + Red-Eyes Fusion payoff); Brick rate estimate 18% (53-card main, one-ofs, conflicting Normal Summons); Interaction density ~3.2–3.5 per board (Solemn Traps, Infinite Impermanence, hand traps, negation bosses); Going-first power ~48 (moderate opener, reliant on Primite setup + hand-trap float); Going-second power ~65 (hand-trap suite + removal density); Tournament Reliability ~42 (openings stable via searcher density, but brick risk and one-of reliance create variance; single-choke-point hand depletion risk)
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated OCG metagame sample supplied; Primite archetype meta-share unavailable); Matchup fit: Assumed low in OCG (deck is illegal; no competitive context); Format speed alignment: Assumed moderate (deck grinds/controls, not tempo or FTK)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is card-text inference only No tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, game-level outcomes) — all such claims are Inferred or Unknown No side deck supplied — post-side plan and best-of-3 reliability cannot be evaluated Deck is Illegal in OCG (Forbidden cards present) — practical evaluation is structural/theoretical only Meta Power is Provisional (no dated OCG metagame sample supplied)