Artmage Deck #736004 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Artmage bosses (Nerva, Diactorus, Non-Finito) with layered interaction negation to control the board and close via attrition or direct damage.; Synchro/Xyz utility summons (Junora, Varudras, Jupiter) for disruption and setup; Pendulum Summoning for resource generation and repositioning.
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish Pendulum Zones with Power Patron and Artmage scales; Link Summon into searchers (Beyond/Exceed the Pendulum); resolve Pendulum Summons; build Fusion line while holding interaction (Infinite Impermanence, Solemn Judgment, Artmage Impasto).
• Turn 2 (going second): Open with hand traps (Ash, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle) to disrupt opponent setups; resolve Lava Golem or Lightning Storm if opening permits; push Fusion Summons with protected lines; use board-breaker tech (Harpie's Feather Duster) to clear backrow.
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos draw engine and recursion via Medius/Theorealize to rebuild resources; Pendulum Zones anchor grind game; Triple Tactics Talent for hand refresh after opponent activation.
• After siding: No side deck provided; inferred side would likely include Droll & Lock Bird (missing core), additional hand traps, and more backrow removal given missing S:P Little Knight and Nerva.

Why it scores here

This Artmage deck opens a Fusion engine with Power Patron searchers and Pendulum Zones for resource continuity, hitting around 65% consistency for a live starter. The median board integrates negation (via Nervedo, Vidolium Impasto, Diactorus) with Pendulum recursion, but lacks the critical Nerva and S:P Little Knight pieces found in 83% and 67% of published lists respectively, limiting the ceiling. Hand-trap density (12 copies) and going-second removal tech (Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster) enable disruption, though the absence of Droll & Lock Bird and a side deck—plus no combo evidence—prevents confident grind evaluation. The deck's core redundancy and multiple Extra-Deck axes keep it playable, but deviation from archetype standards and lack of tested lines yield a cautious mid-range structural score with tournament reliability constrained by brick risk and single-point-of-failure reliance on Pendulum Zones for recovery.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 59, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 54. Modifiers: Missing Core Cards (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (60) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (54) + Modifiers (−2 for missing core, +0 net) = 58

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.71 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.13 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Redundant starter suite (6 distinct full-starters via Nervedo, Prohibited Portal, Medius, Mulcharmy, Junoldo, Astrograph) yields ~70% opening consistency.
• Negation-stacked end-board via Diactorus, Nerva, Impasto, Forbidden Crown, and 6 trap negations creates 2–3 layer interaction walls.
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos draw engine + Theorealize recursion enable multi-turn grind and recovery from single interruption.
• Broad removal toolkit (Lightning Storm, Harpie's, Lava Golem, Ghost Ogre/Belle) supports going-second challenge.
• Pendulum Summon cascades (via Treasure + Exceed/Beyond the Pendulum) maintain resource flow and reshuffle Extra Deck.

Weaknesses

• Missing Nerva (83% core) and S:P Little Knight (67% core) removes high-ATK boss and multi-card removal combo; limits ceiling significantly.
• No side deck supplied; post-side adaptability unknown; likely vulnerable to Droll & Lock Bird (58% inclusion in meta).
• Lava Golem (3 copies) situational payoff; high Normal Summon density (Medius, Mulcharmy, Finmel) creates conditional bricking on some hands.
• Pendulum Zone dependence: once-per-turn destruction of Zones (e.g., Feather Duster) can strand high-level monsters without Summon.
• Modest going-second offensive power (55); boards lack piercing or direct damage; closing over multiple turns invites opponent recovery.
• Combo lines untested—no board records or telemetry; consistency/reliability inferred from card text and archetype structure only.

Critical choke points

• Pendulum Zone availability: if opponent removes both Zones before Summon window, Pendulum Summon route blocked; recovery depends on Medius Normal Summon or GY recursion.
• Fusion Material access: Medius/Theorealize must resolve; if both negated early, Fusion line stalls until recursion windows open (turn 2+).
• Hand-trap saturation: 12 copies of hand traps can brick if opening hand contains 3+ without a starter; estimated 12–15% full-brick rate.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 57 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; all cards legal in OCG format; 5 Limited cards at 1 copy each (Astrograph, Called by Grave, Harpie's Feather Duster, Solemn Judgment, Triple Tactics Talent).; Card text and archetypes from evidence.json resolved correctly.; Usage stats: 18 published Artmage lists; core cards identified; inclusion thresholds 50–91.7%.
• Observed: Archetype core presence: 35.7% of top-14 core cards present (5 of 14); missing Nerva, S:P, Varudras, Droll, Beyond the Pendulum, Litera, Non-Finito.; Hand-trap density: 12 copies of 3-ofs (Ash, Ogre, Belle); high opening-hand saturation for going-second.; Negation suite: Infinite Impermanence (3), Solemn suite (3), Forbidden Crown (2), Artmage Impasto (1), Artmage traps (2) = 11 disruptive pieces in 57 cards.
• Inferred: Consistency: P(≥1 core starter in hand 5) ≈ 0.70 via hypergeometric; full brick ≈ 0.13.; Median board power: 2–3 negations, 1–2 extender chains, ~2200 ATK average beater; ceiling ~3300 ATK (Nerva) / 2800 ATK (Diactorus) if all pieces resolve.; Going-first resilience: 3+ independent starter lines enable ~1 forced interruption survival; choke-point on Pendulum Zones.; Going-second offensive: 15-piece removal suite moderate; no OTK or piercing line identified; closing via attrition over 2–3 turns.; Pilotability: Pendulum sequencing + Fusion material rules + recursion timing moderate complexity; ~10–12 decision points per line; error tolerance fair.; Post-side adaptability: inferred weakness given missing Droll & Lock Bird (58% core) and no side deck present.
• Provisional: Meta Power: no dated metagame sample supplied; Artmage archetype meta-share in OCG unknown; structural score used in lieu of meta power.; Tournament performance: no match records; archetype real and playable but rank/win-rate unknown.; Banlist exposure: Astrograph and other Limited cards at single-copy; banlist stability moderate risk in evolving OCG format.
• Data gaps: No parseable combo boards supplied; combo floor/median/ceiling derived from card text and role hints only (Inferred). No tournament context or match records; archetype meta-share unknown. No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/OTK rates); all performance signals inferred or estimated. No side deck provided; post-side strategy and best-of-3 adaptability cannot be evaluated. Guides evidence empty; archetype strategic intent inferred from card text and usage statistics. No dated metagame sample; Meta Power set to null (Provisional).