Power Patron Deck #736007 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Power Patron — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 62/100 (±6 · 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: Pendulum/Fusion summon a board of high-ATK bosses with interruption (Vidolium, Nerva, Artmage monsters) and pressure through removal/negation.; Going-second board break via hand traps and removal (Lava Golem, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster) into attacking over remaining threats.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a Pendulum starter (Nervedo, Vidolium, Shade, Astrograph) or searcher (Portal - Terminus, Pendulum Treasure) to facilitate Link/Fusion summons, establish a board of high-stat monsters with 1-3 negations/interceptions.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence) to interrupt opponent setup, then leverage removal (Lava Golem, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster) and Mulcharmy Fuwalos (if no cards controlled) for card advantage and board break.
• Recovery: Recursion via Theorealize Past Lull, Artmage Pact, and Power Patron Shade of the Final Hour to re-summon or tutor Key monsters from GY after disruption.
• After siding: No side deck provided; structural adaptation only through main-deck consistency (cannot assess best-of-3 optimization).

Why it scores here

Power Patron opens a functional Pendulum/Fusion engine with 74% probability of at least one core starter and 91% searcher access in the opening hand. The deck builds 2-3 boss monsters (Vidolium, Artmage fusions, Nerva) with layered negation (Pendulum effects, Artmage Diactorus Quick Effect) and strong going-second disruption via 12 hand traps and board breakers (Lava Golem, Lightning Storm). However, combo lines lack documentation, median output is inferred modestly from card text (no parsed boards), and recovery after a single chokepoint (e.g., negated Pendulum setup) is limited to one-off recursion cards. The deck runs 60% of archetype core cards (missing Mulcharmy Purulia, Junora, S:P Little Knight), indicating deviation from the format's consensus build. No side deck and absent metagame context cap the final score; structural consistency and interaction quality drive the 62 baseline.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.65·Combo + 0.35·Midrange. Structural ≈ 63, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 65, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 59. Modifiers: No side deck (-2); Non-standard core card inclusion (-1); 57-card bloat (-1). Final formula: 0.80·Structural(63) + 0.20·TournamentReliability(59) = 62.2 ≈ 62 (Meta provisional, no dated sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.74 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.08 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Strong going-first board: multi-layer negation (Artmage Diactorus QE, Vidolium Pendulum, Nervedo monster) + high-stat bosses (Vidolium 5000, Nerva 3300).
• Excellent hand-trap density (12 copies across Ash, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence) for going-second game.
• Searcher redundancy (21 text-hints) ensures engine access in 91% of opening hands.
• Board-breaker toolkit: Lava Golem (forced Tribute sacrifice), Lightning Storm (no face-ups), Harpie's Feather Duster (S/T sweep).
• Recovery tools: Theorealize, Artmage Pact, Power Patron Shade of Final Hour enable recursion after single disruption.

Weaknesses

• Deck bloat (57 main vs 40 minimum): conflicts between hand-trap density and core Pendulum starters; modest consistency penalty.
• Median combo output not documented; no parsed boards limits ceiling confidence; likely 2–3 bosses + 1–2 negations on median line (modest vs pure combos).
• Single-choke-point lines: if Pendulum setup is negated before resolution, recovery narrow (one-off recursion, no alternative full engines).
• Non-standard core deviation (60% vs 100% meta inclusion): missing Mulcharmy Purulia, Junora, S:P Little Knight suggests sub-optimal or rogue build.
• Artmage Diactorus negation requires exact 3-MonsterType on field; fragile if board is partially wiped before QE window.
• No side deck provided; post-side adaptation unknown.

Critical choke points

• Pendulum scale setup negated before Pendulum Summon: no immediate backup line to resolve full combo.
• Hand full of hand traps + no starters: rare but possible brick if core cards whiffed in draw.
• Artmage Diactorus summon failed (insufficient materials or negated): loses primary going-first layered negation.
• Fusion material Tributes interrupted (Solemn Judgment, Ash Blossom on summon effect): Nerva/Artmage plays halted.

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Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal OCG, 57 main, 15 extra, 0 side, all copy limits respected.; Card text: all 43 distinct cards resolved with valid frame/attribute/level/archetype.; Composition: 29 main distinct, 14 extra distinct; 11 copies at 3, 6 at 2, 12 at 1; Extra-Deck 5F/1Sy/4Xy/5L.; Usage statistics: 60% of core 10-card meta included (6/10); missing Purulia, Junora, S:P Knight, Droll.; Hand-trap density: 12 copies (3 Ash, 3 Ghost Belle, 3 Ghost Ogre, 3 Infinite Impermanence).; Searcher text-hints: 21 distinct cards with 'searcher' or 'special_summon' role tags.
• Observed: Archetype purity: 16.7% exact-name (Power Patron); 60% core card adherence.; Extra-Deck summon requirements: Artmage Non-Finito 2 Artmage, Nerva 3-type Tribute, Jupiter 3×Lv10.; Hand-trap going-second access: 12-copy group, P(≥1 hand6) ≈ 0.78.
• Inferred: D1 consistency: P(≥1 core starter hand5) ≈ 0.74 from hypergeometric (13 copies, 5 draw).; D2 brick estimate: ~8% full brick from 3-copy garnet density and conflicts between Lava Golem (Tribute requirement) and Pendulum starters.; D3 ceiling: text-inferred best line produces 2–3 bosses (Vidolium, Artmage Diactorus, possibly Nerva) + multi-layer negation (Pendulum, QE, monster effect), estimated PowerIndex ~70–75.; D4 median: typical Pendulum starter enables 1–2 Fusions + 1–2 negations, estimated ~58–62.; D5 resilience: starter diversity across 4–5 independent lines (Pendulum types) but limited backup after choke-point negation.; D6 resource economy: Junoldo draw-2-discard-1; Portal sends to GY; Medius float recovery narrow.; D7 interaction: Artmage Diactorus QE negation requires 3-MonsterType board state; Vidolium/Nervedo once-per-turn; layered but 1-per-channel.; D8 going-second: hand-trap density 12 copies, board-breaker toolkit solid (Lava Golem, Lightning Storm, Harpie's).; D9 closing: Vidolium 5000 ATK on Lv12 pump; no piercing; moderate offensive floor.; D10 efficiency: 57-card bloat vs 40-minimum; archetype purity 60% core creates sub-optimality.; D11 extra coverage: Fusion materials strict (Artmage 2×Artmage, Nerva 3-type Tribute), Xyz Jupiter 3×Lv10 or Equip setup rare.; D14 pilotability: Pendulum scale, Fusion material tracking, 3-MonsterType QE window management; mid-complexity.
• Provisional: D13 matchup/format fit: no dated metagame sample; archetype meta-share unknown; Power Patron OCG tier/meta-position not supplied.; Meta Power: null without metagame context.
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: `combo data` empty; all combo floor/median/ceiling inferred from card text only. No tournament link: archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, and actual win rates absent. No win-rate telemetry: YGOVN has no going-first/going-second, matchup, or game-level stats; all reliability claims Inferred or Unknown. No side deck (0/15): post-side T1/T2 adaptation unquantifiable; best-of-3 reliability cannot be assessed. No dated metagame sample: Meta Power remains Provisional; format-fit inference only.