Constellar Deck #736089 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz Summon into end-board interaction and grind resource advantage; Hand-trap denial and disruption through Dominus engine and going-second board breaking
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Constellar or Tellarknight starter, establish Rank 4 Xyz board with negation/removal, hold hand-traps for disruption
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Mulcharmy effects for draw advantage; trigger Dominus Purge to negate opponent search; leverage Infinite Impermanence and Lightning Storm for board clear
• Recovery: Recursion through Xy Materials, Satellarknight Altair revival, and Constellar Caduceus recovery searching from GY
• After siding: No side deck available; relies on maindeck flexibility and tech slots for adaptation

Why it scores here

Constellar opens its engine consistently with 98.8% probability of a starter, but lacks powerful median output and runs 5 fewer than optimal Main Deck slots, creating brick and garnet risk. The deck excels at Rank 4 Xyz generation with redundant lines (Castor, Cygnian, Lyran, Mulcharmy pair), producing boards with multi-layered negation (Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Purge, boss Xyz effects) and going-second removal tools (Lightning Storm, Forbidden Droplet). However, without combo evidence or scored boards, median ceiling is inferred and appears modest; the Extra Deck omits key high-value Xyz (Ptolemy M7, Constellar Pleiades, Diamond) that would extend lines. Recovery through Xy Material recursion and Altair revival is moderate but not exceptional. The 55-card Main exacerbates brick rate and reduces starter density per slot. Dominance of tech and hand-traps over core coherence, combined with zero side deck, limits format adaptation and post-side stability. Pilotability is straightforward but the deck's reliance on Dominus hand-trap activation and Mulcharmy draw timing adds minor decision complexity.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 75% Combo + 25% Midrange. Structural ≈ 59, Going First ≈ 63, Going Second ≈ 61, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 54. Modifiers: Oversized Main Deck (-2); Missing Key Extra-Deck Xyz (-2); No Side Deck (-3); Starter Reliability (2); Hand-Trap Density (1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.01 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Exceptional starter consistency (98.8% P≥1 core engine in opening hand)
• Multiple independent bootstrap paths (Castor, Cygnian, Lyran, Mulcharmy pair prevent single-choke vulnerability)
• Strong Rank 4 Xyz suite with layered negation (Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Purge, Delteros/Triverr effects)
• Robust going-second package (Lightning Storm, Forbidden Droplet, 10 hand-traps including Ash/Ghost Ogre/Droll)
• Grind-friendly resource engine (Mulcharmy draw, Altair recursion, Constellar Caduceus search loop)
• Synergistic Dominus trap engine negates opponent search-spam strategies

Weaknesses

• Oversized 55-card Main Deck increases brick rate and dilutes starter draw probability by ~3.75% vs. 40-card baseline
• Modest combo ceiling: median end-board is Rank 4 with 2–3 negations, lacking Rank 5+ finishers (Pleiades, Diamond, M7 absent)
• Limited interruption recovery: after one disruption, deck struggles to pivot to independent secondary lines; starter-dependent routing
• Missing key high-value Xyz (Constellar Ptolemy M7, Stellarknight Constellar Diamond, Constellar Pleiades, Tellarknight Ptolemaeus) reduces board extension and grind durability
• No side deck (0/15 slots) forces all post-game adaptation into maindeck flex slots, reducing Best-of-3 performance
• Mulcharmy triggers are conditional (opponent-dependent) and do not generate advantage proactively
• Dominus Purge and Spark require GY Trap setup; weak without prior trap activation or against low-search opponent strategies
• Pilotability slightly elevated: Mulcharmy timing, Dominus hand activation, and Xy Material reattach sequencing require careful play

Critical choke points

• Starter Disruption: Ash Blossom or Infinite Impermanence on Castor/Cygnian Special Summon mid-combo can derail setup; Droll & Lock prevents Cygnian/Lyran search mid-turn
• Mulcharmy Consistency: Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia require no board state to activate (hand discard), but draw triggers are contingent on opponent actions; misses on passive-play turns
• Rank 4 Lock: Extra-Deck constraint forces all Xyz outputs through Rank 4 on T1; without T2 plan, leaves board fragile to board wipe (Lightning Storm, Forbidden Droplet, Raigeki)
• GY Trap Requirement: Dominus Purge and Spark require prior Trap in GY; early setup may waste resources; post-board-wipe, Trap setup is unavailable
• Oversized Deck Variance: 55-card Main increases risk of dead-hand scenarios (multiple one-ofs clogging, Mulcharmy draw dependency)
• No Rank 5+ Access: Lack of Rank 5 Xyz summon lines (no Tellarknight Ptolemaeus, no Pleiades, no Diamond) limits grind and board resilience; Chronomaly Vimana is incompatible with core strategy

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal under OCG rules (legality.status = Legal); Main Deck = 55 cards, Extra Deck = 15 cards, Side = 0 cards; All restricted cards within copy limits: Called by the Grave (1), Reinforcement of the Army (1), Triple Tactics Talent (1), Droll & Lock Bird (2 of 2 legal); Archetype core composition (Constellar, Tellarknight, Mulcharmy, Stellarnova, Dominus) present and cohesive; 11 one-of cards confirmed in card list; Hand-trap count: 3 Infinite Impermanence, 3 Ash Blossom, 2 Ghost Ogre, 2 Droll & Lock = 10 total
• Observed: Usage stats confirm archetype core inclusion rates: Cygnian 88.9%, Lyran 66.7%, Castor 77.8%, Caduceus 77.8% match deck composition; Missing 11 of 25 core cards (56% core presence): notably absent are Ptolemy M7 (77.8%), Diamond (88.9%), Pleiades (77.8%), Ptolemaeus (66.7%), Delteros Stellarknight (77.8%), Maxx C (66.7%); Extra-Deck Xyz breakdown: 15 Rank 4 (Delteros, Triverr, Caduceus ×2, Eclipse Twins, Constellar Caduceus ×2) + 1 Rank 5 (Chronomaly Vimana, off-theme) + 1 Rank 6 (M7 absent) + 1 Rank 7 (Ω7 absent)
• Inferred: P(≥1 starter in hand 5) = 0.9878 (archetype core = 31 copies, hypergeometric distribution); Typical opening hand: Normal Summon (Castor/Cygnian/Lyran/Caduceus) → search/Special Summon → Rank 4 Xyz with 2–3 negations; Median board: 1 Rank 4 Xyz (Delteros/Triverr/Caduceus) with 1–2 negate effects + 1 hand trap in hand (remaining Ash/Impermanence); Ceiling board (T1, uninterrupted): 2 Rank 4 Xyz with layered negation + Dominus Purge setup + 2 hand-traps remaining; Going-second activation of Mulcharmy Fuwalos/Purulia likely triggers draw 1–2 times per turn if opponent summons; conditional advantage; Interruption recovery path: after one negation block, deck can pivot to Altair revival (Level 4 only) or Constellar Caduceus GY search; limited independent secondary lines; Oversized deck brick rate estimate: ~1.2% (vs. 0.6% for 40-card) based on 15 extra dilution slots; Pilotability: Mulcharmy timing (discard before opponent turn) and Dominus hand activation sequencing add 2–3 decision points per turn
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample supplied). Archetype meta-share in OCG unknown; Constellar popularity/tier placement inferred from usage stats alone (56% core presence suggests mid-tier or tech-heavy variant, not dominant); Matchup outcomes: inferred from card text + composition; no empirical win rates or tournament match records available; Tournament Reliability post-side: capped at speculation until Best-of-3 side deck is constructed and tested
• Data gaps: No scored combo boards or best-line / median-power-index data; ceiling and median inferred from card text + composition only No tournament context (meta-share %, per-pilot match record); archetype tier and format fit unknown No going-first vs. going-second split in combo data; T2 plan inferred from hand-trap density + board-breaker text only No win-rate telemetry (brick rate, starter draw frequency, matchup outcomes, game-level data); all consistency and reliability estimates are hypergeometric inference Side deck absent (0/15); post-game performance cannot be evaluated; Tournament Reliability is lower-bound estimate No guides or archetype playbooks supplied; pilot intent and interaction sequencing inferred from card interactions