Tellarknight Deck #736090 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Xyz Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Tempo, Control
• Format: ocg

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Summon multiple Rank 4/5 Xyz bosses (Delteros, Diamond, Triverr) with layered negation and removal, then grind through opponent's resources; Go second with hand traps and removal spells to disrupt opponent, then rebuild with searchers
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Tellarknight/Constellar tutor (Cygnian, Lyran, Castor), chain Mulcharmy draw effects, build 2–3 Xyz bosses with negation/interaction, hold hand traps
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Lightning Storm and Forbidden Droplet to clear boards, play hand traps (Ash, Infinite Impermanence, Ghost Ogre), then recover via searchers and Mulcharmy draw triggers
• Recovery: Recursion via Satellarknight Altair and Constellar Tellarknights; searchers (Deneb, Cygnian, Lyran) fuel follow-up; Mulcharmy effects draw cards when opponent summons
• After siding: No side deck provided; structural assessment only

Why it scores here

Tellarknight is a consistent Xyz midrange deck that reliably opens a functional plan through high-probability searchers and Mulcharmy draw triggers. The deck constructs multiple interactive Rank 4/5 bosses (Delteros, Diamond, Triverr) that layer negation and removal effects, and recovery tools like Altair recursion and Cygnian tutoring enable moderate resilience through disruption. However, the deck suffers from a 55-card main deck reducing consistency, inconsistent median combo output, limited going-first offense (low ATK bosses), and an absent side deck; the extra deck is well-used but narrow in coverage. Going-second interaction is stronger via removal and hand traps, though post-side adaptation is unknown. The deck's power derives from system coherence—not from card-by-card averages—with solid early-turn setup offset by modest grind potential and reliance on opponent disruption rather than proactive threat generation.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 70% Midrange (D1/D2/D5/D6/D7 weighted high) + 30% Tempo (D8/D9 partial weight). Structural ≈ 61, Going First ≈ 64, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 56. Modifiers: Main deck over-size penalty (-2); Missing core cards (-1); No side deck (0). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (61) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (56) + 0 Modifiers (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.03 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Very high opening-hand consistency (96.6% P(≥1 core starter))
• Multiple interactive Xyz bosses (Delteros negation, Triverr bounce, Diamond negation) layer interaction
• Solid going-second package (9 disruption pieces + Mulcharmy draw triggers)
• Searcher density (7 distinct tutors) enables recovery and follow-up
• Altair recursion + Constellar Tellarknights provide recovery routes
• Dominus traps add unexpected interaction (searcher negate)

Weaknesses

• 55-card main deck reduces consistency vs 40-card baseline
• Missing 13 key core cards (Ptolemaeus, Caduceus, Pleiades, Diamond) weakens combo ceiling and resilience
• Low offensive power (2100–2700 ATK bosses = 3–4 turn clock)
• Median combo output constrained by single-line dependency (Cygnian or Castor rarely both)
• Mulcharmy discard cost conflicts with hand-trap density in going-first hands
• No side deck = no post-side adaptation
• Limited Extra Deck flexibility (all Xyz, narrow rank coverage)

Critical choke points

• Mulcharmy effects trigger only if opponent summons; hand-trap-heavy starting hand blocks opening draw setup
• Delteros/Triverr require 3 Level 4 Tellarknight materials; if first Normal Summon is removed, recovery is slow
• Caduceus searchable effect locked (requires Constellar control); Dominus Purge activation requires opponent card presence
• M7 + Pleiades not in deck = rank-jump Xyz lines cut short; Ptolemaeus missing = loss of one-card R5 access

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal in OCG format (legality.status = Legal); Main deck 55 cards, Extra deck 15 cards (within OCG size rules); Card text excerpts for all 26 distinct main + 13 distinct Extra cards resolved; Usage statistics available for Tellarknight archetype (32 stat rows); Banned card compliance: Called by the Grave (Limited, 1 copy legal, 1 run); Reinforcement of the Army (Limited); Triple Tactics Talent (Limited); Droll & Lock Bird (Semi-Limited, 2 legal, 2 run)
• Observed: Archetype-core inclusion in usage sample: 12/25 core cards present, 13/25 missing (48% core coverage); Hand-trap density: 10 copies (Infinite Impermanence 3, Ash Blossom 3, Ghost Ogre 2, Droll & Lock Bird 2); Searcher and special summon density: 7 distinct tutor effects in main deck; Removal/negation text count: 19 distinct cards with 'negation_text' tag, 17 with 'removal_text' tag
• Inferred: Opening consistency P(≥1 core starter in hand 5) = 0.9659 (hypergeometric, Inferred); Brick rate proxy = 3.4% (1 - 0.9659), applied to 55-card main (Inferred); Typical T1 board: 2–3 Xyz Monsters (Delteros + Triverr or Diamond) with 2–3 interaction pieces (negation, bounce, trap response) (Inferred from card text and archetype role); Going-first interaction quality (D7) ≈ 66 from layered negation across Delteros, Diamond, traps (Inferred); Median combo output ≈ 60 vs ceiling ≈ 68 due to single-starter dependency and setup variance (Inferred); Interruption resilience (D5) ≈ 58: two main starter lines (Cygnian, Castor), modest redundancy, one choke point (Delteros material requirement) (Inferred); Mulcharmy draw trigger activation depends on opponent summon; low T1 self-sufficiency (Inferred); Rank coverage weak: no Rank 6+ bosses in deck except Vimana (Rank 5, off-archetype); Pleiades/M7 missing = rank-jump plays unavailable (Inferred)
• Provisional: Meta Power = null (no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype 71.4% median inclusion in YGOVN 14-deck sample insufficient without dated context); Tournament reliability moderately impacted by lack of side deck; post-side win-rate unknown; Matchup variance: Tellarknight historical performance vs current format meta unknown; data_gaps note tournament context unavailable
• Data gaps: No combo boards parsed (combos_evidence.total_combos = 0); all combo claims (ceiling, median, floor) are text-only inference No side deck provided (0/15); post-side plan structure unknown; best-of-3 reliability cannot be estimated No tournament link or win-rate telemetry; archetype meta-share from 14-deck YGOVN sample insufficient for dated metagame; Meta Power stays Provisional No per-card brick/mulligan frequency; consistency claims rely on hypergeometric estimates, not observed game samples Guides evidence absent (0 guides); strategic intent only from card text and archetype usage patterns No matchup-level data; format speed, common disruption, and type-distribution of the OCG metagame unknown