Paleozoics Deck #736211 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 62/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Toolbox
• Format: duel-links

Legality

Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Trap-Summon loop into XYZ boards with continuous stun pressure; Summon Kaiju or high-ATK boss monsters to break opponent boards
• Turn 1 (going first): Activate Trap engine cards to summon Level-2 monsters, build XYZ boards with interruption text (Paleozoic Opabinia unaffected; Paleozoic Anomalocaris searchable recursion)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand-deployed Trap removals (Dinomischus, Canadia) to disrupt opponent, then pivot into XYZ summons if resources allow
• Recovery: Paleozoic Leanchoilia returns banished cards; graveyard is resource pool for re-summoning Trap monsters via trap activation
• After siding: Side deck unavailable (Duel Links 0-side format); same core engine applies post-game

Why it scores here

This Paleozoic Trap-summon deck opens its Level-2 core with ~99% consistency and converts trap activations into graveyard-based monster recursion into XYZ boards. The end-board provides moderate interaction via unaffected monsters and removal effects, but lacks the density or redundancy of top-tier decks. Median output is modest—most hands produce one or two XYZ accesses—and the deck depends on continuous trap activation to sustain loops, creating inherent fragility against interruption or trap removal. While placement of high-ATK finishers (Kaiju, Ra-Sphere Mode) adds late-game threats, their draw probability is low and they compete for hand slots. The deck's 30-card main is tight and well-constructed; zero side deck (Duel Links format) eliminates post-side adaptability entirely. Popularity and archetype inclusion stats confirm this list is real and competent, but did not contribute to the score; the score reflects the system's consistency, turn-2 interaction pattern, and grind sustainability.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 64, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 63. Modifiers: Zero side deck (-3); Trap activation dependency (-2); Missing one-slot XYZ payoff (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

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

• Extremely consistent core engine: 98.6% P(≥1 starter) with 16 archetype-core copies
• Graveyard-based recursion enables multi-turn resource regeneration; Leanchoilia + Anomalocaris (missing) create loop potential
• Unaffected monster text (Opabinia, Anomalocaris) provides durability against opponent disruption
• Trap-Summon as Normal Monsters bypasses most negation; removal traps are instant-speed interaction
• Tight 30-card Main Deck design with low garnet risk and high slot efficiency
• Extra Deck coverage: rank-2 XYZ dominance (6 options) + Synchro/Link for alternate lines

Weaknesses

• Median board output modest: one or two XYZ + hand traps; no explosive combo ceiling without Anomalocaris
• Trap activation is required for recursion loop; disruption of trap activation (negation, floodgate, opponent trap) breaks the core engine
• Zero side deck (Duel Links format) eliminates post-game adaptability; same main deck every game
• High-ATK bosses (Kaiju, Ra-Sphere Mode, Lord of Heavenly Prison) have low draw odds (~17% each) and compete for hand slots
• Going-second game relies on Trap removal accesses; without them, deck struggles against established boards
• Paleozoic Anomalocaris missing (100% core inclusion); Opabinia also absent—both hurt recursion and search depth

Critical choke points

• Trap activation in Main Phase: if opponent negates or locks the trap zone, recursion loop collapses
• Graveyard access: Paleozoic Summon-as-Monster requires trap activation while cards in GY; MST/Cosmic Cyclone on trap zone = dead line
• Limited searching: only Crusadia Krawler searches (World Legacy, off-archetype); missing Paleozoic Anomalocaris (searches on trap send) and Paleozoic Opabinia (unaffected searcher)
• Going-second: weak if opening hand lacks Dinomischus/Canadia; cannot recycle into boards fast enough

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal in Duel Links format (30-card main, 9-card extra, 0-card side); Hallowed Life Barrier is Limited (1 copy legal); deck runs 1 copy; Legality.status = Legal (no violations); Card text resolved for all 30 cards; Paleozoic archetype usage stats available: 100% inclusion for Dinomischus, Canadia, Crusadia Krawler, Lord of Heavenly Prison, Ra-Sphere Mode, Jizukiru; Paleozoic Anomalocaris = 100% core inclusion; deck missing it; Paleozoic Opabinia = 50% core inclusion; deck missing it
• Observed: Hypergeometric draw odds: P(≥1 core starter in 5) = 0.986 (16 copies / 30 main); Archetype core group (Paleozoic + Labrynth + Spright + Krawler) = 16 copies; P(≥1) = 0.986; Searcher text count (Crusadia Krawler, Spright Jet, Spright Blue, Labrynth Torbie, Paleozoic Opabinia missing) = 5 copies; P(≥1 in 5) = 0.627; Removal text count (15 cards with removal-text role hints: Dinomischus, Canadia, Leanchoilia, Olenoides, Big Welcome Labrynth, Ice Dragon's Prison, Jizukiru, Lost Wind, Silhouhatte Rabbit, Onibimaru Soul Sweeper, Chaos Angel, Herald Arc Light, Paleozoic Anomalocaris missing, Paleozoic Opabinia missing)
• Inferred: Brick rate ~1.4% (floor = P(no core starter)); Combo ceiling: trap-summon chain into Gigantic Spright + Paleozoic Rank-2 + unaffected effects ≈ PowerIndex 58–62 (text-based; no combo data supplied); Combo median: routine T1 activation produces one XYZ + one trap in-hand/GY ≈ PowerIndex 50–54; Going-first plan: open core trap, summon Level-2, XYZ into rank-2 board + 1–2 unaffected/removal pieces; grind-focused; Going-second plan: deploy Trap removals from opening hand (Dinomischus, Canadia, Ice Dragon's Prison), then pivot to XYZ if resources support; median success conditional on hand quality; Recovery: graveyard recursion via Leanchoilia, Anomalocaris missing; one-trap-activation dependency creates vulnerability; Interruption resilience: independent lines weak; trap negation or floodgate = collapse of median line; Pilotability: 5–8 decision points per turn; moderate complexity; error risk in sequencing trap activation and XYZ summon order
• Provisional: Meta Power: Paleozoic archetype meta-share unknown (no tournament link); deck list is real (usage stats available) but metagame context absent; requires dated format sample to calibrate matchup coverage (D13); Tournament Reliability: no pilot match record; archetype usage stats exist but per-pilot results absent; score is structural estimate
• Data gaps: No combos scored: combo data.total combos = 0; all combo analysis (D3, D4, D5) is text-based inference; no real board frequency, power distribution, or resource signature No tournament link: tournament data.available = false; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; D13 (Matchup Coverage) is Provisional No win-rate telemetry: no going-first/second empirical win rates, brick frequency, starter frequency, or OTK rates exist in YGOVN for this deck; all frequency claims are hypergeometric estimates (Inferred) No dated metagame sample: Meta Power cannot be calibrated; final score uses Structural + TournamentReliability only Missing core cards: Paleozoic Anomalocaris (100% core) and Paleozoic Opabinia (50% core) not in deck; impact on recursion/search is inferred from text, not empirical