Ancient Gears Deck #748730 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 38/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Fusion/Synchro/Link
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 58 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem and Chaos Ancient Gear Giant Fusion Summoned from the Extra Deck through Ancient Gear Fusion and Ancient Gear Dark Golem material.; Ancient Gear Howitzer direct damage plus Link and Xyz pressure from the Extra Deck.
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1 Ancient Gear Advance or Ancient Gear Wyvern searches a second Ancient Gear piece, then Ancient Gear Statue or Dark Golem enables Fusion into a 4400 or 4500 ATK Fusion boss.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle, Droll and Lock Bird) stop the opponent's first engine response, then Fusion or Link from the Extra Deck rebuilds the board.
• Recovery: Geartown and Ancient Gear Tanker revive Ancient Gear monsters from GY and Deck, and Urgent Schedule and Exceptional Schedule add more engine pieces.
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan; the deck is evaluated on its Main Deck and Extra Deck only.

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal (three copy-limit or Forbidden violations, including Albion the Branded Dragon and Number 60: Dugares the Timeless), so the score is theoretical and structural only and is capped by the legality guardrail, not a normal Final Contextual read. The archetype core is dense (27 Ancient Gear core copies, about 96% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand), which keeps engine access reasonable (Inferred). The main deck is bloated at 58 cards with only 27 distinct entries, 33 spells, and 17 off-archetype tech or Mulcharmy, Forbidden, and Train pieces, which dilutes the engine and weakens consistency. The Extra Deck is well used (9 Fusion, 4 Link, plus Synchro and Xyz) with two Forbidden Extra Deck cards, so the usable Extra Deck is smaller than it looks. No combos, tournament results, or side deck were supplied, so the median and ceiling scores are text-based inference only, and Meta Power is null.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist_exposure_illegal_list (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional), then the illegal-list cap: 50.4 - 12 banlist/legality modifier = 38

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.04 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense Ancient Gear core (27 copies) gives high starter access
• Searchers (12) and hand traps (7) give layered access and early interaction
• Extra Deck boss options at 4400 and 4500 ATK with piercing and attack-all text

Weaknesses

• Illegal list with two Forbidden Extra Deck cards and one over-limit card
• 58-card main deck is bloated with off-archetype tech (17 non-core cards)
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability

Critical choke points

• Fusion Summon route requires Ancient Gear Dark Golem or Statue plus Ancient Gear Fusion in hand
• Forbidden Extra Deck cards cannot be used, which removes part of the boss pool

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Albion and Number 60 are Forbidden; The Fallen & The Virtuous is 3 copies against a limit of 2; Main 58 and Extra 15 are inside the OCG size rules; Side deck has 0 cards; Card text excerpts for the Ancient Gear core and the Extra Deck bosses
• Observed: Usage stats: 56% core present in this list; core cards include Urgent Schedule, Forbidden Droplet and Ancient Gear Dark Golem
• Inferred: Core starter access about 0.96 for at least one of 27 core copies in a 5-card hand; Brick estimate about 0.04; Going-first and going-second splits from card text, not recorded boards; Offensive reads from ATK values and piercing text
• Provisional: Meta Power is null; no dated metagame sample and no tournament link; D13 matchup fit has no meta sample
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent no win-rate telemetry in YGOVN Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample no side deck registered