forbidden Deck #752136 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 17/100 (±7 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Toolbox
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 8 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-summon Sky Striker Ace monsters from the Extra Deck and convert the board with their attacks and effects (Inferred from card text; no combo boards recorded); Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon and Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis as Extra Deck follow-ups (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Sky Striker starter (Mobilize - Linkage!, Mobilize - Engage!, Mecha - Widow Anchor, Ace - Raye) and extend into a Sky Striker Ace link (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 9 hand traps and 14 negation-text cards to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Sky Striker Mobilize spells (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recycle Sky Striker spells from the GY via Mobilize - Linkage!, Sky Striker Special Maneuver - Lemnisgate! and Sky Striker Ace - Zeke (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck (side_count 0)

Why it scores here

This deck is illegal in its TCG format: three copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, The Fallen & The Virtuous and Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage! exceed the Semi-Limited limit of two, Droll & Lock Bird exceeds its Limited limit, and four Forbidden cards (Albion the Branded Dragon, Called by the Grave, Crossout Designator, Triple Tactics Talent) are present, so per the legality gate the score is capped and the evaluation is structural-only. The structural read is that the Sky Striker core (about 26 copies, roughly 97% chance of at least one core card in an opening five) gives reliable starter access and the 9 hand traps and 14 negation-text cards give real interaction density. Those strengths are offset by low exact-name purity (2.9%) across a split of Sky Striker, Branded, Greed, Mulcharmy, Radiant Typhoon, Solemn and Ecclesia, dead-weight cards such as Lava Golem, and no side deck. No combo boards, tournament link, or guides were supplied, so median and ceiling output are text-only inference, and no matchup or win-rate data exists. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points, and no card scores were averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary with Stun-style interaction weight shown in dimension scores; Structural computed on Midrange profile only. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 54, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: engine_conflicts (-4); illegal_legality_cap (-30). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(52) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 50.6; context modifiers -4; Illegal legality cap -30 applied per Step 2 → 17 (Meta provisional, theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

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

Strengths

• Sky Striker core is redundant: about 97% chance of at least one archetype-core card in an opening five
• Dense interaction: 9 hand traps, 14 negation-text and 16 removal-text cards
• Extra Deck has 8 Sky Striker link monsters, giving repeatable Link summon routes
• Sky Striker spells recur from the GY through several effects

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy counts and Forbidden cards (Albion, Called by the Grave, Crossout Designator, Triple Tactics Talent)
• Low coherence: 2.9% exact-name purity across Sky Striker, Branded, Greed, Mulcharmy, Radiant Typhoon, Solemn and Ecclesia
• Dead-weight cards such as Lava Golem and Pot of Sloth add brick risk
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan

Critical choke points

• Legality: the list cannot be played as built until copy limits and Forbidden cards are fixed
• Sky Striker Ace link route depends on Extra Deck Link Summons and a few starters

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 within TCG size rules; Copy-limit violations: Ash Blossom, The Fallen & The Virtuous, Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage! (3 copies vs 2), Droll & Lock Bird (2 vs 1); Four Forbidden cards present in the list; Exact-name purity 2.9%; 28 Sky Striker copies; 9 hand traps; 14 negation-text; 16 removal-text
• Inferred: Sky Striker starter redundancy and about 97% core access from hypergeometric estimate; Interaction density rated high from card text; Going-second hand-trap disruption read
• Provisional: Median and floor output (no boards recorded); Matchup and format fit (no tournament or meta data)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates are Inferred or Unknown no side deck supplied — post-side plan not evaluable Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied