Vaalmonica Deck #752676 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Pendulum-enabled Link Summons of Vaalmonica Link Monsters (Varar, Zebufera, Duralume) that threaten 2500-3000 ATK boards, supported by Theorealize and Medius recursion.; Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity (5000 ATK) and Synchro boards from the Elfnote and Swordsoul lines, if the Forbidden Synchro/Xyz negations are removed.
• Turn 1 (going first): Pendulum Scale setup with Angello and Dimonno plus a Vaalmonica searcher (Selettrice or Scelta) to reach a Link Monster, with Elfnote Regina or Power Patron as the T1 starter if the Pendulum zones are not live.
• Turn 2 (going second): Vaalmonica Invitare or Versare as a hand-based starter, then Medius the Pure to recurse and rebuild a Link board; the three Forbidden negation/removal Extra Deck cards cannot be used in a legal list.
• Recovery: Theorealize and Medius search and recursion (24 searcher-text cards) rebuild the Pendulum zones and Link Monsters from the GY and deck.
• After siding: No Side Deck is present (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan; the deck cannot adjust after a game.

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal: three Forbidden Extra Deck cards (Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, D/D/D Wave High King Caesar, Baronne de Fleur) are run at one copy each against a legal limit of zero, so the score is structural and theoretical only and is capped. The Vaalmonica core is consistent on paper: the 18 archetype-core copies give about 0.96 probability of at least one in a 5-card opening hand, and 24 searcher-text cards give about 0.99 access to a searcher, which earns the engine-accessibility score. Recorded boards are absent, so combo ceiling and median output rest on card text alone and are held at moderate values. The deck has no hand traps, no floodgates, no side deck and no tournament or meta data, so going-second resilience, post-side adaptability and matchup fit are scored low or left provisional. Popularity and archetype usage stats confirm the list is real, but they did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Balanced. Structural ≈ 46, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 38, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame, so Meta is provisional. Uncapped: 0.80*46 + 0.20*40 - 12 (banlist modifier) = 33. Illegal cap applied: final set to 25 (theoretical/structural only).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.05 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Archetype core is consistent (18 copies, about 0.96 to open at least one)
• Dense searcher text (24 cards) gives good access to the engine
• High closing power from Vidolium and 2500-3000 ATK Link Monsters

Weaknesses

• Illegal: three Forbidden Extra Deck cards at one copy each
• No hand traps or floodgates; weak going-second resilience
• Zero side deck cards; no post-side adaptability
• Low archetype purity (39.3%) across Elfnote, Power Patron, Fiendsmith, Medius and Synchron lines

Critical choke points

• Pendulum scale setup is required for the Vaalmonica Link line
• Extra Deck slots spent on Forbidden cards cannot be used in a legal build

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: three Forbidden cards over copy limit; main 41, extra 15, side 0; Archetype core 18 copies; exact-name purity 39.3 percent; Card text for 24 searcher-text cards and 3 negation cards
• Inferred: Engine access ~0.96 from hypergeometric estimate; Combo ceiling and median from card text only (no boards); Going-second resilience from absence of hand traps; Pilotability from Pendulum and Link sequencing
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated meta sample; no tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for this deck Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample Side deck is empty, so post-side performance cannot be evaluated