Sky Striker Deck #756755 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-summon Sky Striker Ace monsters (Zero, Kagari, Zeke, Azalea, Camellia) into the Link boards and convert them into attack pressure through Ace Raye and Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis.; Hand-trap and negation interaction (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle, Droll) that protects the Link board or stops the opponent's engine.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage!, Mobilize - Engage!, Widow Anchor or Hornet Drones to reach a Sky Striker Ace starter, then Link-summon a Kagari or Zero board.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle and Droll to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Sky Striker spells in the GY.
• Recovery: Recover Sky Striker spells from the GY through Kagari, Zero and Lemnisgate to re-launch the Link line after an interruption.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (0 cards), so no post-side plan exists.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens into the Sky Striker core: P(at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand) is about 0.82, and the hypergeometric estimates for the starters are moderate (Inferred). Its Link engine converts into board presence through Kagari, Zero, Zeke and Ty-Phon, but there are no recorded boards, so the ceiling and median are text-only estimates (Inferred). Interaction is the strongest part of the system: nine hand traps and fourteen negation-text cards give layered answers on the opponent's turn, yet several of those answers compete for the same hand slots, which lowers consistency. Popularity did not earn points: the Sky Striker archetype usage stats confirm the list is real, but 45% of the archetype core is absent and no tournament or win-rate data exists, so Meta Power stays provisional. The score was not produced by averaging card scores; it comes from the system's consistency, interaction and Link conversion, then is capped because the deck is illegal.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12); illegal_cap (-25). Final formula: Illegal cap: 0.80*Structural(52) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 50.6, then banlist-exposure modifier -12, then capped at 25 for an Illegal deck (theoretical/structural only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.82 · 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

• Dense hand-trap and negation interaction on the opponent's turn
• High archetype core presence (core group ≈0.82 in a 5-card hand)
• Flexible 15-card Extra Deck covering several Sky Striker Link lines

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy counts: three Ash Blossom, three Mobilize - Engage!, two Droll & Lock Bird over the limit
• Two Forbidden cards in the Main Deck
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Many tech and hand-trap slots compete for hand space

Critical choke points

• Sky Striker Ace starter access in the opening hand
• Link Summon requirements for Kagari, Zero and Zeke

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 5 cards over copy limit, two Forbidden cards in the Main Deck (Called by the Grave, Triple Tactics Talent); Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 within the size rules; Archetype core presence and per-card hypergeometric odds from the evidence pack; Extra Deck breakdown: 14 Link, 1 Xyz
• Observed: Usage stats show the Sky Striker core is archetype-standard (22 stat rows)
• Inferred: Starter consistency and brick rate from hypergeometric odds and card text; Interaction density and going-second value from text role hints; Link conversion and closing power from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and D13 matchup/format fit: no dated metagame sample or 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 in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No guides attached to the archetype