Scareclaw Deck #757615 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 38/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck Synchro/Fusion/Link boards (Vicious Astraloud, Chaos Angel, Mannadium Prime-Heart, Bystial Dis Pater) enabled by the Visas Starfrost / Mannadium starter route; Scareclaw Link and Visas recursion-based follow-up through GY and banished Visas monsters
• Turn 1 (going first): Search with Scareclaw Reichheart / Mannadium Abscission / Primitive Planet Reichphobia, then convert into a Visas Starfrost-enabled Synchro or Link; hold Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence for the first opposing action
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 7 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Infinite Impermanence, Mannadium Reframing) to disrupt the opponent's first summon, then rebuild through GY-based Special Summons
• Recovery: Rebuild from the GY via Scareclaw Arrival, Visas Samsara and Mannadium monsters that Special Summon themselves from GY or banishment
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no side deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This is a theoretical, structural-only evaluation: the list is Illegal in OCG because it runs Cross-Sheep and Baronne de Fleur, both Forbidden, so the normal Final Contextual score is capped and the banlist exposure modifier is applied. The deck reliably reaches a starter (P(at least one searcher in a 5-card opening) is about 0.92), and its hand traps and graveyard recursion give it reasonable resilience. Its Extra Deck boards (Vicious Astraloud, Chaos Angel, Mannadium Prime-Heart) supply strong closing power, but there are no recorded combos, so ceiling and median output are text-only inferences. Archetype popularity and meta share did not earn points, since no tournament data exists, and the score was built from the system's consistency, interaction and closing structure rather than from averaging individual card scores. The side deck is empty, which limits adaptability and the going-second plan.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers; Illegal cap applied, theoretical/structural-only

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.92 · 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

• Very high searcher density (about 0.92 chance of at least one searcher in an opening 5), so the deck usually finds a play
• Seven hand traps and GY recursion provide disruption and rebuild routes
• Extra Deck closing bosses at 3000 to 3500 ATK

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Cross-Sheep and Baronne de Fleur are Forbidden
• Low archetype purity (10.9%): many off-archetype generic cards dilute the engine
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• No recorded combos, so the floor and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• The Visas Starfrost route (2 copies, about 0.24 per opening hand) is the key piece of the engine
• Baronne de Fleur and Cross-Sheep occupy 2 Extra Deck slots that cannot legally be run

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, with Cross-Sheep and Baronne de Fleur each run as Forbidden (0 legal copies); Main deck 40 and Extra Deck 15 cards are within the OCG size rules; Archetype purity is 10.9% (6 of 55 copies match the exact name); Extra Deck bosses ATK: Vicious Astraloud 3000, Chaos Angel 3500, Bystial Dis Pater 3500, Mannadium Prime-Heart 3000; Side deck is empty (0 cards)
• Inferred: P(at least one searcher in 5) = 0.92 and P(at least one Visas Starfrost in 5) = 0.24 (hypergeometric); Hand traps and GY recursion give interruption resilience; Ceiling and median reads are text-only because no combos are recorded
• Provisional: Meta Power is null; D13 matchup and format fit is provisional without a dated metagame sample; Tournament reliability is estimated, not measured
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick or starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Deck title is null in the export