D/D/D Deck #758041 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck D/D/D Synchro, Xyz and Fusion boss monsters (Kali Yuga, Bright Armageddon, Arc Crisis) built from Pendulum and D/D/D material chains; Link and Fusion follow-ups (Gilgamesh, Zeus Ragnarok, Genghis) that keep the board pressured
• Turn 1 (going first): Search a D/D Pendulum monster via Dark Contract with the Gate or Count Surveyor, set Pendulum Scales, Pendulum Summon into a D/D/D Extra Deck boss
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the nine hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence, Droll, Maxx C, Nibiru) to disrupt the opponent's first summon chain, then rebuild through Dark Contract recursion
• Recovery: Recover from the Graveyard via Dark Contract with the Zero King, D/D Lamia, D/D Lance Soldier and D/D Necro Slime, then re-search with Dark Contract with the Gate
• After siding: Not evaluable: the export lists no side deck (0 cards), so no post-side plan can be scored

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a D/D starter: the archetype core is present in about 98% of opening 5-card hands (Inferred), and the three Dark Contract with the Gate searchers give repeatable access to Pendulum monsters. Its interaction package is the strongest part of the system, with nine hand traps, Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Crossout Designator and about 14 negation-text cards, which lets it contest a going-second opponent's first summon chain. The Extra Deck supplies high-impact closers (3500 to 4000 ATK bosses), but no recorded boards exist, so conversion and median output are text-only inferences. The score is capped because the list is illegal: it runs one copy of the Forbidden D/D/D Wave High King Caesar, and it has no side deck, so the figure reflects structural potential only and the popularity of the archetype did not earn any points. No card scores were averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo primary, Midrange secondary (structural profile only, not blended). Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(58) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 55.4; context modifiers -12 (banlist exposure) = 43; capped at 30 because status is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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

• Archetype core is present in almost every opening hand (Inferred)
• Nine hand traps and about 14 negation-text cards give layered interaction (Inferred)
• Repeated searchers (Dark Contract with the Gate x3, Count Surveyor, Destiny King Zero Laplace) give access to Pendulum starters

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden D/D/D Wave High King Caesar in the Extra Deck
• No side deck, so best-of-3 adaptation is absent
• No recorded boards, so combo ceiling and median are unmeasured
• Many Extra Deck dependencies with no alternate win route

Critical choke points

• Dark Contract with the Gate and the Pendulum Zone starter chain (about one-third of hands with one copy)
• Extra Deck boss summons that depend on D/D/D material chains
• Removing the illegal Caesar slot changes the Extra Deck plan and must be re-tested

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 40 and Extra 15 are within the OCG size rules; D/D/D Wave High King Caesar is Forbidden, 1 copy run, 0 legal copies; Nine hand traps and Ash Blossom x2 are present in the list; Side deck count is 0
• Observed: Usage stats show D/D/D core cards are common in the archetype (inclusion 50-68%)
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter and core access (hypergeometric estimates); Interaction density and going-second hand-trap reliance; Combo ceiling and recovery plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample)
• 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 side deck supplied — post-side adaptability cannot be measured no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — going-first/second, matchup, and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied