X-Saber Deck #758202 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro Summon X-Saber boss monsters (XX-Saber Hyunlei, X-Saber Souza, Goyo King, Commander Souza) from the X-Saber engine and push battle damage with the Gottoms line removed by the ban; Hand-trap-supported Synchro pressure (Goyo Predator, Desert Locusts, Black Rose Moonlight Dragon) once the field is stable
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a Tuner from the X-Saber group (Pellina, Bruno, Fulhelmknight) plus a searcher (Ragigura, Darksoul, Gottoms' Emergency Call), then Synchro into a boss while holding Saber Hole or Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit for the opponent's first Summon (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (Infinite Impermanence, Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Sneaky C, Artifact Lancea) to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through the X-Saber graveyard recursion (Boggart Knight, Palomuro, Gottoms' Second Call) (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recur X-Saber Level 4 or lower monsters from the Graveyard (Palomuro, Garsem, Faultroll) and reuse Gottoms' Second Call or Emergency Call to Special Summon 2 graveyard monsters (Inferred)
• After siding: Not applicable: the Side Deck is empty, so no post-side plan exists in this list (Verified)

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal: two single copies of Forbidden cards (Called by the Grave and XX-Saber Gottoms) cannot be run, so the normal Final Contextual formula is suspended and the reported score is a structural-only cap. The structural read (55) comes from the system as a whole: a three-copy X-Saber engine with 12 searchers gives about a 0.71 chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand, and the 12 hand traps plus 11 negation-text cards give real interaction on the going-second turn. Recursion through X-Saber graveyard monsters supports the rebuild, while the empty Side Deck, the 48 off-archetype copies, and the absence of any recorded boards or tournament data keep the score low. Popularity and archetype identity did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist-exposure (0); empty-side-deck (0). Final formula: Illegal deck: normal Final formula suppressed; structural-only score 55 (Midrange profile, 14 dimensions) capped to 25. Reference: 0.80*55 + 0.20*40 = 52 would apply only if the list were legal. Meta Power provisional/null.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.71 · 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

• Three-copy X-Saber engine core with 12 searchers and graveyard recursion
• 12 hand traps plus negation and removal text give layered interaction
• Synchro boss density at Level 7+ with 2400-3100 ATK options

Weaknesses

• Two Forbidden cards make the list illegal in OCG
• Empty Side Deck: no post-side plan
• Low exact-archetype purity with 48 off-archetype copies
• No recorded boards, combos, or tournament data to confirm conversion

Critical choke points

• Forbidden XX-Saber Gottoms occupies an Extra Deck slot and is the boss for the Gottoms line
• Called by the Grave is a single-copy Forbidden negation that cannot be legally run
• Synchro Summon depends on a Tuner from a small pool (Pellina, Bruno, Fulhelmknight, Palomuro)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: two Forbidden single copies (Called by the Grave, XX-Saber Gottoms) with 0 legal copies; Main 57, Extra 15, Side 0; Side Deck empty; Composition: 25 distinct main names, 14 distinct Extra names, 12 hand traps, 11 negation text, 32 removal text; Extra-Deck ATK values: Gottoms 3100, Juraishin 3100, Souza 2500
• Inferred: P(>=1 searcher in 5-card opening hand) = 0.71 and hand-trap group in 6-card hand = 0.78; Engine conversion and recursion lines read from card text; Going-first and going-second plans and interaction quality from text and hypergeometric estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit and format fit (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 (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample Side Deck empty: no post-side evidence M-X-Saber Invoker (usage core, 67% inclusion) absent from the list