Buster Blader Deck #758495 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro and Link boards built from Blue-Eyes and Primite starters, closed by Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon or Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon (Inferred from card text; no recorded boards); Buster Blader fusion and Buster Dragon boards, with Destruction Sword recursion (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on a Wishes or Sage search and convert into a Synchro or Link through Maiden of White and the Tuner count (Inferred; no recorded boards)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Maxx C and Droll & Lock Bird to protect the first Synchro or Link line, then rebuild from the GY (Inferred)
• Recovery: Re-summon from the GY through Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Primite Dragon Ether Beryl and Destruction Sword Memories (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the side deck is empty (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The list is Illegal because Baronne de Fleur is Forbidden in OCG and is run once, so the Final Contextual score is capped at 25 and the evaluation is structural only. The structure runs three overlapping themes (Blue-Eyes, Primite and Destruction Sword) on a 41-card main with 15 Extra Deck cards, and each starter sits at 3 copies or fewer. The hypergeometric starter odds for going first are about 0.33 per 3-copy card, so the engine is live on turn 1 less often than the card count suggests. The interaction suite (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Effect Veiler, Primite Drillbeam) and several negation-capable Synchros give it real disruption, which is why interaction and going-second board-breaking score above the middle. No combos, guides, tournament link or side deck were supplied, so popularity and card-by-card power were not averaged in and cannot raise the score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); engine conflicts (-4). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: computed 0.80*Structural(51) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 49, then 49 - 12 modifiers = 37, capped at 25 because a Forbidden card is in the Main/Extra list (theoretical/structural only). Meta Power is provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.33 · 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

• Layered hand-trap and negation suite (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Effect Veiler, Drillbeam)
• Multiple Extra Deck boss options with negate or destroy text (Blue-Eyes Spirit, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit, Stardust Sifr, Primite Berzelius)
• Deep searcher text (20 cards) that supports consistency on paper

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Baronne de Fleur is Forbidden and was run
• Three archetypes compete for the same slots (0% exact-name purity)
• Empty side deck, so no post-side plan
• Low distinct-card count of starters at 3 copies or fewer

Critical choke points

• Baronne de Fleur must be removed before the list can be scored normally
• A single Blue-Eyes White Dragon (2 copies) as the main engine piece for the Blue-Eyes lines

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 41, Extra 15, Side 0 counts and size rules; Baronne de Fleur is Forbidden in OCG, run 1 copy, 0 legal copies; Limited and Semi-Limited statuses for Bystial Magnamhut, Droll & Lock Bird, Kewl Tune Rotary, Maxx C, S:P Little Knight and Ash Blossom (copies at legal cap); Card text for the starters, interaction and boss cards listed in the evidence
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter odds: P(at least one 3-copy card in 5-card hand) ≈ 0.33; Hand-trap odds: P(at least one in 6-card hand) ≈ 0.57; Dimension scores and going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (D13)
• Data gaps: Illegal list: Baronne de Fleur is Forbidden; a legal list is needed for a Final score No combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and match record are absent No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) usage_statistics in_this_deck flags conflict with the card list for Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon, Buster Dragon and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon (card list has copies 2, 2 and 1; usage says not in deck). Treated the card list as truth Side deck is empty; no post-side evidence Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied