Phantom Beast (Chimera) Deck #759047 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 48 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 7 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon a Beast/Fiend/Illusion boss (Berfomet, the only Chimera-named Fusion in the list at 2 copies) off Chimera Fusion, then convert the board with a 2400-ATK body; Link and Fiendsmith follow-ups (Fiendsmith's Requiem, Fiendsmith's Desirae) and Mulcharmy card draw to grind through the top of the deck
• Turn 1 (going first): Search Chimera Fusion with Gazelle, Nightmare Apprentice or Big-Winged Berfomet, then Fusion Summon Berfomet and protect it with Ash Blossom, Droll and Evenly Matched; plan depends on hand-trap access, which is Inferred
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird and Mirror Swordknight/Cornfield Coatl for the opponent's first summon or search, then rebuild with a searcher-into-Fusion line; hand traps carry most of the weight
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia draw cards when the field is empty, and Nightmare Apprentice and Gazelle recover a Chimera engine piece from the Deck; this is a plausible recovery route, not a measured one
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan. Best-of-3 cannot be evaluated from this export.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not by averaging its cards. Its main engine is 3 copies of Chimera Fusion, with about 90% of hands containing at least one of 17 searchers, so it usually reaches a starter, though the single Fusion route to Berfomet is fragile. Interaction is dense (8 hand traps, 12 negation-text cards, 15 removal-text cards), which lets it hold a board, but the list contains 4 Forbidden cards and 3 over-limit cards, so it is not legal for play in OCG. Its ceiling is limited because the list runs only 2 Berfomet and omits the other Chimera Fusion bosses and Chaos Angel; no recorded boards exist to support a higher floor or median. Popularity (the archetype core is well represented in usage statistics) confirms the list is real, not that it is strong. Because the deck is illegal, the score is capped at 25 and is structural-only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Combo secondary (about 80/20 weighting); Midrange weights used. Structural ≈ 48.8, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12); legality_cap (-10). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*48.8 + 0.20*40 - 12 = 35.0, then capped at 25 because the deck is Illegal (structural-only read)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.29 · 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 searcher density (17 searchers) gives a high chance of reaching a starter
• Layered interaction from 8 hand traps, 12 negation-text cards and 15 removal-text cards
• Mulcharmy draw engine gives card flow when the field is empty

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: 4 Forbidden and 3 over-limit cards
• Only 2 Berfomet in the Extra Deck; the other Chimera Fusion bosses are missing
• No side deck, so no post-side plan
• Heavy use of non-engine tech and level 0 spells/traps dilutes consistency

Critical choke points

• Chimera Fusion is the only Fusion starter route; 3 copies gives ≈ 0.29 per opening hand
• Berfomet is one of the few Chimera-named bosses in the Extra Deck

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Illegal with 4 Forbidden and 3 over-limit cards; Main 48, Extra 15, Side 0 counts; Card text for Chimera Fusion, Berfomet, Ash Blossom and Droll
• Observed: Archetype core usage stats (Chimera Fusion 81%, Gazelle 78%)
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter reach ≈ 0.29 for 3 copies; Interaction density and brick risk from card text; Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (no tournament data)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot records are absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN; going-first/second and matchup rates are Inferred or Unknown No side deck registered Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied