Lightsworn Deck #760010 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 6 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Lightsworn Synchro and large beaters (Judgment Dragon, Goyo Guardian, Colossal Fighter, Archfiend and Parshath Synchros) pressing through a mill-based GY fuel loop; Archlord Kristya and Judgment Dragon special summons off the GY once four Fairy or Lightsworn names are in the GY (Kristya is illegal in this format)
• Turn 1 (going first): Solar Recharge or Charge of the Light Brigade to find or fuel the Lightsworn engine, then a Level 4 Synchro off a Tuner such as Plaguespreader Zombie or Herald
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Herald, Solemn Judgment) plus Mirror Force and Heavy Storm to clear a board, then a Synchro from the GY fuel
• Recovery: Solar Recharge draws and Charge of the Light Brigade searches a Lightsworn monster, but only if the GY and Deck contain enough Lightsworn names
• After siding: None: the deck has zero Side Deck cards, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck's core Lightsworn engine is only partly present: exact-name archetype purity is 27.1%, and only 3 of 9 usage-core cards are in the list. The probability model puts the archetype core group at about 45% to be live in a 5-card opening hand, so the engine comes online inconsistently. Interaction is the deck's strongest area, with 3 hand traps, Solemn Judgment, Mirror Force, Heavy Storm and many negate or removal effects, but the Forbidden and over-limit cards mean the list cannot be played as built. Closing power is real because the Extra Deck holds several 2,500+ ATK Synchros, though no recorded boards exist to confirm how often they land. The score is a structural read of the list as a system, not an average of card scores, and popularity did not earn points: the archetype is listed in usage stats, but the list diverges from that core. The Illegal status caps the final score low, so the number is theoretical only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Balanced (default, strategy unclear); Midrange shape noted but not applied. Structural ≈ 43, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 36, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (Forbidden cards run) (-8); Limited-card overage (-3); Illegal cap (0). Final formula: No dated meta: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 41.4, then modifiers -11 = 30.4, then Illegal cap = 25 (theoretical, structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.45 · 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

• Strong interaction suite: Solemn Judgment, Mirror Force, Heavy Storm and multiple negate or removal effects
• Extra Deck carries several high-ATK Synchro boss monsters at 2,500+ ATK
• Lightsworn GY-fuel and recursion text gives some grind

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: four Forbidden cards and two Limited overages
• Low exact archetype purity (27.1%) with many off-archetype copies, so the engine is diluted
• No Side Deck and no post-side plan
• Core engine cards (Lightsworn monsters and searchers) are under-represented against the usage core

Critical choke points

• Starting a Synchro requires a Tuner plus a Lightsworn fuel line; without it the deck has no pressure
• Self-mill from End Phase effects can deplete the Deck before the engine finishes

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality violations and banlist statuses (Forbidden: Kristya, Royal Oppression, Giant Trunade, Tempest Magician; Limited: Herald, Gold Sarcophagus); Main 55 and Extra 15 counts are within the OCG size rules; Exact archetype purity 27.1%; usage core present 3 of 9
• Inferred: Engine access about 45% in a 5-card opening hand (hypergeometric); Brick risk and consistency from the copy histogram and text; Interaction density from role tags and card text
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null in the export