Thunder Dragon Deck #760029 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±6 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon a Level-matched boss (Master of Oz, Ryu Senshi, Gatling Dragon, Black Luster Soldier) via Metamorphosis, then pressure the board with ATK on the Extra Deck monster (Inferred, theoretical only).; Attrition through Card Destruction, Upstart Goblin and Jar of Greed card flow combined with removal-heavy interaction (Inferred).
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a searcher (Sangan, Sinister Serpent, Magician of Faith, Thunder Dragon) and set up Metamorphosis material on the field, protecting the first turn with Solemn Judgment or Mirror Force (Inferred).
• Turn 2 (going second): Respond to the opponent's board with Raigeki Break, Torrential Tribute, Mirror Force, Cyber Jar or Heavy Storm, then convert with a fusion boss (Inferred).
• Recovery: Recursion relies on Night Assailant, Sinister Serpent and Premature Burial from the Graveyard; there are no Thunder Dragon Colossus or other archetype recovery pieces in the list (Inferred).
• After siding: No Side Deck is supplied (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan; this is a data gap, not a choice.

Why it scores here

The list is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards. Its consistency is weak: only 3 of 55 main cards are exact Thunder Dragon, about 4.3% purity, and P(at least one Thunder Dragon in a 5-card opening) is about 0.25, so the engine is rarely live on turn one (Inferred). Interaction is the deck's strongest trait: Solemn Judgment, Mirror Force, Torrential Tribute, Heavy Storm, Raigeki Break and Ring of Destruction give dense end-board interaction, which lifts the interaction and going-second dimensions. Fusion output through Metamorphosis into level-matched bosses gives a real but undocumented ceiling. Popularity was not rewarded: the Thunder Dragon archetype appears at a 52% usage stat, but usage confirms the archetype exists and does not raise the score. The list is Illegal (Solemn Judgment at 3 copies against a limit of 1, and three Forbidden cards), so the final score is capped at 25 and the evaluation is theoretical and structural only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 46, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-8); no_side_deck (-4); illegal_cap (-7). Final formula: Midrange profile Structural 46; no metagame, so Meta is null. Pre-cap = 0.80*46 + 0.20*38 + modifiers(-12) = 32.4; capped at 25 because the list is Illegal, so this is theoretical/structural only.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · 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 end-board interaction: Solemn Judgment, Mirror Force, Torrential Tribute, Heavy Storm, Raigeki Break, Ring of Destruction
• Level-matched Metamorphosis into high-ATK Fusion bosses
• Multiple searchers and card-flow draw spells

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Solemn Judgment over limit and three Forbidden cards
• Thunder Dragon engine has only 3 archetype cards; 4.3% purity
• No Side Deck and no post-side plan
• Off-archetype fusions and tech cards dilute engine coherence

Critical choke points

• Metamorphosis x2 is the only Fusion access route
• Thunder Dragon x3 is the only archetype starter, with P(>=1 in 5) about 0.25

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Solemn Judgment is run 3 times against a Limited limit of 1; Pot of Greed, Graceful Charity and Delinquent Duo are Forbidden in OCG; Main 55 and Extra 15 are within the OCG size rules; Master of Oz 4200 ATK, Black Luster Soldier 3000 ATK, Gatling Dragon 2600 ATK
• Observed: Thunder Dragon usage stat 52.38% (archetype usage, not deck win rate)
• Inferred: P(at least one Thunder Dragon in 5) about 0.25; Metamorphosis-based Fusion line is the main conversion route; Dense interaction gives strong going-second resilience
• Provisional: Meta Power is null; format fit D13 is provisional with no metagame sample; Tournament reliability is provisional without tournament data
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample No Side Deck supplied