Superheavy Samurai Deck #760541 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 20/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Superheavy Samurai Synchro/Link boards (Warlord Susanowo, Chengying, Dragite) built from the Superheavy Samurai and Adamancipator/Vernusylph support; Ghost Belle / Tackle Crusader style grinding through Synchro material and recovery
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Superheavy Samurai starter (Prodigy Wakaushi, Motorbike) and extend through Adamancipator/Vernusylph searchers into a Synchro Summon; the list is not playable as built because of the four Forbidden cards
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird and Ghost Belle to answer the opponent's first summons, then rebuild through Superheavy searchers; the four Forbidden cards cannot be run
• Recovery: Superheavy Samurai and Vernusylph graveyard searchers (Motorbike, Mates, Flowering Fields) return cards to hand; Revival Golem and Glow-Up Bulb recur from GY
• After siding: None: the Side Deck is empty, so there is no post-side plan in this list

Why it scores here

The deck is illegal in OCG as built: four Forbidden cards (Baronne de Fleur, Borreload Savage Dragon, Superheavy Samurai Scarecrow, XX-Saber Gottoms) are run at 1 copy each, so the score is capped and the evaluation is theoretical and structural only. The archetype core is present, with a hypergeometric estimate of about 0.82 for at least one archetype core card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred), and the Main Deck reliably reaches its Superheavy Samurai and Vernusylph starters. The list spreads 68 of 75 distinct copies across related sub-archetypes (Vernusylph, Adamancipator, Koa'ki Meiru, Superheavy and others), which lowers engine cohesion and brick resistance, and no recorded combos exist to measure median or ceiling output. Interaction is real (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Belle, Koa'ki Meiru Guardian) but the Side Deck is empty, so the deck has no post-side plan. Popularity and the archetype's usage statistics confirm the core cards are accessible, but they did not earn points; card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Balanced default; strategy unclear between Midrange and Toolbox. Structural ≈ 45, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 40, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*45 + 0.20*35 - 12 = 31; Illegal cap applied, final score 20 (theoretical/structural only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.82 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.18 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Archetype core (Superheavy Samurai starters and searchers) is present and reachable on the Main Deck
• Layered interaction: Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Belle, Koa'ki Meiru Guardian
• Extra Deck covers Synchro, Link and Xyz boards (Susanowo, Dragite, Chengying, Zeus)

Weaknesses

• Four Forbidden cards make the list illegal as built
• Mixed sub-archetype engine (Vernusylph, Adamancipator, Koa'ki Meiru, Superheavy) lowers cohesion and raises brick risk
• Empty Side Deck: no post-side plan
• No combo evidence to measure floor, median or ceiling

Critical choke points

• Superheavy Samurai starters (Prodigy Wakaushi, Motorbike) as the only route to the core engine
• Forbidden Scarecrow and Fleur occupy Extra Deck slots that a legal build would need to fill

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: four Forbidden cards run at 1 copy each, legal copies 0; Main 60, Extra 15, Side 0 against OCG size rules; Archetype exact-name purity 9.3%, 68 off-archetype copies
• Observed: Extra Deck composition: 7 Synchro, 6 Link, 2 Xyz
• Inferred: Starter access ≈ 0.82 for the archetype core group; Full-brick proxy ≈ 0.18; Interaction quality from card text (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Belle, Koa'ki Meiru Guardian)
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link); Median and ceiling output (no combos)
• 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 for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Side Deck is empty, so post-side behavior cannot be assessed