Dragon Ruler Deck #760844 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Not established from the evidence. The Dragon Ruler Xyz/Link extension (Eclipse, Disaster, Chasma, Voloferniges) and Galaxy-Eyes Antimatter Dragon are the apparent closers from card text (Inferred).; Ryu-Ge Pendulum recursion into Sosei Ryu-Ge Mistva and Tensei Ryu-Ge Anva (Inferred from card text).
• Turn 1 (going first): Starter from the Dragon Ruler chain (Spectral, Tempest, Blaster, Burner, Reactan, Stream, Lightning) into an Xyz/Link summon. No recorded boards exist, so the sequence is unverified.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Evenly Matched, Red Reboot, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Appointer) to interrupt, then an extender from the Dragon Ruler chain. Unverified.
• Recovery: Recursion through Dragon Ruler monsters returning to hand (Tidal, Blaster, Redox, Tempest) and Ryu-Ge Realm / Ryu-Ge End. Text-only reading (Inferred).
• After siding: None. The side deck is empty, so there is no post-side plan (Verified: side_count 0).

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal in OCG because it runs 3 copies of Varudras and 1 copy of Triple Tactics Talent, both Forbidden, so it receives a structural-only read rather than a normal contextual score. Structurally, the Dragon Ruler chain gives it real access: P(at least one of a 3-copy starter in a 5-card opening hand) is about 0.25, and the archetype core group is about 0.65 (Inferred). Interaction is dense on paper (7 hand traps, 8 negation texts), but none of it is measured against recorded boards, so ceiling and median are text-only estimates. The 55-card main is diffuse, with 63 off-archetype copies spread across Ryu-Ge, Bystial, Blue-Eyes, Kaiju and Mekk-Knight pieces, so coherence is weak, and the empty side deck leaves no post-side plan. Popularity of the Dragon Ruler archetype and the usage stats confirm the core is real, but they did not add points, and no card scores were averaged into this result.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo primary, Midrange secondary (structural only; illegal-list cap applied to final). Structural ≈ 49, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Uncapped: 0.80*49 + 0.20*42 - 12 (banlist exposure) ≈ 36. Illegal-list cap applied per rubric Step 2 → 25. Meta Power provisional/null.

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

• Dragon Ruler chain gives several cheap starters with repeated access (Spectral and Tempest at 3 copies)
• Dense hand-trap and negation package (7 hand traps, 8 negation texts)
• Strong Extra Deck closers at 3000+ ATK (Galaxy-Eyes, Mekk-Knight Crusadia, Borrelsword, Eclipse)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden Varudras x3 and Triple Tactics Talent
• Low archetype coherence: 10% exact-name purity, 63 off-archetype copies
• No side deck and no post-side plan
• No recorded boards, so combo ceiling and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Dragon Ruler chain depends on a few 3-copy starters, so a hand without one has no reliable turn-1 line
• The Forbidden Varudras line removes the intended closer once the list is legalised

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Varudras x3 and Triple Tactics Talent x1 are Forbidden (legal 0); Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 are within OCG size rules; Card stats and text for listed cards; Exact-name purity 10% and 63 off-archetype copies; Archetype usage: Nebulus at 55% (not in this deck)
• Inferred: Opening-hand probabilities for starters and archetype core; Hand-trap and negation role reads from card text; Interaction layering and closing power from text and stats; Consistency and brick estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated meta sample); Tournament reliability (no tournament link)
• 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/second, matchup, or brick/starter rates Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample Legality of recommended replacement cards (for example Nebulus) is not in the evidence pack Deck title is null