Ritual Beast Deck #761533 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck Ritual Beast Ulti monsters (Ulti-Gaiapelio, Ulti-Reirautari, Ulti-Apelio, Ulti-Nochiudrago) summoned by banishing Tamers and Spiritual Beasts from field and GY; Link pressure from Ulti-Kimunfalcos, Ulti-Reirautari, I:P Masquerena and S:P Little Knight, plus Mediclius as a late-game board breaker
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Tamer or Spiritual Beast starter (Tamer Elder, Tamer Lara, Cannahawk, Rampengu) for a Normal Summon engine, then convert into an Ulti Extra Deck monster by banishing the required Tamer and Spiritual Beast materials
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 10 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll and Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Dominus Purge, Songs of the Dominators) to break the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Tamer searches and Ritual Beast's Bond
• Recovery: Ritual Beast Inheritance and the Spiritual Beast searchers rebuild the Tamer/Spiritual pairs from the Deck; Ritual Beast Tamer Wen and Lara special-summon from the banished or GY zone
• After siding: Not evaluable: the export has no side deck (side_count 0), so no post-side plan can be read

Why it scores here

The deck's structural read rests on its engine consistency and interaction density, not on the average of its cards. The archetype core is well represented (23 core copies; about 94% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card opening, Inferred), so the Tamer and Spiritual Beast starters usually become live on turns 1 and 2. Ten hand traps and roughly 12 negation-text cards give it strong interaction breadth, which is the main reason it scores above the median. Consistency is held back by 37 off-archetype copies (Mulcharmy, Dominus, Cyclone, Harpie, C, P, Power Patron) and by the low exact-name archetype purity of 47.1%. No recorded boards were supplied, so the combo ceiling and floor are text-only inferences and the median is not measured. Popularity and archetype usage stats confirm the list is real, but they did not earn points. The deck runs Triple Tactics Talent, a Forbidden card, so the list is illegal and the final score is capped at a theoretical, structural-only 30.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 54.3, Going First ≈ 56, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (Forbidden card in main) (-6); banlist exposure (Limited / Semi-Limited key cards) (-3); engine conflicts / off-archetype dilution (-2). Final formula: Uncapped: 0.80*54.3 + 0.20*45 + modifiers(-11) = 41.4. Legality cap applied: the list is Illegal, so the final score is capped at 30 as a theoretical, structural-only read. Meta provisional (no dated sample).

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

• Archetype core is well represented (23 core copies, about 94% to open at least one)
• Broad interaction: 10 hand traps, 12 negation-text cards, 21 removal-text cards
• Strong Extra Deck closers (Ulti-Gaiapelio, Ulti-Reirautari, Ulti-Apelio) with high ATK

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Triple Tactics Talent (Forbidden) is run for 1 copy
• Low exact-name archetype purity (47.1%) with 37 off-archetype copies
• No side deck exported, so no post-side plan can be assessed
• No recorded combos, so floor and median output are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Triple Tactics Talent is an illegal card that must be removed before the list can be played
• Ritual Beast starter access depends on Tamers and Spiritual Beasts being in hand or Deck

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Illegal with Triple Tactics Talent Forbidden at 1 copy; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 counts; banlist statuses for restricted cards; Card stats and archetype labels for Ulti and Link monsters
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter and hand-trap access estimates; Interaction density from card-text hints; Going-first and going-second plan descriptions
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link); Side-deck adaptability (no side deck exported)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates No side deck exported, so post-side plan is unevaluated Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied