Monarch Deck #763005 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Clown Crew board built from Clown Crew Cappello and Clown Crew Flair chains into Extra Deck summons (Biancaviso, Diabolo, Dristy, Meteor); Zaborg and Nibiru pressure with Monarch and Mulcharmy follow-up
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Clown Crew starter plus searcher, then convert into a Tribute or Ritual summon while holding hand traps for the opponent's first response
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Droll and Nibiru to answer the opponent's board, then rebuild through Clown Crew recursion
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia draw cards when the hand is emptied; Clown Crew Flair and Malabarisme recur Clown Crew cards from the GY
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck's structural read is built on the system rather than on card averages: a 26-card Clown Crew and Monarch engine with 13 hand traps and 11 negation-text cards gives it real interaction density, and its going-second plan is the strongest part of the list. Starter access is moderate, since hypergeometric odds of at least one 3-copy starter in a 5-card opening hand are about 0.25 (Inferred), with searchers covering 8 cards at about 0.56 for a searcher in hand. There is no recorded combo data, so ceiling and median scores are text-based and Inferred only. Popularity and archetype usage stats do not earn points here: the list runs the Clown Crew core, but that confirms it is real, not strong. The list is Illegal (Ash Blossom at 3 copies against a limit of 2), so the score is capped at structural-only, and no Side Deck or meta sample is available. Final scores were not built by averaging card power; they come from the 14 system dimensions.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 56, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (over-limit Semi-Limited card) (-8); Illegal cap (-14). Final formula: Structural 55.4 (Midrange profile) -> 0.80*55 + 0.20*40 = 52 before modifiers; banlist/over-limit modifier -8 gives 44; Illegal per Step 2 so capped to 30 (structural-only, no normal Final Contextual score)

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 interaction: 13 hand traps and 11 negation-text cards
• Going-second plan from hand traps plus Droll and Nibiru
• Clown Crew recursion and searchers give a degree of grind

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom runs 3 copies against a limit of 2
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• Heavy reliance on a few 3-copy starters with moderate hypergeometric access

Critical choke points

• Clown Crew Cappello and Flair as the first link of most lines
• Ash Blossom over-limit: must cut one copy before the list is playable

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main Deck 55 cards and Extra Deck 15 cards; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring: 3 copies vs legal maximum 2 (Illegal); Called by the Grave, Triple Tactics Talent and Droll & Lock Bird within their limits; Side Deck is 0 cards; Hypergeometric draw odds from the resolved list
• Observed: Extra Deck contents: Meteor 3, Dristy 2, Diabolo 2, Fiends 2, Garura, Ferrijit, Packbit, TY-PHON, Malong, Pegasus 1 each
• Inferred: Starter access ~ 0.25 at 3 copies in a 5-card hand; Interaction density scored from text (hand traps and negation text); Going-second strength from hand traps and removal text; Combo ceiling and median scored from text only
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and matchup fit (D13) without a dated metagame sample; Tournament reliability without match records
• 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 are absent No win-rate or brick telemetry in YGOVN Meta Power provisional (no dated metagame sample) Usage statistics mark Clown Crew Meteor, Dristy, Diabolo, Fiends, Malong, Pegasus, Packbit, Ferrijit, Garura and TY-PHON as in_this_deck false, yet the cards list places them in the Extra Deck; the evidence is internally inconsistent, so Extra Deck usage is scored from the cards list No Side Deck supplied