Dragon Link Deck #763755 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 20/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-chain pressure: Borreload/Borrelend/Borrelshroud-tier Link Monsters and Rokket boards ending in a large attacker or Borrel-recursive board; Rokket Detonator and Dragon Link beatdown after a disrupted opponent turn
• Turn 1 (going first): Rokket Loader or Quick Launch to search a Level 7 DARK Dragon (Absorouter / Rokket Detonator), then Link into the Borrel or Rokket Extra Deck pieces
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll, Evenly Matched, Infinite Impermanence) to stop the opponent's first summon, then Absorouter or Quick Launch to rebuild
• Recovery: Borrel Regenerator / Absorouter / Rokket Recharger recur Rokket monsters from the GY to re-Link
• After siding: Not applicable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

Each score comes from the deck as a system, not from averaging the card scores. The Rokket and Borrel core is well represented (about 97% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand, Inferred), so the deck usually gets a live engine. It has real interaction density (14 hand traps, 19 negation-text cards, 24 removal-text cards), which lifts end-board and going-second scores. Its weaknesses are a large brick and tech load (21 tech cards, 14 hand traps that need specific openings), no Side Deck, and no recorded boards to measure a combo ceiling or median. Popularity and archetype share did not earn points, and the illegal list was capped at 20 with a structural-only reading. Legality is the dominant factor: three copy-limit or Forbidden violations and an oversized Extra Deck mean this list cannot be played as built.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 80% Midrange / 20% Stun (disclosed blend). Structural ≈ 48, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: copy_limit_violations (-8); extra_deck_oversize (-4). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: no normal Final score. Formula 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 45 before modifiers, then capped at 20 because the list violates copy limits and Extra Deck size (theoretical/structural-only reading)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.26 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.03 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Core Rokket and Borrel engine is well represented (core-group P ≈ 0.97)
• Dense interaction: 14 hand traps and 19 negation-text cards
• Good going-second hand-trap coverage (≈ 0.85)
• Extra Deck covers multiple Link routes (13 Link Monsters)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: copy-limit and Forbidden violations
• Extra Deck is oversized at 16
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation
• Heavy tech load (21) with 9 singletons reduces coherence
• No recorded boards to confirm the combo ceiling

Critical choke points

• Starter access depends on Rokket/Borrel pieces in the opening hand (P ≈ 0.26 per 3-copy card)
• Extra Deck overflow and copy-limit fixes must be made before the list is playable
• Hand-trap-dependent interaction on going second

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main Deck 54 (within 40–60); Extra Deck 16 exceeds OCG max 15; Ash Blossom 3 copies vs 2 legal; Droll & Lock Bird 2 vs 1; Called by the Grave Forbidden; Side Deck size 0; no tournament link
• Observed: Usage stats: 16 of 25 core cards present (64%)
• Inferred: Starter-access probabilities and brick estimates (hypergeometric); Interaction density and going-second hand-trap coverage; Dimension scores D1–D14 from text and composition
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and matchup fit D13
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot record are absent no win-rate telemetry for going-first/second, matchup or brick rates Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied deck title is null