Gimmick Puppet Deck #763933 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 18/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Gimmick Puppet Xyz boss plays (Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo destiny-counter win, Number C88, Chaos Angel, Number C15) backed by Puppet recursion from the Graveyard; Chaos / Rank-Up-Magic Xyz escalation through Argent Chaos Force and Fantasix/Fanatix Machinix
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Puppet starter (Scissor Arms, Little Soldiers, Humpty Dumpty or Rouge Doll), search or Special Summon a second Puppet, and reach a 3-material Xyz boss; the plan depends on Extra Deck pieces that the deck cannot reliably assemble, so it is Inferred only.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird and Red Reboot for interaction, then convert the surviving Puppet resources into an Xyz boss on the next turn; hand-trap coverage is the strongest going-second tool here.
• Recovery: Recur Dreary Doll, Bisque Doll and Terror Baby from the Graveyard through banish costs, and rebuild the Xyz boss from the Extra Deck.
• After siding: No side deck is registered in the export, so there is no post-side plan; the list cannot adapt between games.

Why it scores here

This list is scored as a theoretical system only, because the legality check fails: it runs two copies of a Forbidden Xyz monster and one Forbidden spell, two copies of a Limited Number C40, and a 16-card Extra Deck against a 15-card OCG maximum. The core Gimmick Puppet engine is consistent on paper, since the archetype core group is almost always present in an opening hand (about 0.99 for the hypergeometric estimate, Inferred), and Puppet monsters recur from the Graveyard. Its boss density is high: Number 88, the C-series and Chaos Angel all have strong closing text. The deck reaches only a low, unverified Final score because it is illegal, and its popularity or archetype usage did not earn points. The score was built from the system's consistency, interaction and closing structure, not by averaging card scores, and no combo boards were supplied to confirm conversion.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-6); Dependence on one Extra-Deck card (-3); Extra Deck over limit (-3). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: the normal Final formula (0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + modifiers = 0.80*52 + 0.20*35 - 12 ≈ 37) is NOT used; the deck is capped at 18 as a theoretical, structural-only read, and Meta Power is null (Provisional).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · 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 Gimmick Puppet core with high probability of a starter in hand
• Layered hand-trap and negation coverage (Ash Blossom x2, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Red Reboot, Infinite Impermanence)
• Multiple closing Xyz bosses with strong ATK and direct-damage or win text

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden and Limited copy violations plus an over-size Extra Deck
• No Side Deck, so no adaptation between games
• Heavy dependence on Extra Deck pieces that the deck cannot consistently assemble

Critical choke points

• A single Number 88 or C88 in the Extra Deck is the main win path, and losing it to one interruption ends the plan
• Forbidden and Limited copies must be reduced before any real play is possible

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Forbidden status of CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix Machinix and Triple Tactics Talent; Limited status of Number C40 and other listed Limited cards; Extra Deck count of 16 exceeds the OCG maximum of 15; Card text for the Puppet Xyz bosses and hand traps
• Inferred: Core-group opening-hand probability ≈ 0.99; Engine consistency and brick risk; Interaction quality from hand-trap text; Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (null); Matchup and format fit (no dated meta sample)
• Data gaps: No combo boards 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 exists for this deck No Side Deck is registered, so post-side strength cannot be assessed Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied