Blackwings Deck #764302 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro boards from the Extra Deck: Black-Winged Assault Dragon (3200 ATK x3), Chaos Angel (3500 ATK x2), Bystial Dis Pater (3500 ATK x1), Blackwing Full Armor Master (3000 ATK x1), and Boreastorm/Black-Winged Dragon as Synchro bodies.; Fiendsmith Fusion pressure via Fiendsmith's Desirae and Fiendsmith's Lacrima (Lacrima gives -600 ATK to opposing monsters), plus Raigeki and Gravity Collapse for board clears.
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Blackwing tuner (Vata or Shamal) or Sudri to search a Black-Winged Dragon-mentioning card, then Synchro into a Blackwing Synchro monster while holding Gravity Collapse or Black Sonic as backup interaction.
• Turn 2 (going second): Respond to the opponent's first monster with hand traps (D.D. Crow, Skull Meister, Blackbird Close, Chinook) and then convert the surviving Blackwing or Fiendsmith material into a Synchro or Fusion board.
• Recovery: Black Whirlwind and Black Feather Whirlwind recover Blackwing monsters and spells from Deck; Shamal, Vata, Harmattan and Zephyros recur from the GY. Recovery depends on Blackwing monsters remaining in GY or banish zone.
• After siding: Not available. The list runs 0 side deck cards, so there is no post-side plan to evaluate.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards. Its Blackwing core (31 of 55 main slots) gives a high chance of at least one live starter in the opening hand: the archetype-core group is about 83% in a 5-card hand (Inferred, hypergeometric). Interaction is layered across traps, quick-play spells, hand traps and Raigeki, which lifts interaction and closing scores. The Extra Deck has enough high-ATK Synchro and Fusion bodies to finish boards. The score is held down by brick risk (about 17% of opening hands with no core card), a second Fiendsmith engine that conflicts with the Blackwing lines, no side deck, and no combo or tournament data. Popularity did not earn points. The illegal list (Forbidden Graceful Charity and 3 copies of a Limited card) caps the final score, so this is a theoretical, structural-only read.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-6); no side deck (-4); dependence on Fiendsmith Limited cards (-2). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + modifiers = 0.80*60 + 0.20*48 - 12 = 45.6; capped at 30 because legality is Illegal

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.83 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.17 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Blackwing core is dense: 31 of 55 main slots, with 3-copy Shamal, Vata, Sudri, Simoon and Whirlwinds.
• Layered interaction: Gravity Collapse, Black Sonic, Delta Crow, Black Shadow Squall, Blackbird Close, Raigeki, Cosmic Cyclone, Mystical Space Typhoon.
• High-ATK Extra Deck finishers: Black-Winged Assault Dragon, Chaos Angel, Bystial Dis Pater and Full Armor Master.
• Recursion from GY and banish zone keeps the engine running after disruption.

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Graceful Charity is Forbidden and Fiendsmith Engraver is 3 copies against a limit of 1.
• No side deck, so it cannot adapt between games.
• Two engines (Blackwing and Fiendsmith) compete for hand space and Extra Deck slots.
• Limited Fiendsmith cards (Lacrima, Tract) are each capped at 1 copy.

Critical choke points

• Blackwing Tuner availability (Shamal, Vata, Sudri, Harmattan, Sharnga): Synchro summons need a Tuner, and most Tuners are low-count.
• Opening hands with no Blackwing or Fiendsmith starter (about 17%, Inferred).
• Illegal copy counts must be fixed before any competitive read is valid.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0; Main within 40-60 and Extra within 0-15 size rules.; Graceful Charity is Forbidden (1 copy run); Fiendsmith Engraver is Limited (3 copies run); Fiendsmith's Lacrima and Tract are Limited (1 copy each, legal).; Extra Deck composition: 13 Synchro, 2 Fusion. Copy histogram: 15 singles, 8 doubles, 8 triples.; Archetype-core group: 16 copies, P(at least one in hand of 5) = 0.8345.
• Inferred: Consistency and brick estimates from hypergeometric probabilities.; Ceiling and floor are text-only reads of Synchro and recursion effects; no recorded boards exist.; Interaction density from role tags and card text.
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample or tournament data.
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference. No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent. No win-rate telemetry: going-first and going-second splits, matchup results and brick rates are Inferred. Usage-stat data conflict: missing_core lists Blackwing - Silverwind the Ascendant and Blackwing - Nothung the Starlight as absent, but both appear in the cards array (zone extra, 1 copy each). Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied. No side deck, so no post-side evidence exists.