Ars Magna Deck #765676 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Power Patron Link engine (Medius, Mulcharmy searchers) into Black Luster Soldier, Black Chaos, Chaos Angel and XX-Saber Gottoms boss monsters (Inferred from card text); Ritual Summon via Light and Darkness Ritual into Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos (Inferred from card text)
• Turn 1 (going first): T1 Ars Magna searcher or Medius/Mulcharmy draw engine, then a Link or Ritual line; Ash Blossom and Kuriboh held up as interaction (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand-trap stack (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Kuriboh, Griffoh) to break the opponent's opening, then Gallant Bandit or Black Chaos through the board (Inferred)
• Recovery: Searchers (18 searcher-text cards) and Mulcharmy draw effects refill the hand after interaction is spent (Inferred)
• After siding: Not assessable: side_count is 0, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal in TCG because it runs 3 copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring against a Semi-Limited limit of 2, so it is scored as a theoretical, structural-only read and its final score is capped low. Structurally the list reliably opens the Ars Magna core: the archetype core group (17 copies) has about a 94% chance of at least one card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred), and 18 searcher-text cards support hand refill. The deck has several interaction layers (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Kuriboh, Griffoh, Gallant Bandit, Spell Shattering Sword), which lifts its resilience and end-board scores. Its closing power comes from 3000+ ATK bosses, but there is no side deck and no recorded combos, so the floor and median are estimates only. Popularity and usage stats confirm the list is a real, accessible build, but they did not earn points; card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 56, Going Second ≈ 54, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: Banlist exposure: over copy limit (-12); Illegal-list cap (-8). Final formula: No dated meta: 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(38) = 50, then -12 illegal-list modifier = 38, then capped to 30 under the Illegal rule (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.94 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.06 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Strong archetype-core access (about 94% in a 5-card opening hand, Inferred)
• Five hand traps and several negation effects give layered interaction
• Boss monsters at 3000+ ATK provide closing power

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy count on Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
• No side deck, so there is no post-side plan
• No recorded combos, so floor and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• The Power Patron Link engine depends on Medius and Mulcharmy searches (Inferred)
• Ash Blossom and Droll compete for the same hand slots (Inferred)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main Deck 41 cards and Extra Deck 15 cards, both within size rules; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring run 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2 (Illegal); Boss monster ATK values from card data; Searcher-text count 18 and negation-text count 6 from the tag scaffold
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter access ~0.94 from the archetype-core hypergeometric estimate; Brick rate ~0.06 from the same estimate; Going-first and going-second plans from card text; Interaction density from hand-trap and negation text
• Provisional: Meta Power and format fit (no dated metagame sample); Tournament Reliability (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN, so going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied side deck is empty, so post-side behavior cannot be assessed