Elfnote Deck #766712 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro and Link boards led by Elfnote and Power Patron monsters (e.g. Elfnote June Pride, Mediclius, Junoldo, Vidolium) that stop the opponent's attacks and spells; Ars Magna and Theorealize recursion lines that rebuild the board from the GY and banishment
• Turn 1 (going first): Opening Elfnote Power Patron or Mulcharmy Fuwalos/Purulia for draws, then a Tuner plus Elfnote monster into a Synchro (Strelitzia, June Pride). Structurally plausible but not evidenced by recorded boards
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Ghost Belle, Effect Veiler, Nibiru) answer the opponent's first board, then Elfnote engine recovers. Hand-trap P(at least one in 6) is about 0.87
• Recovery: Elfnote Regina and Lucina search or special-summon Elfnote monsters from the Deck; Ars Magna and Theorealize recover from the GY. Continuity is Inferred from text
• After siding: Not assessable: side deck is empty (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The score comes from the deck as a system, not from averaging card scores. The Elfnote/Power Patron core is near-universal in the archetype (99.2% chance of at least one archetype-core card in an opening 5), so the engine is likely to start, which supports the consistency dimensions (Inferred). Hand traps and negations (15 hand traps, 12 negation-text cards, about 0.87 chance of one in a going-second 6) give going-second interaction and endboard quality. Scoring is held back by a structurally incoherent list: only 22.9% of cards carry the exact archetype name, 54 of 55 main cards are off-archetype under exact-name matching, and the Main Deck runs 32 distinct cards. The list is also illegal, with six Forbidden cards, three Limited/Semi-Limited cards over their copy limit, and an empty Side Deck. Under the Illegal rule the score is capped at 30 (raw pre-cap value about 36), and there is no combo evidence, tournament data, or meta sample, so all combo, meta, and matchup reads are Inferred or Provisional. The popularity of the Elfnote archetype did not earn points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 49.6, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal list cap (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 0.80*49.6 + 0.20*40 = 47.7; Illegal list applies the cap, with a -12 modifier giving about 36 pre-cap; final capped at 30 (theoretical/structural-only)

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

• Archetype core is almost always reachable in the opening hand (Inferred)
• Dense hand-trap and negation package for going second (Inferred)
• Extra Deck is broad and mostly legal: 9 Synchro, 4 Link, plus Xyz and Fusion (Verified)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: 6 Forbidden cards and 3 over-limit Limited/Semi-Limited cards (Verified)
• Low archetype purity (22.9%) and 32 distinct Main Deck cards spread across sub-archetypes (Verified)
• No Side Deck (Verified)
• No recorded boards, tournament data, or win-rate evidence (Verified)

Critical choke points

• Elfnote Regina and Lucina as the main search and summon routes; their copy limits are exceeded (Verified)
• Ash Blossom and the hand-trap stack for going second, also over its copy limit (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: 9 over-limit cards and 6 Forbidden cards in the Main/Extra Deck; Main 55 (within 40-60), Extra 15 (within 0-15), Side 0; Exact-name archetype purity 22.9%; Extra Deck breakdown: 9 Synchro, 4 Link, 1 Xyz, 1 Fusion
• Inferred: Archetype-core P(open in 5) 0.9924; Hand-trap P(at least one in 6, going second) 0.8676; Interaction density from text: 12 negation, 15 hand trap, 1 floodgate; Going-second hand-trap coverage and recovery routes
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (D13 = 30)
• 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 telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Side Deck is empty, so post-side evaluation is not possible