Artmage Deck #767165 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Power Patron / Artmage Link and Fusion boards (Mediclius, Nerva, Vidolium, Junora) built from Artmage and Ars Magna searches; Medius and Theorealize recursion into Fusion/Link pressure
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a starter (Artmage Power Patron, Medius, Mulcharmy) with searchers, then convert into a Fusion or Link boss while holding hand traps for the opponent's first interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Ogre and Ghost Belle to answer the opponent's board, then rebuild through Mulcharmy draw and Medius recursion
• Recovery: Mulcharmy draw effects plus Theorealize Past Lull and Ars Magna banish recursion rebuild the Extra Deck boss
• After siding: No side deck is listed, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a starter through its Artmage core: the archetype core group gives about 93% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred). Its interaction density is high, with 16 hand traps and 17 negation-text cards, which supports a strong going-second plan. Conversion into bosses is credible on paper through Power Patron Fusion and Link monsters, but no recorded boards exist, so the ceiling and median are text-only inference. The main deck is fragmented: exact Artmage purity is only 16.7%, with 60 off-archetype copies and 20 singletons, which costs consistency and efficiency. The deck is Illegal as built because it runs 3 copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring against a limit of 2, so its score is capped low and is theoretical only. Popularity and archetype share were not credited, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-6); no side deck (-4); engine conflicts (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(58) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) + modifiers(-12) = 43, capped at 35 because the deck is Illegal (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring at 3 copies, limit 2); Meta Power provisional/null

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.93 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.07 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Layered hand-trap and negation density (16 hand traps, 17 negation-text cards) gives strong interaction on both turns
• Archetype core is highly accessible in the opening hand (about 93%, Inferred)
• Several independent boss routes (Power Patron Fusion, Link and Synchro) add resilience

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring at 3 copies exceeds the OCG limit of 2
• Low archetype purity (16.7%) and 20 singletons fragment the engine
• No side deck, so the deck has no adaptation for best-of-3
• No combo recordings or tournament data, so the ceiling and median are unverified

Critical choke points

• Legality: the deck cannot be played in OCG until one Ash Blossom copy is removed
• Extra Deck boss access depends on Medius and Theorealize recursion through the GY

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring run 3 copies against an OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2; Main 57 and Extra 15 are within OCG size rules; Side is 0; Exact archetype purity 16.7%; 60 off-archetype copies; Limited cards run at their legal cap: Droll & Lock Bird, Harpie's Feather Duster, Prohibited Portal, S:P Little Knight
• Inferred: Archetype core opening-hand accessibility ≈ 0.93; Interaction density supports going-second and end-board strength; Going-first and going-second power estimates from text and probabilities
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit, with no dated metagame sample; Median output, with no recorded boards
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for this deck Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample Deck title is null