Charmer Deck #767306 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Control, Toolbox
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra-Deck beatdown from Xyz/Link bodies (Divine Serpent Apophis, Anubis, Super Starslayer TY-PHON, Mediclius) once the Apophis/Temple of the Kings line is live; Generic beatsticks and Trap-line value (Apophis the Serpent, Apophis the Swamp Deity, Mulcharmy draw engine)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a starter from the Temple of the Kings / Apophis core (about 61% for at least one core card in a 5-card hand, Inferred) and use Treasures/Terraforming/Pot searchers to find the next piece
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 16 hand traps (about 89% to hold at least one in a 6-card hand, Inferred) to answer the opponent's first summon, then convert through the Extra Deck
• Recovery: Mulcharmy draw effects plus the searcher text (about 72% for at least one searcher in 5 cards, Inferred) to rebuild after a hand-trap-for-hand-trap exchange
• After siding: Not evaluable: side_count is 0 and no side deck is supplied, so there is no post-side plan to score

Why it scores here

The deck's engine is the Temple of the Kings / Apophis core (9 core copies, about 61% to open at least one in a 5-card hand, Inferred), but 70 of 'archetype-adjacent' copies are off-archetype (0% exact-name purity), so the engine is diluted and not reliably live on turn 1 or 2. Its real strength is interaction density: 16 hand traps, 17 negation-text cards and 21 removal-text cards give strong end-board and going-second answers (Inferred from text and role flags). Output is not measured: no combos were supplied, so median and ceiling are text-only estimates and are kept low. Popularity did not earn points: the Charmer archetype usage data confirms the list is real, but the score is not raised by it, and no card scores were averaged. The deck is Illegal (3 copies of Ash Blossom against an OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2), so the raw structural blend of about 44 is capped to 30 and labelled theoretical only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange, D13 dropped and weights renormalised over 95 (meta-neutral). Structural ≈ 46, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: Illegal-deck cap (-14). Final formula: Raw: 0.80*Structural(46) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(35) = 44; Illegal cap applied (Step 2) -> 30, theoretical/structural only

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.61 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.39 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense hand-trap and negation coverage (16 hand traps, 17 negation texts)
• Layered end-board interaction (Solemn Judgment, Apophis, Dominus Purge, Verdict of Anubis)
• High going-second answer probability (about 0.89 for a hand trap in 6 cards)
• Strong Extra-Deck closing bodies (Anubis 3000 ATK, Divine Serpent Apophis 2800 ATK)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom over copy limit
• Engine diluted: 70 off-archetype copies, 0% exact-name purity
• No combo evidence, so ceiling and median are unmeasured
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation

Critical choke points

• Temple of the Kings / Apophis core: the 9 core copies must appear to open the engine (about 61% in 5 cards)
• Hand-trap exchange on turn 1: if the first answer is stopped, the list has no clear fallback

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring at 3 copies vs OCG Semi-Limited limit 2; Main 55 and Extra 15 are within OCG size rules; side 0 is within [0,15]; Core archetype group of 9 copies and P(>=1 in hand5) = 0.606 from hypergeometric output; Usage stats: 5 of 6 core cards present (83.3%)
• Observed: Charmer archetype is real and in use (usage_statistics available)
• Inferred: Engine accessibility and brick estimates (D1, D2); Hand-trap going-second coverage (~0.89); Interaction quality from role tags and text (D7, D8); Ceiling and median read from text only (D3, D4)
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit: no dated meta sample or tournament link (D13 excluded)
• Data gaps: Illegal copy count: Ash Blossom at 3 copies vs OCG Semi-Limited limit 2 (cap applied) No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN; going-first/second and matchup signals are Inferred Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null Usage statistics mark S:P Little Knight as not in this deck, but the card list shows 1 copy in the Extra Deck; the discrepancy is unresolved No side deck (side_count 0): no post-side evaluation possible