X-Saber Deck #767468 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro and Link beatdown from an Elfnote and Power Patron board, with Ars Magna and Mulcharmy draw support (Inferred from card text; no combo data); Vidolium and Mediclius Power Patron pressure off Ars Magna and Theorealize search lines (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Search and summon Elfnote Regina or Medius, then Synchro or Link into Elfnote Power Patron and the Ars Magna searchers (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird and Maxx C to disrupt the opponent's first summon, then rebuild through Mulcharmy draw (Inferred)
• Recovery: Ars Magna banish-from-hand effects and Mulcharmy draw recover cards from the GY and banishment (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no side deck, so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The score is capped low because the deck is illegal in OCG: five Forbidden cards (Charmer Quartet in Bloom, F.A. Dawn Dragster, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, XX-Saber Gottoms, Baronne de Fleur) are run at one copy each against a legal limit of zero. The structural read covers what the list could do if the violations were removed: three-copy searchers (Ars Magna Finite and Infinite, Elfnote Regina, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Great Gallant Bandit) give roughly a 34% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand, and the 18 searcher-text cards push searcher access to about 96% in the opening hand (Inferred). Seven hand traps plus Maxx C and Droll & Lock Bird give the deck a real going-second plan, with about 71% chance of at least one in a 6-card hand (Inferred). Interaction density is good, but the list has no side deck and only about 4 of its 55 copies match the exact X-Saber archetype name, so the score reflects a Midrange-style system of cross-archetype parts rather than a coherent engine. No combo boards, guides, or tournament data exist, so no ceiling or median output was measured; this read is structural only, and the score was not built by averaging card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*53 + 0.20*45 = 51.4; modifiers total -12 (banlist exposure) gives 39.4; Illegal cap applied, final score 25 (theoretical/structural only, not a normal Final score)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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

• Three-copy searchers (Ars Magna and Elfnote) and 18 searcher-text cards give high search access
• Seven hand traps and Maxx C give a real going-second plan
• Dense interaction: 8 negation-text and 20 removal-text cards
• Synchro and Link extra deck gives board-breaking and closing options

Weaknesses

• Five Forbidden cards make the deck illegal in OCG
• No side deck, so no post-side plan
• Only 2 of 40 main deck cards match the exact X-Saber name, so the engine is a patchwork of sub-archetypes
• No combo, guide, or tournament data to confirm the list works in practice

Critical choke points

• Power Patron Link Monsters are the main closing route, and the list has no secondary closer if they are removed
• Illegal Forbidden cards in the Extra Deck remove several Synchro and Link slots until the list is fixed

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Five Forbidden cards over the copy limit (legality); Main Deck size 40 and Extra Deck size 15 are legal for OCG; Side deck is empty (composition); Only 2 of 40 main deck copies match the exact archetype name (composition)
• Observed: Interaction card counts from the deck list: 8 negation-text, 20 removal-text, 7 hand traps (composition)
• Inferred: Starter access and hand-trap coverage from hypergeometric draw estimates; Engine structure and archetype routes from card text; Going-second and recovery plans from card text
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit: no tournament data or dated meta sample
• 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 exists in YGOVN Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck supplied, so post-side performance is unknown