Black Luster Soldier Deck #767610 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual and Synchro boss lines (Black Luster Soldier - Soldier of Light and Darkness, Black Chaos, Magician of Dark Chaos - Black Chaos, The Crimson King, Red Dragon Archfiend) that reach 3000-ATK boards; no recorded combo confirms any of them.; Fusion boss lines (Mirrorjade, Rindbrumm, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma) via Fallen of Albaz, which are only reachable if the Forbidden Albion is removed from the list.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Light and Darkness Ritual starter (Griffoh, Ragged Records, Mind Shuffle or Fydraulis Harmonia) with Ash Blossom or Droll held up, then Ritual Summon a boss; text-based read only, not verified by any recorded board.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre and Solemn cards to stop the opponent's first summon or activation, then convert with Black Chaos or a Synchro boss from the Extra Deck.
• Recovery: Recover through Ritual Spell searchers (Light and Darkness Ritual, Ragged Records, Mind Shuffle) and Skull Archfiend of Chaos recursion from GY or banish; depends on finding a Ritual Spell that is not blocked by brick.
• After siding: No side deck is present (Side Deck size 0), so there is no post-side plan; best-of-3 adaptation is unavailable as listed.

Why it scores here

The score comes from the deck as a system, not from averaging card scores or from the Black Luster Soldier archetype's popularity. The 13 archetype-core copies give about a 75% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand, and the 12 searcher-text cards add about a 72% chance of a search, so the deck usually opens with something to do (Inferred from the hypergeometric draw table). The 6 hand traps and 11 negation-text cards give reasonable end-board interaction, and the 3000-ATK ritual and synchro bosses give closing power. Against that, the list mixes at least eight sub-archetype engines (Mulcharmy, Albaz, Branded, Archfiend, Stardust, Ecclesia, Chaos, Despia), has 71 off-archetype copies and no side deck, and the Forbidden Albion makes the list illegal as built, so it is capped low and labelled theoretical. No combos were recorded, so floor, median and ceiling are text-only inferences and no tournament or win-rate data supports any claim.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 47, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 40, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-6); no side deck (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 45 before modifiers; Illegal deck capped low and labelled theoretical/structural-only; final 35

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.75 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.25 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense archetype core (13 copies) gives a high chance of a live starter in the opening 5 (Inferred)
• Searcher text on 12 cards and Ritual Spell recursion give some recovery (Inferred)
• Several 3000-ATK bosses and 6 hand traps give closing and interaction power (Verified text, Inferred quality)

Weaknesses

• Illegal as listed: Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden and run 1 copy (Verified)
• Multiple competing sub-archetype engines (Mulcharmy, Albaz, Branded, Archfiend, Stardust, Ecclesia, Chaos, Despia) reduce coherence (Inferred)
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation (Verified)

Critical choke points

• The Light and Darkness Ritual materials and Spell starters: losing them to a single disruption removes most of the ritual line (Inferred)
• The Forbidden Albion slot must be removed before the list can be played (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 56, Extra 15, Side 0; within OCG size rules; Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden and over the copy limit (1 run, 0 legal); All other restricted cards are within their Limited or Semi-Limited copy counts; Extra Deck composition 9 Synchro, 5 Fusion, 1 Link
• Inferred: P(at least one core copy in hand5) ≈ 0.75; starter reliability is moderate; Interaction density is good given 6 hand traps and 11 negation-text cards; Engine conflicts from 8 sub-archetypes lower coherence
• Provisional: Meta and format fit (D13) cannot be scored without a dated metagame sample or tournament link
• 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 or second, matchup, brick or starter rates) Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample Data mismatch: S:P Little Knight appears in the cards list (extra, 1 copy) but usage statistics marks it in this deck false; the extra count of 15 agrees with the cards list