Phantom Beast (Chimera) Deck #768189 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion/Link/Synchro extra-deck boards from Chimera, Fiendsmith and Azamina starters, closed by 2400-3500 ATK extra monsters (Inferred; the deck is illegal as built, so this is a structural read only); Lacrima-led ATK reduction and Azamina Mu Rcielago field control once a fusion lands
• Turn 1 (going first): Gazelle or Doriado or Nightmare Apprentice or Chimera Fusion (3 copies each) searches the next starter; Chimera Fusion or Diabellstar then fusions into a Chimera or Fiendsmith monster (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Effect Veiler, Ash Blossom, Droll and Maxx C to break the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Diabellstar and Gazelle searches (Inferred)
• Recovery: Searcher-heavy text (18 cards) and recursion from Fuwalos, Coatl and Lurrie to refill the hand after an interruption (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has 0 side cards, so no post-side plan exists

Why it scores here

The deck's structural read is moderate. Six starters run three copies each, and 18 searcher-text cards put a starter in hand about 96% of the time, so the opening engine is reliable on paper (Inferred). Interaction is the strongest area: 8 hand traps, 8 negation-text cards and 10 removal-text cards give a real going-second plan. Conversion is unproven because the evidence has no recorded boards, so the ceiling and median are both capped on structure alone. The deck spreads across Chimera, Fiendsmith, Azamina, Diabellstar, Doriado and Mulcharmy, and the 0% exact-name purity means its engines conflict, which lowers pilotability and consistency. The list is illegal (three Forbidden cards), so the score is capped as a theoretical, structural-only read. Popularity did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal deck: unconstrained 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 51.4; context modifiers total -12 (banlist exposure -12, engine conflict folded into that cap); result capped to 35 as a theoretical, structural-only score. Meta provisional.

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

• Searcher density (18 cards) makes a starter likely in hand
• Eight hand traps plus negation and removal text give interaction breadth
• Extra Deck has high-ATK attackers and several fusion and link enablers

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: three Forbidden Extra Deck cards
• Engines conflict across six sub-archetypes, so the purity is 0% for the exact archetype
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation
• No combo or tournament evidence to confirm conversion

Critical choke points

• Chimera Fusion and Gazelle are the main searches; losing both to hand traps leaves few routes
• Fusion summons depend on specific Extra Deck monsters that are Limited (Lacrima, S:P Little Knight)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Three Forbidden cards are present, each at 1 copy with 0 legal copies; Main 40 and Extra 15 are within size rules; side 0 is within 0-15; Composition and copy histogram match the card list; Extra deck contents (7 Fusion, 5 Link, 2 Synchro, 1 XYZ) match the card list
• Inferred: Starter reliability (P=0.34 per triple-copy starter; searcher 0.96); Hand-trap coverage (P=0.76 going second); Interaction density across hand traps, negation and removal text; Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (null); Matchup fit (D13); Tournament reliability
• 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 Meta Power is Provisional with no dated metagame sample Usage statistics flag Guardian Chimera, Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts, Berfomet, Chaos Angel and Chimera the Illusion Beast as not in this deck, but the card list includes all five in the Extra Deck; the core-present percentage is therefore understated. The card list was trusted. The only guide (515) is for Phantom Beast Branded, not this Chimera/Fiendsmith/Azamina build, so it gives little build-specific intent No side deck