Machina Deck #768247 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Machina/Train/Infinitrack engine (Link/Xyz)
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck Xyz and Link boards (Super Dora, Gustav Max/Rocket, River Stormer, Flying Launcher) built from Train and Infinitrack Level 10/5 engine monsters; Gustav Max direct damage and Machina Citadel mass-removal turn
• Turn 1 (going first): Search with Urgent/Exceptional Schedule or Infinitrack Harvester, then Summon Heavy Armored Knight Babeldecker or Night Train into Xyz; hold Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence for the opponent's first response
• Turn 2 (going second): Open a hand trap (Ash, Impermanence, Nibiru, Dominus Purge) and convert the first interruption into a Train or Infinitrack Level 10 for Xyz
• Recovery: Banish Gustav Max or Night Train from the GY and Super Dora/Gustav Max re-enable through Gustav Rocket route; Mulcharmy draws when the hand is empty
• After siding: No Side Deck registered (side_count 0), so no post-side plan can be evaluated; plan is theoretical

Why it scores here

The deck's score is built from the system: a Train and Infinitrack engine that reliably finds a Level 10 or Level 5 starter (searcher text in 19 cards, ~88% chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand, Inferred), eight hand traps that give going-second interaction (~61% to hold one in a 6-card hand, Inferred), and an Extra Deck with 15 cards of real Xyz and Link payoff. Scoring weights came from the Midrange profile, so resilience and resource recovery count most. Popularity did not earn points: Machina is a niche archetype with core usage of about 45%, and the card scores were not averaged. No recorded combos exist, so the ceiling and median are text-only inferences and the floor is scored low. The Structural score is about 53, the Final score is about 51 before modifiers, and the Illegal status (Ash Blossom at 3 copies over a limit of 2) and the absence of a Side Deck cap the final score at 30 as a theoretical, structural-only read.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist_copy_limit_exposure (-12). Final formula: Theoretical cap: Illegal deck. Unclamped 0.80*Structural(52.6) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 51.1, plus modifier -12 = 39.1, capped at 30 for Illegal legality (no normal Final score).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.88 · 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 (19 cards) gives about 88% starter access in a 5-card opening hand
• Eight hand traps and 20 negation-text cards give interaction on both going-first and going-second
• Extra Deck of 15 with Xyz and Link payoffs (Super Dora, Gustav Rocket 5000, Flying Launcher 3800)
• Recursion through Gustav Max, Night Train and Mulcharmy keeps resources flowing

Weaknesses

• Illegal: Ash Blossom at 3 copies over the OCG limit of 2
• Very low archetype purity (1.4% exact name); Train and Infinitrack lines compete for slots
• No Side Deck (side_count 0) for a best-of-3 event
• No recorded combos, so ceiling and floor are inferred

Critical choke points

• Level 10 Machine starter for the Xyz (Night Train, Babeldecker, Gustav Max) is needed by most lines
• Single Machina Citadel and one Therion Regulus as board-breaking single copies

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: 57 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; Ash Blossom at 3 copies over the Semi-Limited limit of 2; Searcher-text (19), negation-text (20), removal-text (17) and hand-trap (8) counts from role tags; Extra Deck contents: Link 7, XYZ 8; Archetype purity 1.4%, Train spread 25
• Observed: Core archetype cards at 100% usage inclusion (Night Train, Revolving Switchyard, Urgent Schedule, Babeldecker, Machina Citadel) per usage statistics; No recorded boards in combos_evidence (0 combos)
• Inferred: ≈0.88 P(at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand); ≈0.61 P(at least one hand trap in a 6-card hand going second); Going-first and going-second estimates; Ceiling from text (Gustav Max to Rocket route, Super Dora detach)
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (D13) and Side Deck adaptability (D12) — no tournament or side data
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No Side Deck registered (side_count 0)