Ancient Gears Deck #768352 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Fusion/Xyz/Link
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Large Fusion, Xyz and Link threats (Chaos Ancient Gear Giant, Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, Ancient Gear Megaton Golem, Superdimensional Robot Galaxy Destroyer, Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Rocket) enabled by Ancient Gear Fusion, Ancient Gear Duel and Ancient Gear Catapult (Inferred from card text; no recorded boards); Direct and piercing damage from Ancient Gear Golem and Ancient Gear Howitzer's 1000-damage effect (Inferred from card text)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher (Wyvern, Statue, Frame, Box, Commander, Dark Golem) to add Ancient Gear pieces, then Fusion, Xyz or Link Summon toward a large board (Inferred; no recorded boards)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 4 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched) and Harpie's Feather Duster or Lightning Storm to disrupt, then rebuild through Galaxy Destroyer or Gustav Rocket (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recursion through Ancient Gear Commander, Ancient Gear Box, Heavy Armored Knight Babeldecker and the Eldlich graveyard effects (Inferred from text)
• After siding: None. The deck has 0 Side Deck cards, so there is no recorded post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck's consistency is moderate: the 21 searcher-text cards give a 0.925 chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred), but the Ancient Gear starters themselves sit near 0.26 per 3-copy card. The structure is fragmented, with about 15 sub-archetypes contributing 1 to 3 copies each (Ancient Gear 29, Eldlich 11, generic 9, Train 8, Golden Land 3, plus singletons), so engine coherence is weak. Interaction is the strongest part: 4 hand traps, Ash Blossom, Droll and Lock Bird, Harpie's Feather Duster, Lightning Storm and Galaxy Destroyer give layered disruption (Inferred from text). Closing power is high on paper, since several Fusion, Xyz and Link threats reach 3300 to 5000 ATK. There are no recorded boards, so ceiling and median are text-only inference and cannot be separated by observation. The score is not built from averaging individual card scores, and the archetype's popularity did not earn points. The Extra Deck is 16 cards against an OCG maximum of 15, so the list is illegal and the normal contextual score is capped at 30 as a theoretical, structural-only read.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange weights used as-is; Toolbox noted as secondary and not blended, because the Extra-Deck mix makes the blend ratio unreliable. Structural ≈ 51.1, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: Illegal Extra Deck size (-12); Illegal cap applied (0). Final formula: No reliable metagame: raw = 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + Modifiers = 0.80*51.1 + 0.20*38 - 12 = 36.5, then illegal cap applied (Extra Deck 16 > 15) to 30. Theoretical, structural-only read.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.26 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.08 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Searcher density gives a 0.925 chance of at least one searcher in an opening 5 (Inferred)
• Layered interaction: 4 hand traps plus Harpie's Feather Duster, Lightning Storm and Galaxy Destroyer (Inferred from text)
• High closing power from several 3300 to 5000 ATK Fusion, Xyz and Link threats (Verified stats)

Weaknesses

• Illegal Extra Deck size: 16 cards against an OCG maximum of 15
• Fragmented engine: about 15 sub-archetypes contribute 1 to 3 copies each
• Empty Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• The fusion lines depend on Ancient Gear Fusion, Ancient Gear Duel or Ancient Gear Catapult to be drawn; each sits at roughly 0.18 or lower in an opening hand (Inferred)
• Ancient Gear Golem is a single copy and cannot be Special Summoned, so the Golem-based fusion lines depend on one card (Verified card text)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Extra Deck size is 16, above the OCG maximum of 15 (size_warnings); Main Deck size is 54, within the 40 to 60 range; All restricted cards are within their copy limits: Droll & Lock Bird 1/1, Harpie's Feather Duster 1/1, S:P Little Knight 1/1, Ash Blossom 1/2; Card text, stats and type spread from the evidence pack; Archetype usage snapshot is available (28 rows)
• Inferred: Starter and searcher access from hypergeometric estimates; Interaction density from card text; Going-second hand-trap coverage (0.38); Fusion, Xyz and Link conversion lines from text
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit: no tournament link; Meta power: null without a dated metagame sample
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combos_evidence has 0 boards, so 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 usage_statistics in_this_deck flags conflict with the card list: Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, Chaos Ancient Gear Giant, Gustav Rocket, Flying Launcher, Clockwork Knight, Ballista and Qliphort Genius are present in the Extra Deck but flagged in_this_deck false, so missing_core is unreliable Evidence status is Illegal but violations is empty; the only recorded reason is the Extra Deck size warning deck.title is null and archetype is given as 'Ancient Gears' while the card archetype is 'Ancient Gear' Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample