Swordsoul Deck #768369 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 51 / Extra 19 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion or Synchro summon a large Dragon (Albion the Sanctifire Dragon, Mirrorjade, Lubellion, Cosmic Blazar Dragon) off a Fallen of Albaz-based starter (Inferred from card text and archetype core); Synchro boards via Junk, Stardust and Bystial material lines (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Fallen of Albaz or Branded starter, search with Upstart Goblin, Reinforcement or Stardust Synchron, then Fusion or Synchro summon (Inferred; hand-trap backup is thin)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence and Great Gallant Bandit to interrupt the opponent's board, then rebuild through Fusion Deployment or Branded Fusion (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recover from the GY through Branded Regained, Junk Synchron and the Fallen of Albaz GY effects (Inferred from text)
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck has 0 Side Deck cards, so no post-side plan exists in the evidence

Why it scores here

The deck's engine is a Fallen of Albaz starter (2 copies, P(at least one in a 5-card opener) about 0.19) backed by 16 searcher-text cards, which gives P(at least one searcher in hand) about 0.86 (Inferred). Conversion is strong on paper through Fusion and Synchro payoffs at 3000 ATK, but no recorded boards exist, so combo ceiling and median are text-only inferences. Interaction is real (21 removal-text cards, 8 negation-text cards, 3 hand traps), yet the list has no side deck and 69 of 70 copies sit outside the exact Swordsoul name, so the engine is a loosely connected toolbox rather than a pure archetype. The Extra Deck holds 19 cards against an OCG limit of 15, so the list is illegal and this score is a theoretical, structural-only read capped at 30. Popularity and archetype stats were not used to earn points, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal size (Extra Deck 19 > 15) (-14); Banlist exposure (-2); Dependence on Extra Deck pieces (-2). Final formula: Illegal cap: uncapped 0.80*Structural(50) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) + modifiers(-4) = 44, capped at 30 per the Illegal rule (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.19 · 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

• A 16-card searcher package gives a high probability of finding a starter
• Layered interaction (21 removal-text, 8 negation-text, 3 hand traps) gives several answers to an opposing board
• Multiple 2500 to 4000 ATK boss monsters provide closing power

Weaknesses

• The Extra Deck is 19 cards against an OCG limit of 15, so the list is illegal as built
• Only 1.4% of main-deck cards share the exact Swordsoul name, which dilutes engine coherence
• No side deck, so there is no post-side adaptation
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are unverified

Critical choke points

• Only 2 Fallen of Albaz are present, and most Fusion and Synchro lines route through them
• Limited cards (Branded Fusion, Branded Opening, Foolish Burial) are single copies, so losing one line removes a route

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main deck 51 cards, Extra Deck 19 cards, Side 0 (legality block); Extra Deck size exceeds the OCG maximum of 15 (size_warnings); All restricted cards are at or below their legal copy limits; Exact-name archetype purity is 1.4%
• Inferred: P(>=1 Fallen of Albaz in opening hand) about 0.19 and P(>=1 searcher) about 0.86 (hypergeometric); Going-first and going-second plans and interaction density (text-based); Combo ceiling and floor are text-only inferences because no boards exist
• Provisional: Meta Power and format fit (no dated metagame sample or archetype meta-share)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchup, or brick and starter rates Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Deck title is null, so the identity is taken from the archetype only Guide evidence is a single 2022 OCG guide with no parsed sections