Galaxy Photon Deck #768635 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 48/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Stun
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz pressure from the Galaxy-Eyes / Galaxy Photon Xyz line (Number 62 x2, Galaxy Photon Dragon x2, Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Howling 4500 ATK) built on Level 8 and Level 4 LIGHT material.; Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (3000 ATK) and Photon Emperor (2800 ATK) as large bodies that a stun-style interaction shell protects until they close.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher (Galaxy Wizard, Galaxy Defense Robot Orbital 7, Galaxy Soldier, Photon Orbital) that pulls a Photon/Galaxy engine piece, then convert it into a Level 8 or Level 4 Xyz base; keep one hand trap for the opponent's first response.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use a hand trap or negation (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Dominus Purge, Mind Mirror Force) to break the opponent's board, then rebuild through Galaxy Hundred / Photon Orbital fuel into an Xyz.
• Recovery: Recover from Galaxy Hundred, Photon Jumper and Photon Emperor GY effects, which return Photon/Galaxy monsters from the graveyard and keep the Xyz line going after an interruption.
• After siding: No side deck is registered (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan; best-of-3 adaptability is not evaluated and is scored low.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: a searcher-rich engine (15 searcher-text cards; P(at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand) ≈ 0.80) feeds a Xyz line that can reach 4000–4500 ATK, and it has real interaction density (16 negation and 22 removal text cards, 6 hand traps). Consistency is limited: any single 3-copy starter has only ≈ 0.25 odds of appearing in the opening hand, and 8 Dominus cards, 2 Mulcharmy Fuwalos, and 5 Tuner monsters (with no Synchro monsters in the Extra Deck, so the Tuner typing is inert) add brick and dead-card risk without belonging to the engine. Combo ceiling and median are Inferred from card text because no recorded boards exist, and no tournament or win-rate data supports a Meta score, so the Meta component stays provisional. Usage statistics show that the list runs only 8 of 15 archetype-core cards, which confirms the deck is a real, accessible build but earns no points for popularity, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 58.5, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: No side deck (-3); Off-archetype dead weight (-3); Conditional engine summon (-1); Banlist exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional): 0.80*58.5 + 0.20*45 - 8 ≈ 47.8, rounded to 48

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · 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 (15 cards) gives an ≈ 0.80 chance of a searcher in the opening hand
• Layered interaction: 6 hand traps, plus Mind Mirror Force, Dominus Spark/Purge and Tachyon Transmigration
• Xyz ceiling reaches 4000–4500 ATK with recursion via Galaxy Hundred and Photon Jumper

Weaknesses

• Any single 3-copy starter has only ≈ 0.25 odds in the opening hand
• 8 Dominus cards and 2 Mulcharmy Fuwalos are off-engine and add dead-card risk
• No side deck, so no post-side plan
• 5 Tuner monsters with no Synchro monsters in the Extra Deck, so the Tuner typing does nothing here

Critical choke points

• Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon summon requires two 2000+ ATK tributes, which the deck may not meet
• Xyz Summons depend on Level 8 / Level 4 materials from a short Photon/Galaxy base

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 56 Main / 15 Extra / 0 Side, all restricted cards within copy limits; Card text and stats for every listed card; Usage stats: 8 of 15 core cards present (53.3%)
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter, searcher and hand-trap odds; Combo ceiling and median from card text only; Interaction density and brick risk from role-tag counts
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); D13 matchup fit (no tournament link)
• 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 and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck registered; post-side adaptability unevaluable