Gimmick Puppet Deck #768684 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG
40 Main, 12 Extra, incl. Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers x3, Gimmick Puppet Rouge Doll x3, Gimmick Puppet Scissor Arms x3. Created Oct 20, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 10/20/2026
Main Deck (40)
- Droll & Lock Bird x1
- Gimmick Puppet Bisque Doll x1
- Gimmick Puppet Cattle Scream x1
- Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll x1
- Gimmick Puppet Fiendish Knight x2
- Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers x3
- Gimmick Puppet Rouge Doll x3
- Gimmick Puppet Scissor Arms x3
- Gimmick Puppet Terror Baby x2
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x3
- Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill x3
- Condolence Puppet x3
- Foolish Burial x1
- Mansion of the Dreadful Dolls x3
- Rank-Up-Magic Argent Chaos Force x1
- Terraforming x1
- Dominus Impulse x3
- Infinite Impermanence x3
- Puppet Shark x1
- Service Puppet Play x1
Extra Deck (12)
- Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll x2
- Gimmick Puppet Fantasix Machinix x2
- Gimmick Puppet Gigantes Doll x1
- Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder x2
- Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings x1
- Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo x1
- Number C15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Hunter x1
- Number C40: Gimmick Puppet of Dark Strings x1
- Number C88: Gimmick Puppet Disaster Leo x1
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30± 8/ 100
Power Score
Structural
57
Reliability
50
Going First
58
Going Second
55
Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 57 |
| Going First | 58 |
| Going Second | 55 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 50 |
- Primary strategy: Midrange
- Secondary strategies: Combo
- Format: ocg
Legality
Main 40 / Extra 12 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Gimmick Puppet Xyz boss pressure (Number 88 Gimmick Puppet of Leo, Number C40, Number C88) backed by Puppet recursion and Xyz material control; Direct damage and removal from Number 40, Number C15 and Number C88 once the board is established
- Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Level 4 Gimmick Puppet (Scissor Arms or Little Soldiers), search or recurse a Puppet via Mansion or Rouge Doll, then build toward a Level 8 or Level 9 Xyz
- Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Ghost Mourner, Infinite Impermanence and Dominus Impulse to disrupt the opponent's first Special Summon, then rebuild through Puppet recursion
- Recovery: Recurse Puppets from the GY (Dreary Doll, Terror Baby, Condolence Puppet) and rebuild Xyz material from the Deck via Rouge Doll and Mansion
- After siding: No side deck is run, so there is no post-side plan; the list cannot adapt between games
Why it scores here
The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its card scores. Its Gimmick Puppet core (25 copies, about 99.5% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand) makes the engine easy to start, and the Puppet recursion (Dreary Doll, Terror Baby, Condolence Puppet) gives it a reasonable grind. Interaction is broad (Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom, Dominus Impulse, Ghost Mourner, Droll and Lock Bird), which supports the end-board and going-second scores. However, the list runs 3 copies each of Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse against an OCG limit of 2, so it is illegal and its normal Final score is capped low. There is no side deck, no recorded boards and no tournament data, so the combo ceiling and floor are text-only inferences and Meta Power stays provisional. Popularity of the archetype did not earn points by itself.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 70 | P(at least one starter in opening 5) about 0.34 for a single copy count, core-group proxy about 0.995 across 25 core copies; Xyz engine needs a Level 4 or Level 8 pairing (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 55 | Hand quality is mostly functional Puppets and interaction, with some redundancy from 3-copy hand traps and Puppet bricks; no brick rate was supplied (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 55 | Ceiling is Number 88 Destiny Counter win and C88 bombardment, read from card text; no recorded boards to confirm (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 45 | Median output is unknown without combo boards; text-only estimate suggests Xyz summon plus one removal or drain is typical (Inferred) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 60 | Multiple hand traps and Puppet recursion provide several independent lines after one disruption (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 60 | Searchers (11 text hits) and GY recursion give a moderate resource economy; Foolish Burial and Terraforming add only minor grind (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 65 | Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Impulse, Ghost Mourner and Droll provide layered interaction on the opponent's turn, and Puppet monsters resist opposing effects via Mansion (Verified text, Inferred quality) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 55 | Going-second plan rests on hand-trap density (71% chance of at least one hand trap in 6 cards) and Xyz removal; no going-second split was recorded (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 60 | Number 88 (3200 ATK, Destiny win), C40 (3300 ATK) and C88 (3500 ATK) give strong closing power, limited by the 3-counter Destiny clock (Verified stat, Inferred) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 65 | 40 main cards with 20 distinct cards and a clear copy histogram; 31 exact Gimmick Puppet names and 21 off-archetype copies; coherent but with some tech density (Verified composition) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 60 | Extra Deck holds 10 Xyz and 2 Link monsters; core Xyz bosses are all present, with single-copy restrictions on C40 and Number 40 (Verified composition) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 25 | Side deck is empty (0 cards), so there is no post-side adaptability at all (Verified) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 40 | No tournament link or dated metagame sample exists; archetype usage is niche and not compared to any format (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 40 | Several multi-step Xyz and recursion chains with Rank-Up-Magic require careful sequencing and decision points, raising the pilot burden (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 57, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); No side deck (-4). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 0.80*57 + 0.20*50 = 55.6; modifiers total -12 gives 43.6; Illegal cap applied (theoretical/structural only) gives 30
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0 (all Inferred)
- Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
- Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines
Strengths
- Archetype core present in nearly every opening hand
- Broad hand-trap and negation suite
- Multiple high-ATK Xyz bosses with direct-damage or removal text
- Coherent Gimmick Puppet recursion for grind
Weaknesses
- Illegal copy-limit violations on two Semi-Limited cards
- No side deck, so no adaptation
- Heavy reliance on Xyz chains with no recorded boards
- Several core cards are single-copy Limited restrictions
Critical choke points
- Number 88 and C40 need an Xyz summon, so Extra Deck access and Level 8 or Level 9 material are a single point of failure
- Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse must be cut to 2 copies before the list is legal
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One copy of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring | A non-restricted tech or Puppet card | Reduces Ash Blossom to the OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2 so the deck is legal |
| 2 | One copy of Dominus Impulse | A non-restricted card or a second copy of a core Puppet | Reduces Dominus Impulse to the OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2 so the deck is legal |
| 3 | Empty side deck slot | Up to 15 side cards targeting the expected field | Adds post-side adaptability, currently zero |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Deck is illegal: Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse at 3 copies each versus legal limit 2; Main deck 40 cards, Extra 12, Side 0 (within OCG size rules); Card text and banlist status from resolved card records
- Observed: Usage stat: Gimmick Puppet core cards are in 100% of listed archetype decks
- Inferred: Opening-hand starter probability from hypergeometric estimate; Going-first and going-second splits from text and interaction density; Interaction quality read from card text
- Provisional: Meta Power is null: no dated metagame sample supplied; Matchup fit inferred without tournament data
- Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for going-first, going-second, matchups or brick rates Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied deck title is null in the export
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