Horus Deck #768741 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 50 / Extra 20 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Large Link and Synchro boards (Topologic Blaster Dragon, Perfectron Hydradrive Dragon, Ashtraja Susanoo, Evil★Twin's Trouble Sunny) built from whichever sub-archetype starter lands; evidence is text-only, so the ceiling is Inferred.; Imsety, Glory of Horus recursion and Horus/Ashtra follow-ups (Inferred from card text).
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a starter from the Maliss/Ashtra/Live☆Twin mix, protect it with hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion, Infinite Impermanence), then reach a Link or Synchro board. Starter access is low (P(≥1 White Rabbit in 5) ≈ 0.28).
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 11 hand traps (P(≥1 hand trap in 6) ≈ 0.79) to stop the opponent's first summon, then convert from the GY and extra deck with Maliss/Ashtra recursion.
• Recovery: Recover through Imsety from the GY (needs King's Sarcophagus), Maliss Traps from the Deck, and Maxx "C" / Mulcharmy draws. Recovery depends on the GY holding the right sub-archetype cards, which is unreliable at 2.9% exact-archetype purity.
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck has zero side-deck cards, so there is no post-side plan and the evaluation is structural-only.

Why it scores here

This list is built from at least four sub-archetypes (Maliss, Ashtra, Live☆Twin/Evil★Twin, Horus) with only 2 of 70 archetype copies carrying the exact Horus name, so the engine is split and starter access is weak: the 3-copy core (White Rabbit) has P(≥1 in opening 5) ≈ 0.28. Its strength is the interaction suite, eleven hand traps plus Mind Mirror Force, which gives a real going-second plan (P(≥1 hand trap in 6) ≈ 0.79) and a layered end-board. The extra-deck boss pool is powerful on paper, but the deck cannot reliably reach it, and the scoring here is on the system, not an average of the card scores. Popularity was not credited: the archetype usage data shows only two of five core cards present. The score is capped low because the list is Illegal (Forbidden Link Decoder and 20 Extra Deck cards against a limit of 15), so this is a structural-only read.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox primary; Stun secondary used only as a qualitative read, not a weight blend. Structural ≈ 45, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-10); engine conflicts (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 0.80*45 + 0.20*35 = 43; then modifiers -13 = 30; Illegal deck capped low and labelled structural-only

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.28 · 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

• Eleven hand traps and Mind Mirror Force give high going-second interaction (P(≥1 hand trap in 6) ≈ 0.79)
• Boss pool of 3000+ ATK Link and Synchro monsters gives a real closing ceiling if a starter lands
• Multiple disruption tools (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle, Infinite Impermanence) protect the early turns

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden Link Decoder and Extra Deck of 20 against a limit of 15
• Four sub-archetypes with 2.9% exact-archetype purity: the engine is split
• Low starter access: P(≥1 White Rabbit in 5) ≈ 0.28
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation
• Heavy decision load across several summon chains

Critical choke points

• Starter access: the Maliss and Ashtra cores need specific partners, and the opening hand often lacks them
• Legality: Link Decoder must be removed before the list can be played in OCG
• No side deck means no answer to a matchup the main deck cannot handle

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal (Link Decoder Forbidden, 1 copy; Extra Deck 20 against limit 15); Main Deck = 50 and Side = 0; Card text and banlist status from the evidence; Archetype core: 2 of 5 usage-core cards present (40%)
• Inferred: Consistency: P(≥1 White Rabbit in 5) ≈ 0.28; P(≥1 hand trap in 6) ≈ 0.79; Strategy: Toolbox primary, Stun secondary (from hand-trap density and role tags); Interaction quality and resilience from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power: null, no dated metagame sample; Matchup and format fit (D13): no tournament link
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null, so the name is taken from the archetype only