Performapal Deck #768804 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 52/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Pendulum Summon chains into Extra Deck boards (Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon Overlord, Master of Chaos, Ignister Prominence, Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax, Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon) that outclass the opponent at 2500-3000 ATK.; Searcher-driven Pendulum toolbox: Odd-Eyes and Magician pendulums retrieve Pendulum monsters and Odd-Eyes cards to rebuild the Pendulum Zone and reach a second threat.
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal-summon-free opening: use Performapal Skullcrobat Joker or Astrograph Sorcerer, the Starfrost Magician to search, set Pendulum scales (1-scale pairs such as Monkeyboard, Horoscope, Astrograph Starfrost), then Pendulum Summon into Extra Deck Odd-Eyes or Link monsters.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Horoscope Sorcerer or Odd-Eyes Butler to negate the first Spell or attack, then rebuild through Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon of the Four Heavenly Dragons or Spiral Flame Strike, which is a mid-turn removal and search.
• Recovery: Recover from the Graveyard through Performapal Odd-Eyes Seer, Performapal Odd-Eyes Butler and Performapal Ladyange, which add Performapal or Odd-Eyes cards back to hand, and Pendulum Evolution to add a Pendulum Monster from the Deck.
• After siding: No side deck is registered (side_count 0), so there is no documented post-side plan; the deck would have to play its main-deck answers through every matchup.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a Pendulum starter: 31 searcher-text cards and a 0.9998 probability of at least one searcher in a 5-card hand (Inferred) mean most hands can find a Pendulum monster, and the 3-copy staples (Skullcrobat Joker, Monkeyboard, Astrograph Starfrost) give redundant entry points. Conversion is credible on paper, since the Extra Deck holds 3000-ATK Xyz, Link and Fusion finishers, but no recorded boards exist, so the ceiling is text-only and Inferred. The list skips most archetype-standard Extra staples (Exceed the Pendulum, Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon, Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon, Beyond the Pendulum; 0 of 15 core cards at 33% presence) and runs zero hand traps and zero side cards, which lowers resilience, going-second strength and post-side adaptability. Popularity did not earn points: the usage statistics only confirm that the archetype is real and played. The score comes from the deck as a system (consistency, ceiling, closing power, weak interaction and no side plan), not from averaging card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 59.2, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: archetype_dilution (-3); no_side_plan (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers(-6) = 57.8 - 6 = 51.8, rounded to 52

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.18 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Searcher density (31 searcher-text cards) gives near-certain access to a Pendulum starter in any 5-card hand
• Several 3-copy starters (Skullcrobat Joker, Monkeyboard, Astrograph Starfrost) add redundant entry points
• Extra Deck closes with 2500-3000 ATK monsters across Link, Xyz, Fusion and Synchro
• Legal in OCG with both limited cards at 1 copy

Weaknesses

• No hand traps, floodgates or tech cards in the main deck
• Core Extra staples missing: Exceed the Pendulum, Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon, Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon, Beyond the Pendulum
• Zero side deck, so no post-side plan
• Pendulum scale pairing and multi-sub-archetype engine raise the error rate for a pilot

Critical choke points

• Pendulum scale pairing: most hands need two legal scales in the Pendulum Zone to reach the Extra Deck
• Extra Deck access on the going-second turn when there are no hand traps to protect the Pendulum Zone

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal OCG list: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side; both restricted cards at 1 copy; 0 hand traps / floodgates / tech cards by role tag; Usage stats: 5 of 15 archetype core cards present (33.3%)
• Inferred: Opening-hand probabilities for starters, searchers and the core group; Structural weights and dimension scores; Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (null), matchup fit (D13) and tournament reliability (no dated sample)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) exists in YGOVN Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No guides attached for the archetype