Atlantean Deck #768995 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Boss monsters from the Extra Deck (Poseidra Abyss-class Xyz, Daedalus / Neo-Daedalus Link, Abysstrite) once a Atlantean or Mermail engine has reached the field.; Mulcharmy draw-punish pressure and Daedalus Link beats after the Umi/Atlantis field is set up.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on Mermail Abysspike / Neptabyss / Deep Sea Minstrel style searchers to fetch Atlantean or Mermail engine pieces, then Summon into Xyz, Synchro or Link boss monsters.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird and the negation traps to answer the opponent's first combo starter, then rebuild from the Graveyard through Abyssrhine, Atlantean Dragoons and Mulcharmy draw effects.
• Recovery: Recover from the Graveyard with WATER monster effects (Mermail Abyssteus, Mermail Shadow Squad, Deep Sea Minstrel, Atlantean Heavy Infantry) and Extra Deck Link / Xyz reuse.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the export contains zero Side Deck cards, so no post-side plan can be assessed.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as one system, not as an average of its card scores. It reliably reaches a live starter: the archetype-core group has about a 96% chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand, and 19 searcher-text cards help it fetch pieces, so the engine is accessible. Its interaction density is solid, with 4 hand traps, 13 negation-text cards and 21 removal-text cards, which gives it the ability to answer a first starter on the going-second side. Its weaknesses are structural: only 17% of the main deck is exact-name Atlantean, the list mixes Mermail, Abyss-, Mulcharmy, Daedalus and Dominus sub-archetypes, and there is no recorded board or side deck to confirm the median output. Popularity and archetype usage stats confirm that the list is a real, accessible build, but they earned no points by themselves; the score is capped because the list is over the copy limit for Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, with Balanced-profile weights used for the 14-dimension structural blend. Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Copy-limit violation (Semi-Limited) (-12). Final formula: Structural 54 and TR 45 give 0.80*54 + 0.20*45 = 52 (Meta provisional). The Illegal status (over-limit Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse) applies a -12 modifier, giving 40, then the Illegal cap sets the final score at 35. This is a theoretical, structural-only score.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · 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 (19 searcher-text cards) keeps the engine accessible
• Layered interaction: 4 hand traps, 13 negation-text cards and 21 removal-text cards
• Strong Extra Deck bosses at 2800 to 3000 ATK with Link and Xyz recursion
• Engine is built around a core archetype that appears in 96% of hands

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse exceed the copy limit
• Low archetype purity (17.3%) spread over 5 sub-archetypes
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• No recorded boards, so the median and ceiling output cannot be checked

Critical choke points

• Atlantean or Mermail searcher (Neptabyss, Mermail Abysspike, Deep Sea Minstrel) needed to start the engine on T1
• Umi / Atlantis field-spell dependency for several Link and Xyz routes
• Over-limit Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse are the main answers, and the list cannot be played as built

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse each run 3 copies, legal limit 2 (Semi-Limited); Main 60, Extra 15, Side 0; size within OCG limits; Archetype purity 17.3%; core-group presence 96% in 5-card hand (hypergeometric); Droll & Lock Bird and Harpie's Feather Duster are each run 1 copy, which is legal for Limited cards
• Inferred: Engine consistency from searchers and probability; Interaction density from card text and negation/removal tags; Going-second hand-trap value
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (D13)
• Data gaps: No combo boards supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first/second, matchup, or brick rates No Side Deck in the export, so post-side adaptability cannot be assessed Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied