Clown Crew Deck #769044 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 60/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Tribute and Ritual chains into Extra Deck bosses (Biancaviso, Fydraulis Harmonia, Nibiru, Packbit, Nerva), with Clown Crew Diabolo, Meteor and Fiends applying pressure; Attrition: hand-trap negation plus Clown Crew recursion outlasts the opponent over several turns
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a Clown Crew starter (Rehearsal, Flair, Cappello or Malabarisme) and keep a hand trap for the opponent's first activation
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold 2-3 hand traps (Effect Veiler, Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Nibiru, Maxx C, Droll) to stop the opponent's first engine, then rebuild through Clown Crew recursion
• Recovery: Clown Crew New Face (shuffle 3 from GY/banish, draw 1), Malabarisme and Rehearsal GY effects, and Matinee Operatics draw in the End Phase
• After siding: None: the list runs 0 Side Deck cards, so there is no defined post-side plan

Why it scores here

This is a hand-trap-backed midrange system, scored on the deck as a whole rather than by averaging its cards. Its 11 hand traps and a Clown Crew core run at 3 copies each, so a functional hand is likely on either turn, and recursion routes (New Face, Malabarisme, Rehearsal, Matinee) let it regrind after a disruption. The Extra Deck (15 cards, 10 distinct) turns Tribute lines into large bosses, but there are no recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are text-only inferences. The list runs zero Side Deck cards, which holds down its adaptability and the post-side read. Usage statistics confirm a standard list but were treated as context only, and the Extra Deck core matching in the export is inconsistent with the card list, so it added no points. No individual card scores were averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 64.9, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 70, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 58. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-2); Weak post-side plan (-2); Engine conflicts (-1); Engine compactness (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional/null)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · 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

• 11 hand traps plus Dominus Purge, Soiree and Finale give layered interaction on either turn
• Recursion routes (New Face, Malabarisme, Rehearsal, Matinee) let the deck regrind after disruption
• Compact 40-card main with 3-of starters and a full Extra Deck of boss monsters

Weaknesses

• Zero Side Deck cards, so no post-side adaptation (D12 = 15)
• No recorded boards, so combo ceiling and median are text-only inference
• Several key hand traps are Limited at 1 copy, reducing redundancy

Critical choke points

• Hand-trap count (11) is the defensive floor; a hand without one is unprotected on the opponent's first activation
• Tribute-based summons of specific Clown Crew monsters are needed to reach the Extra Deck bosses

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal under OCG BanList: all Limited and Semi-Limited copies are at or under limit; Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 within the OCG size rules; Exact-name archetype purity 28/55 (50.9%); Hypergeometric draw probabilities from the Main Deck
• Inferred: Engine consistency and brick rate (D1, D2); Interaction breadth and going-second hand-trap coverage (D7, D8); Resource regrind from card text (D6); Extra Deck boss closing power (D9)
• Provisional: Meta power (null: no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (D13); Tournament reliability (58) rests on Inferred dimensions
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates Usage statistics' core matching omits Extra Deck cards: Diabolo, Fiends, Dristy, Linkuriboh, Meteor and Nerva show in_this_deck false although the list runs them; core_present_pct 57.9 is understated (true 17/19 = 89.5%, missing only Garura and Called by the Grave) Nerva's card text is truncated in the excerpt, so its Special Summon condition is only partly confirmed Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied