Zoodiac Deck #769057 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±6 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 17 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 5 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Zoodiac Xyz pressure from Beast-Warrior Xyz monsters (Tigermortar, Chakanine, Boarbow, Drident) with Speedroid and True Draco bodies as backup attackers and boss monsters; True Draco boss monsters (Master Peace, Ignis Heat, Dinomight) and Tornado Dragon / Daigusto Emeral as board-breaking Xyz finishers
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Zoodiac Whiptail or Zoodiac Barrage (3 copies each, about 26% P(>=1) in a 5-card hand) to reach a Zoodiac Xyz via Ratpier/Ramram, then use Solemn or Ash Blossom to protect the line (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre, Maxx C, Solemn Strike) to answer the first summon, then rebuild through Zoodiac Barrage and Fire Formation - Tenki searches (Inferred)
• Recovery: Zoodiac Ratpier and Zoodiac Kataroost recurse Zoodiac monsters from the Graveyard; True Draco Heritage and Disciples of the True Dracophoenix draw back through the Graveyard (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal in OCG: it runs 17 Extra Deck cards against a 15-card limit, two Forbidden Xyz and spell cards (Zoodiac Broadbull x2, Soul Charge, Abyss Dweller), and 2 copies of Limited Dimensional Barrier, so it receives a structural-only score capped at 30. Within that structural read, the Zoodiac Xyz line is reasonably accessible (about 79% to open at least one core-group card in a 5-card hand, Inferred) and interaction density is high (three Solemn cards, Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre, Maxx C, Dark Hole, Raigeki), which drives the going-second and endboard scores. Floor and median output cannot be measured because no combo boards were supplied, so those scores are text-based inferences. Popularity did not earn points: the Zoodiac usage statistics confirm the archetype is real but say nothing about this list's strength, and the score was not produced by averaging individual card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange (primary) with Toolbox secondary, not applied as a blend; Midrange weights used. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); Extra Deck over size limit (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional); pre-cap value 36, capped to 30 because the list is Illegal (Step 2)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.26 · 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

• Layered interaction: three Solemns, Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre, Maxx C, Dark Hole and Raigeki
• Zoodiac Xyz core is accessible (0.79 for the archetype core group in a 5-card hand)
• Multiple recursion routes (Ratpier, Kataroost, True Draco Heritage)

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Forbidden cards and copy-limit violations
• Extra Deck of 17 exceeds the 15-card limit
• No Side Deck, so no best-of-3 adaptation
• Low archetype purity (35%) with six Xyz sub-archetypes diluting the engine

Critical choke points

• Zoodiac Broadbull is Forbidden and runs 2 copies, so the Xyz core that the list depends on is not playable as built
• No Side Deck means no answer to a hand-trap-heavy opponent after game 1

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal: 17 Extra cards against a 15 limit; Forbidden cards run (Broadbull x2, Soul Charge, Abyss Dweller); Dimensional Barrier 2 of 1 legal; Main deck 54 is within 40-60; Side deck 0 is within 0-15; Archetype core group P(>=1 in 5-card hand) = 0.79; Usage stat: Zoodiac core cards at 100% inclusion
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency (0.26 per 3-copy starter in a 5-card hand); Going-second hand-trap density (0.58); Interaction and recovery reads from card text; Structural scores on the Midrange profile
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format-fit reads (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 match record absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates No Side Deck, so post-side scoring is not evaluable Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample