Nordic Deck #769429 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 42 / Extra 14 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss summons (Odin, Thor, Loki, Super Starslayer TY-PHON, Underworld Goddess) enabled by the Nordic Alfar and Nordic Ascendant tuner and Link engine; Aesir Synchro negation and Link-based board breaking (Gullveig, Accesscode Talker, Masquerena) ending in a 3000-4000 ATK boss
• Turn 1 (going first): Search a Nordic monster (Ivaldi, Gullinbursti, Alviss, Valkyrie) or Relic with Dverg or Ivaldi, Normal Summon into Nordic extenders, then Link or Synchro into an Aesir boss, protected by Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Nordic Relic Svalinn and the Aesir bosses to negate the opponent's interaction and then rebuild the board; the Forbidden Called by the Grave cannot be played
• Recovery: Recur Nordic Relic Hlidskjalf and Valkyrie from the GY, and re-summon Aesir from the GY through Nordic Relic Svalinn or Nordic Relic Gungnir
• After siding: Not applicable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck's score is set by its system, not by the average of its cards. Its consistency comes from a dense Nordic and Adventurer searcher layer: the searcher-text group reaches at least one copy in 96% of opening hands, and the Nordic core is at least one in hand in 86%. Its conversion is limited by the 32% exact-archetype purity (38 off-archetype copies), which spreads the engine across Roid, Aesir Adventurer, Salamangreat and X-Saber pieces. The boss suite (Odin, Thor, Loki, TY-PHON, Underworld) gives it closing power and a meaningful negation layer through five hand traps and nine negation effects. The deck has no side deck, no recorded combos and no tournament record, so floor, median and going-second strength are inferred from card text only. Its legality is the decisive constraint: Called by the Grave is Forbidden and run once, so the list is illegal and the final score is capped low. Archetype popularity (66.7% stat inclusion for core pieces) confirms that the list is a real build but earns no power points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo profile used; no blend weights applied. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 42, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*52 + 0.20*42 - 12 = 38, then capped to 25 because the list is Illegal (Forbidden card run over limit); theoretical/structural-only

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

• Dense searcher layer (19 searcher-text cards) gives high starter access
• Five hand traps and nine negation effects give layered interaction
• Boss suite of 3000-4000 ATK Extra Deck monsters gives closing power
• Multiple recursion routes (Hlidskjalf, Valkyrie, Ivaldi, Svalinn, Gungnir)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Called by the Grave is Forbidden and run once
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Low exact-archetype purity (32%) with 38 off-archetype copies
• No recorded combos or tournament data to validate the engine

Critical choke points

• Aesir boss summons depend on Nordic Relic and Nordic Tuner materials; losing the Nordic Alfar or Ascendant tuner stops the Synchro line
• The Forbidden Called by the Grave must be removed before the list can be played legally

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 42, Extra 14, Side 0 counts and size rules (OCG 40-60, 0-15, 0-15); Called by the Grave Forbidden with 0 legal copies, run once; Searcher-text and negation-text counts; Exact-name purity 32.1%; Card stats for Odin, Thor, Loki, Underworld, TY-PHON
• Inferred: Starter access 0.96 and Nordic core 0.86 from hypergeometric estimates; Combo ceiling and median from card text only; Interaction quality from negation and removal text; Recovery plan from recursion text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (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 are absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for this deck Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied deck has no title (null) and no Side Deck