Salamangreat Deck #769553 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 59/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-4 Salamangreat Raging Phoenix and Pyro Phoenix (2800 ATK each) and the Synchro/Fusion/Xyz Salamangreat bosses, reached through the Link-1 Balelynx and FIRE Link chain; Salamangreat Violet Chimera and Burst Gryphon (2800 ATK) plus Jack Jaguar piercing damage
• Turn 1 (going first): Salamangreat of Fire or Gazelle hand effects, or Salamangreat Circle / Cynet Mining, search a Salamangreat monster, then Link Summon Balelynx and reach a Link-3/4 FIRE Link boss; hand traps are held for the opponent's first Link or Spell/Trap play
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold 1–2 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Infinite Impermanence, Nibiru) to answer the opponent's first starter, then use Gazelle or Spinny from the GY and Circle searches to rebuild a FIRE Link board
• Recovery: Gazelle, Fowl, Jack Jaguar and Mole recur from the GY and re-enter through Salamangreat triggers; Raging Phoenix and Pyro Phoenix can re-link from FIRE monsters in the GY
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so no post-side plan exists; the deck cannot adapt between games

Why it scores here

The deck opens a Salamangreat engine reliably: ten searchers (Circle, Cynet Mining, Gazelle, Fire, Foxy and Claw-style routes) and three copies of the Link-1 Balelynx give a usable T1–T2 start, and the archetype core is present in the list. Its strongest scoring areas are interaction and closing: eight hand traps and multiple negates keep the line alive against a going-second opponent, and the Link-4 FIRE bosses (2800 ATK) close games once a Link board is built. Consistency is held back by a high hand-trap count that is dead on some draws, a single-copy Nibiru and Fusion of Fire, and the absence of any side deck. Popularity and archetype usage confirm the list is accessible but did not earn points on their own, and card scores were not averaged; the score comes from the system's engine, interaction and closing structure. The combo ceiling and median are inferred from text only because no recorded boards exist, so they are capped conservatively.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: primary Combo with Midrange secondary; structural scored on the Combo profile. Structural ≈ 65, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 68, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 58. Modifiers: no side deck (-3); Limited single-copy hand traps (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional) = 0.80*64.76 + 0.20*58 - 4 ≈ 59

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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

• Ten searchers and a Link-1 entry (Balelynx) give a repeatable T1–T2 engine
• Eight hand traps give strong going-second interaction
• Layered end-board interaction and 2800-ATK Link bosses close games
• Extra Deck covers Link, Synchro, Fusion and Xyz routes

Weaknesses

• No side deck, so no best-of-3 adaptation
• Hand traps are dead on some draws, raising brick risk on going-first
• Core bosses depend on a few single-copy cards (Fusion of Fire, Nibiru, Heatleo)
• Combo ceiling and median are unmeasured because no recorded boards exist

Critical choke points

• Balelynx and the FIRE Link chain: losing the Link-1 or the Link-3/4 boss to a single answer stalls the engine
• Salamangreat searchers (Circle, Cynet Mining, Gazelle): if none are drawn, the T1 engine does not start

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all restricted cards within legal copies (Maxx C Limited 1, Droll Limited 1, Ash Semi-Limited 2); Card text and ATK/DEF/link ratings from the evidence cards list; Copy histogram and Extra Deck breakdown
• Observed: Usage statistics: Salamangreat core inclusion rates (usage statistics)
• Inferred: Consistency: P(≥1 starter in hand5) = 0.3376 (3-copy card); searcher and hand-trap group probabilities; Engine and recursion routes derived from card text; Going-first and going-second power values
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); D13 matchup and format fit (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: No recorded combos (combo data.total combos = 0): 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 are Inferred or Unknown No side deck registered (Side Deck size 0): post-side performance unknown usage statistics flags disagree with the card list for three cards: Miragestallio, Pyro Phoenix and Sunlight Wolf are marked in this deck=false / copies_in_deck=0 but appear in the card list with 1 or 2 copies; core-card presence (60) is probably understated and the in-deck flags should be re-checked at the source Deck title is null; the archetype label is taken from the export Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied