Swordsoul Deck #769604 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±7 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Swordsoul Synchro boards built on 3000-ATK Synchros in the Extra Deck (Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying, Draco Berserker of the Tenyi, Adamancipator Risen - Dragite, Tenyi Spirit - Sahasrara), summoned off Swordsoul/Tenyi Wyrm starters.; Yang Zing and Psychic End Punisher boards that keep summoning and banishing the opponent's board; Protos and Baronne (both Forbidden) would have been additional boss options but cannot be played legally.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Swordsoul/Wyrm starter (Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan, Swordsoul of Mo Ye, Swordsoul Emergence as searcher), Tenyi Spirit Suruya as a Tuner from hand, then Synchro into a 3000-ATK boss while holding Ash Blossom or Ecclesia as interaction.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence, Maxx C, Solemn Judgment) against the opponent's starter, then use The Iris Swordsoul from hand when a monster is negated and rebuild a Synchro board.
• Recovery: Swordsoul tokens (Mo Ye, Longyuan, Taia, Blackout) and banish-recursion effects (Tenyi Spirit - Adhara, Tenyi Spirit - Ashuna) rebuild Wyrm bodies from GY and banish after a board wipe.
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan; this is a major gap for a best-of-3 build.

Why it scores here

The deck opens a Swordsoul/Wyrm starter with about a one-in-three chance per 3-copy core card in the opening hand (Inferred hypergeometric estimate), with a searcher (Swordsoul Emergence) drawn in about 64% of going-first hands, so the engine is accessible but not reliable. Interaction is the deck's strongest reading: seven hand traps and several removal-text cards cover both turns, and most of the Extra Deck is 3000-ATK Synchros that close games. The score comes from consistency, interaction, and closing power on the system, not from averaging individual card scores or from Swordsoul's popularity; no win-rate, combo, or tournament data supports a higher number. The list is Illegal because it runs one copy each of two Forbidden cards (Archnemeses Protos and Baronne de Fleur), so the Final score is capped low and the evaluation is theoretical/structural only. With no Side Deck, the deck cannot adapt between games, which holds the final score down further.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(56) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(50) + ContextModifiers(-12) = 43, then capped at 35 because the deck is Illegal (guardrail 6: cap low, theoretical/structural only)

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

• Seven hand traps and about ten negation-text cards give interaction on both turns
• Broad Synchro coverage in the Extra Deck with several 3000-ATK closers
• Searcher density (7 cards) and Swordsoul token generation support consistency and recovery

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Archnemeses Protos and Baronne de Fleur are Forbidden
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• Low exact-archetype purity (34.5%) with Tenyi and Yang Zing diluting the engine
• No recorded combo boards, so ceiling and median are unverified

Critical choke points

• Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan or Mo Ye as the sole early Wyrm body; if both are dead the Synchro plan does not start
• Tenyi Suruya as the only Tuner route in hand for some Synchro lines
• Synchro boss count depends on the Extra Deck; one negated Tuner interrupts the summon

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal; Archnemeses Protos and Baronne de Fleur are Forbidden with 0 legal copies; Main 40, Extra 15, Side 0; size rules pass for OCG; Banlist statuses: Limited (Maxx C, Solemn Judgment, Feather Duster, Crossout Designator), Semi-Limited (Ash Blossom, 2 copies); Probability table and card text read from evidence
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter probabilities (0.34 for a 3-copy core card in hand of 5); Interaction and closing-power reads from card text; Consistency and brick estimates from composition
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and matchup fit (D13) are provisional: no dated metagame sample
• Data gaps: No recorded combos; combo floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inference No Side Deck registered No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry; going-first/second, matchup and brick rates unknown Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample Only one 2022 OCG guide, snippet only (no sections)