Ryu-Ge Deck #769657 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 34/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ryu-Ge Pendulum and Ritual Monsters (Sosei Ryu-Ge Mistva, Tensei Ryu-Ge Anva, Kairo Ryu-Ge Emva, Genro Ryu-Ge Hakva, Kyoro Ryu-Ge Kaiva) that search and recycle through Realm Continuous Spells and Ryu-Ge End; Synchro and Xyz beaters (Stardust Dragon, Stardust Warrior, Herald of the Arc Light, Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Rocket, Juggernaut Liebe) with negation and removal support
• Turn 1 (going first): Ryu-Ge Rising or Melody of Awakening Dragon searches a Ryu-Ge monster, then Pendulum and Realm plays build a board. Single-card starters and a 2-card bootstrap are needed in a 5-card hand, with about 0.25 per copy for any one starter (Inferred).
• Turn 2 (going second): Six-card hand with hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll and Lock Bird, Maxx C, Red Reboot) to interrupt the opponent, then the same Ryu-Ge engine through their board. There is no side deck to adjust.
• Recovery: Ryu-Ge End and Ryu-Ge Realm Continuous Spells recycle monsters from the GY and banishment. Kairo Ryu-Ge Emva and Genro Ryu-Ge Hakva search from hand or GY, which is the recovery route (Inferred, no combo evidence).
• After siding: Not evaluable. The deck has zero Side Deck cards, so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal in OCG. It runs Archnemeses Protos, Reprodocus and Varudras (all Forbidden) and two Limited Gustav Max against a single legal copy, so it does not get a normal Final score. The 34 is a structural read of the list only and is capped low. The engine is accessible: the archetype core is present (about 95% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card hand, Inferred), and searchers are dense (about 86% chance of at least one in a 5-card hand). The main-deck interaction package (Ash Blossom, Droll and Lock Bird, Maxx C, Red Reboot, Dominus Impulse, Ryu-Ge End) is real but the deck has no recorded boards, so ceiling and median output cannot be measured and are scored as text-only inference. Popularity was not credited: the archetype usage data confirms the core but does not make the list strong. The score was not derived by averaging card scores; it reflects the connected engine, the interaction package, and the missing side deck and banlist failures.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; no combo evidence so Combo weights were not applied. Structural ≈ 47.6, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 40, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); No side deck (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 46.1, then modifiers -12 for Illegal status and banlist exposure, giving 34

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.86 · 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

• Archetype core is present and accessible (Verified usage, Inferred hand odds)
• Dense searcher and recursion text supports consistent setup
• Hand-trap and negation package covers common interruptions

Weaknesses

• Three Forbidden cards and one over-limit Limited card make the list illegal as built
• No side deck means no post-side adaptation
• Only 27.1% exact-archetype purity; 51 off-archetype copies weaken engine coherence
• Zero recorded boards, so ceiling and median output cannot be verified

Critical choke points

• Single-copy Ryu-Ge End and Realm Continuous Spells are the recovery route; losing them to interaction removes the grind
• Going-second hand depends on hand traps (5 cards, about 45% to have one in 6 cards, Inferred)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Archnemeses Protos, Reprodocus, Varudras are Forbidden; Gustav Max is Limited and run twice; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 against OCG size rules; Archetype purity 27.1% exact-name; Ryu-Ge core usage 100% for Sosei Mistva and Realms
• Inferred: Searcher and archetype-core hand odds (hypergeometric); Ceiling and median output from text only; Recovery and going-second plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated sample); Matchup and format-fit (D13)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo floor, median, ceiling and board-per-starter cannot be measured No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry for going first, second, matchups or brick rate Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Deck title is null, and the list has no side deck