Train Deck #769674 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 59 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Train Xyz/Link beatdown: Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Rocket and Super Dora / Liebe end-boards, backed by Super Express Bullet Train and Flying Launcher pressure (Inferred from card text); Gustav Max 2000-damage detach ping plus Mulcharmy draw-based card advantage (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Exceptional Schedule or Night Train Blue Traveler to add a Train or Revolving Switchyard, then Special Summon through Heavy Armored Knight Babeldecker into Train Xyz (Inferred, text-only)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll and Red Reboot against the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Night Train from the GY (Inferred, text-only)
• Recovery: Night Train recursion from the GY, Ancient Gear Box and Heavy Forward searches, and Mulcharmy Fuwalos draws (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (side_count 0)

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal (Gustav Max at 3 copies against a limit of 1, and 16 Extra Deck cards against a maximum of 15), so it does not receive a normal Final Contextual score; the score above is structural-only and capped low. The deck reliably has interaction: 11 hand traps, Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll and Red Reboot, plus Heavy Storm and Harpie's Feather Duster give it a strong interaction layer (D7 72). Its closing power comes from Gustav Rocket, Super Dora and Liebe in the Extra Deck, but the Train engine is spread thinly: only 20 of 59 Main Deck cards are named Train (26.7% exact-name purity), with Infinitrack, Cyber, Kaiju, Therion, Mulcharmy and Greed mixed in. Consistency is estimated at 78% for the archetype core in a 5-card hand (Inferred), with no combo recordings to confirm conversion, so floor and ceiling remain text-only. The score was built from consistency, interaction and median output on the system, not from Train being a popular archetype and not from averaging individual card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-6); Extra Deck over limit (-4); No side deck (-3); Unverified combo conversion (-2). Final formula: Illegal cap: 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) + ContextModifiers(-15) = 35; Meta provisional; structural-only, capped low

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.78 · 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 interaction suite: 11 hand traps plus Heavy Storm, Feather Duster and Red Reboot
• Strong Extra Deck closers (Gustav Rocket 5000 ATK, Liebe 4000 ATK, Super Dora 3200 ATK)
• Multiple searchers and GY recursion (Night Train, Ancient Gear Box, Heavy Forward)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Gustav Max over the copy limit and Extra Deck over 15
• Low archetype purity (26.7%): Train pieces mixed with Infinitrack, Cyber, Kaiju, Therion, Mulcharmy and Greed
• No side deck
• Core Train pieces run at 1-2 copies, so the engine is less reliable than the card count suggests

Critical choke points

• Gustav Max copies: legal fix requires cutting 2 copies, which also brings the Extra Deck to 14
• Single-copy Train starters (Derricrane, Switchyard, Babeldecker) are the main line of access to the end-boards

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Gustav Max runs 3 copies against a legal limit of 1; Extra Deck has 16 cards against a maximum of 15; Main 59 / Extra 16 / Side 0 counts; Six Limited cards in the Main Deck (Droll, Feather Duster, Heavy Storm, Maxx C, Red Reboot, Gustav Max); Card stats and card text as given in the evidence
• Inferred: Archetype-core consistency ~78% in a 5-card hand (hypergeometric); Interaction quality and going-second value read from card text; Train engine access and recovery plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup standing (no dated metagame sample); Tournament reliability (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: Illegal list: score is structural-only and capped; a legal list is needed for a normal Final Contextual score No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry (going first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Deck title is null No side deck, so post-side adaptability cannot be assessed usage_statistics.in_this_deck is inconsistent with the cards list: Gustav Rocket, Super Dora, Liebe, Flying Launcher, Qliphort Genius, Double Headed Anger Knuckle, Clockwork Knight and River Stormer are listed as not in the deck but appear in cards[]. The core-present percentage (45%) is therefore unreliable and was not used