Dracotail Deck #769698 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Dracotail Fusion Monsters (Arthalion, Gulamel, Verethragna-style boards) from the Extra Deck, using Dracotail monsters and Fusion Spells such as Ketu, Rahu and Mululu as the engine.; Magistus and Albaz Dragon side-lines reached through Fallen of Albaz, Zoroa and Spenta; Albion the Sanctifire Dragon and The Dragon that Devours the Dogma as board-closers.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Dracotail starter (Faimena, Lukias, Fuwalos) and use Lukias or Ketu to search, then Fusion Summon a Dracotail Fusion Monster to clear the opponent's first monster and keep Ash Blossom or Ghost Ogre up for the response.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx "C") to break the opponent's first combo, then rebuild through Dracotail Horn, Sting or Flame recursion and a Fusion Summon on the next turn.
• Recovery: Recycle Dracotail monsters from the GY and banishment through the Dracotail Spell/Trap draw effects (Horn, Sting, Flame) and Fusion material GY effects (Phryxul, Pan, Urgula) to re-establish a Fusion line.
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably finds a Dracotail starter: the archetype core group (21 copies) has about 98% probability of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand, and Dracotail search (Lukias, Ketu, Rahu) gives redundant access to Fusion Summons (Inferred). Its Extra Deck (11 Fusion, 2 Synchro, 2 Link) converts into 2800–3000 ATK boards, and the interaction suite (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx "C", Mululu, Sting, Flame) gives it layered answers that score well on endboard quality. The score does not come from popularity: Dracotail usage stats confirm the list is real but add nothing to power, and no combo boards were recorded, so the floor and median are only text-inferred. The score is capped because the list is Illegal in OCG: Albion the Branded Dragon and Borreload Savage Dragon are Forbidden and Dracotail Lukias runs 3 copies against a limit of 2. It is a structural-only read, and the card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 61, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-8); no_side_deck (-4); illegal_cap (0). Final formula: Illegal legality cap applied: structural 61 and tournament reliability 40 blend to ~45 before modifiers; modifiers −12 gives ~33; capped at 30 (theoretical/structural-only). Meta provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.98 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.02 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Redundant Dracotail starters and searchers give high access to a Fusion Summon
• Seven hand traps and multiple Dracotail draw/recursion effects give layered interaction
• Strong 2800–3000 ATK Fusion closers from a limited Extra Deck

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: two Forbidden cards and one over-limit Semi-Limited card
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• Low exact archetype purity (32.7%) with a large off-archetype splash
• Fusion-heavy lines depend on specific material from the hand and field

Critical choke points

• Dracotail Fusion Summon needs a Dracotail monster plus material; a hand trap or board wipe on the starter ends the turn
• Forbidden Albion the Branded Dragon and Borreload Savage Dragon cannot be used, so their lines are not available in this format

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Albion the Branded Dragon and Borreload Savage Dragon are Forbidden; Dracotail Lukias runs 3 copies against a limit of 2; Composition: 40 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; 11 Fusion, 2 Synchro, 2 Link Extra Deck monsters; Usage: 13 of 16 core cards present; Gulamel, Secreterion and Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon missing
• Inferred: Core access P(≥1 in opening 5) ≈ 0.98 and searcher access ≈ 0.78; Hand-trap access on going second ≈ 0.71; Combo ceiling inferred from card text (Fusion boards, 2800–3000 ATK closers); Interaction density from text: Ash, Ghost Ogre, Droll, Maxx "C", Mululu, Sting, Flame, Horn
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament data); Median output (no recorded boards)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no Side Deck registered