Elfnote Deck #769778 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Synchro/Link/Pendulum mechanic
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Elfnote and Power Patron boards (Vidolium 5000 ATK, Lucina 2500, Tinia 2400) pressured through Link and Synchro monsters; Ars Magna and Theorealized recursion grinding through the opponent's extended turns
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Power Patron/Elfnote starter, search an Elfnote or Ars Magna via Lucina, Medius, Regina or Ars Magna the Finite, then build a Synchro or Link board with Solemn and hand-trap protection
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Droll, Maxx C, Red Reboot) and Solemn/Heavy Storm/Feather Duster for interaction, then follow up through Regina or Power Patron recursion
• Recovery: Elfnote and Mulcharmy draw engines, Pot of Prosperity and Theorealize Past Lull recursion from the Graveyard, and Medius returning from the GY
• After siding: No Side Deck is present, so no post-side plan can be assessed

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens into its Elfnote and Power Patron core: the archetype-core group gives about a 95% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred, hypergeometric proxy), and searchers such as Lucina, Medius and Ars Magna the Finite provide follow-up access. Its conversion ceiling and median output are both moderate because no recorded boards exist, so combo strength is read only from card text (Inferred). Interaction is a real strength: nine hand traps, Solemn variants, Heavy Storm and Feather Duster supply layered answers, which lifts end-board and resilience scores. The Score is capped at 30 because three Forbidden Extra Deck cards (F.A. Dawn Dragster, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, Baronne de Fleur) make the list Illegal in OCG, so the evaluation is structural-only. The score reflects the system's consistency, interaction and recovery, not Elfnote's popularity or an average of the card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(51) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(48) = 50.4 before modifiers; Meta provisional; Illegal legality cap applied, final = 30 (structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.95 · 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 archetype core gives a high chance of a live starter in the opener
• Layered interaction from hand traps, Solemn variants and Heavy Storm
• Multiple recursion routes (Medius, Theorealize Past Lull, Pot of Prosperity) support recovery

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: three Forbidden Extra Deck cards, so the list cannot be played as built
• No Side Deck, so no best-of-3 adaptation
• 17 Level 0 cards and 16 tech slots raise brick and dead-draw risk
• Archetype spread is heavy (exact-name purity 20%), so the engine is less coherent

Critical choke points

• Elfnote-specific searchers and starters: losing Lucina or Medius removes the main route into the core
• Synchro/Link Extra Deck access depends on Fusion/Synchro/Link material summons, so an Extra Deck-only disruption can stop both lines

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main Deck size 55 is within the OCG 40–60 range; Extra Deck size 15 is within the 0–15 range; Three Forbidden cards (F.A. Dawn Dragster, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, Baronne de Fleur) are run at 1 copy each, with 0 legal; Side Deck is 0 cards
• Inferred: Starter access ≈ 0.95 via archetype-core proxy; Brick risk is elevated by 17 Level 0 cards and 16 tech cards; Interaction density is layered (13 negation, 29 removal text cards); Recursion through Medius and Theorealize gives recovery
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (no tournament link)
• 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 Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no Side Deck present, so best-of-3 adaptation is unrated