Galaxy Photon Deck #769892 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 49/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz boss monsters from the Extra Deck (Galaxy-Eyes Photon/Tachyon/Cipher class at 3000 ATK, Neo Galaxy-Eyes at 4500 ATK), enabled by LIGHT-monster searches for Photon and Galaxy cards.; Galaxy Photon Dragon and Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Primal recursion and LIGHT-monster ATK boosts that repeatedly rebuild a board after interaction.
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Level 4 LIGHT such as Galaxy Soldier, Photon Delta Wing or Photon Jumper to search a Photon or Galaxy card, then Xyz Summon from the Extra Deck.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use a hand trap (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Effect Veiler, Nibiru, Infinite Impermanence) to stop the opponent's first play, then transition into an Xyz line.
• Recovery: Re-Special Level 4 Photon and Galaxy monsters from the Graveyard with Galaxy Expedition, Galaxy Summoner or Photon Emperor, and use Galaxy Photon Dragon to convert detached materials into new searches.
• After siding: None. The list runs zero side cards, so the deck cannot adapt between games in a best-of-3 set.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a functional plan: the 14-copy archetype core has an estimated 78% chance of at least one live starter in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred, hypergeometric), and 11 searcher-text cards lift that further. It converts that plan into pressure through a Xyz Extra Deck of 13 Xyz monsters and a few 3000-ATK closers, with Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon at 4500 ATK as the ceiling. Interaction is the strongest part of the system: 17 negation-text cards, 11 hand traps and layered board-wipe spells let it continue through disruption and contest a going-second board. Consistency and median output are held down by a 55-card main with 19 tech slots, five conditional Mulcharmy monsters that are often dead in hand, no recorded boards to measure real conversion, and an empty side deck. The score comes from consistency, interaction and closing power on the system as a whole, not from the archetype's popularity and not from averaging card scores. Usage statistics confirm the list is a real Galaxy Photon build, but they do not raise the score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Engine conflicts and off-archetype copies (-2); Weak post-side plan (-3); Banlist exposure (-2); Engine compactness (-2). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*60.4 + 0.20*50 - 9 = 49.3; Meta provisional

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.78 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.22 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Layered interaction: 17 negation-text cards, 11 hand traps and multiple board wipes
• High-ceiling Xyz closers, including Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (4500 ATK) and Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon (3000 ATK)
• Redundant Level 4 LIGHT searchers and Graveyard revivals give multiple routes after disruption
• Legal list with every restricted card at a legal copy count

Weaknesses

• No side deck, so zero post-side adaptability
• 55 main cards with 19 tech slots dilute consistency
• Five conditional Mulcharmy monsters that are often dead in hand
• No recorded boards, so the median and ceiling are text-only estimates

Critical choke points

• Opening-hand access to the Level 4 LIGHT starters Galaxy Soldier, Photon Delta Wing and Photon Jumper
• The Extra Deck boss lines depend on a 2-material Xyz base, so interruption before the Xyz Summon ends the turn

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 counts and copy histogram; All restricted cards run at legal copy counts (Limited and Semi-Limited); Extra Deck breakdown: 13 Xyz, 1 Link, 1 Fusion
• Observed: 23 usage-statistic rows show the archetype core is standard for this build (Observed)
• Inferred: Starter hypergeometric odds (about 0.78) and brick estimate (about 0.22); Interaction density and going-second read from card text; Going-first and going-second power estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power and D13 matchup fit, pending a dated metagame sample
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so the combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot records are absent Usage-statistics in_this_deck flags contradict the card list for seven cards: Number 38 (63767246), Number 90 (8165596), Number 107 (88177324), Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon (39030163), Starliege Photon Blast Dragon (16643334), Divine Golden Shadow Dragon Dragluxion (44698398), and Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon is flagged correctly. The card list was treated as authoritative. No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN Meta Power remains Provisional without a dated metagame sample