Sky Striker Deck #770009 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Link-engine
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon Sky Striker Ace monsters (Zero, Raye, Kagari, Camellia, Zeke, Azalea) and close with Super Starslayer TY-PHON - Sky Crisis (2900 ATK) when the Extra Deck allows; Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon (2500 ATK) as a Synchro beater; Albion is removed by legality and cannot be counted
• Turn 1 (going first): T1 Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage! or Radiant Typhoon Vision to reach Sky Striker Ace - Raye or Roze, then Link into Zero/Kagari/Zeke; Mind Mirror Force, Solemn Judgment and Ash Blossom are the first interaction layer
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand trap (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C) to stop the opponent's first summon, then Widow Anchor or Forbidden Crown to remove a board monster and continue through Link Summons
• Recovery: Recurse Sky Striker spells from the GY to Mobilize/Engage and re-Link through Kagari, Zeke or Azalea; Ace monsters in the GY (Raye) regenerate the Extra-Deck chain
• After siding: Not evaluable: Side Deck size is 0 in an OCG list that allows up to 15 side cards, so there is no post-side plan in the evidence

Why it scores here

The deck's structural read is moderate: Sky Striker Mobilize spells and Raye give a reasonable chance of reaching a Link-Summon starter, and the 12 Link monsters plus Ecclesia and TY-PHON give real closing power in the Extra Deck. Interaction is the strongest area, with Mind Mirror Force, Solemn Judgment, Solemn Accusation, Forbidden Crown, Widow Anchor and three hand traps layered across the turn. Consistency is weaker than the archetype core suggests: only 14 monsters sit in the Main Deck, 33 of 54 cards are Spells, and archetype purity is 37.7% exact-name, with off-archetype Mulcharmy, Solemn, Branded, Mirror Trap and Greed cards diluting the engine. The deck is illegal in its current form because Triple Tactics Talent and Albion the Branded Dragon are Forbidden, so the score is capped at 25 and is theoretical only. Popularity of the archetype core (Ash Blossom and the Sky Striker core in usage stats) confirms the list is real but did not earn points, and the score was derived from system-level scoring, not from averaging card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo weights 80% / Midrange weights 20%. Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12); illegal cap (0). Final formula: Legality cap: Illegal deck, so the normal formula is not scored. Theoretical value: 0.80*54 + 0.20*48 = 52.8, then context modifier -12 (banlist exposure) gives 40.8, capped at 25 because the list is Illegal (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.26 · 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 layer: Mind Mirror Force, Solemn Judgment, Solemn Accusation, Forbidden Crown, Widow Anchor, Ultimate Sky and Enemy Controller
• Four hand traps (Ash x2, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C) give going-second answers
• Extra Deck holds 12 Link monsters plus TY-PHON and Ecclesia for closing power
• Sky Striker spell recursion from the GY fuels Link Ace summons

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Triple Tactics Talent and Albion the Branded Dragon are Forbidden
• Only 14 monsters in the Main Deck; 33 Spells raise brick and starter-dependency risk
• Exact archetype purity 37.7%; off-archetype Mulcharmy, Solemn, Branded and Mirror Trap copies dilute the engine
• No side deck (0 of up to 15), so no post-side adaptability

Critical choke points

• Sky Striker Mobilize spells and Raye are the only reliable route to a Link-Summon starter; if neither is in the opening hand the engine stalls
• Forbidden cards must be removed before the deck can be played in OCG at all

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status Illegal: Triple Tactics Talent and Albion the Branded Dragon are Forbidden (legal copies 0, run 1 each); Main 54 and Extra 15 are within OCG size rules; Side 0; Copy histogram 9 singles, 6 doubles, 11 triples; 26 distinct Main Deck cards; Archetype purity 37.7% exact-name; 43 off-archetype copies
• Observed: Archetype usage stats: Sky Striker Ace - Camellia 90.1%, Zeke 85.6%, Azalea 84.7%, Hayate 84.7%; this list runs 58.3% of the core
• Inferred: Starter probability P(>=1 Mobilize - Linkage! in opening 5) = 0.257 (hypergeometric); Searcher group P(>=1 in opening 5) = 0.567 (hypergeometric); Interaction density strong: 19 negation-text and 15 removal-text cards; Going-second hand-trap P(>=1 in opening 6) = 0.385; Deck is a Combo-primary Link engine with Midrange secondary; structural read only
• Provisional: Meta Power: no dated metagame sample, no tournament link; D13 matchup format fit: no tournament or matchup data
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record are absent no win-rate telemetry: going-first/second, matchup and brick/starter rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no side deck supplied (0 cards) for a best-of-3 read deck title is null, so the name is taken from archetype only