Sky Striker Deck #770190 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon Sky Striker Ace monsters (Zero, Kagari, Shizuku, Hayate, Kaina, Combined Maneuver, Amatsu, Camellia, Zeke, Azalea) and convert them into attacks, with Sky Striker Spell recursion and the 3-Spells-in-GY gate powering the stronger effects; Hand-trap and negation interaction (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Ultimate Sky, Mind Mirror Force) buys time for the Link line to resolve
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage! (3 copies, the only starter in the list by card text) or a search route, then Link Summon an Ace Link; the list has no parseable turn-1 line in the evidence, so this is text-based (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (10 in the Main Deck, about 72% chance of at least one in a 6-card hand) to negate the opponent's first summon or search, then rebuild with the Ace Link route
• Recovery: Recursion from the GY via Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage!, Ace Raye, Ace Zero and Lemnisgate!, gated by the count of Spells in the GY; Ash Blossom and Ghost Belle recover tempo through the Deck
• After siding: Not applicable: the deck has no Side Deck (0 of 0-15 cards), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal: Triple Tactics Talent is run once in OCG, where it is Forbidden, so the evaluation is structural-only and the final score is capped at 30. Structural power is 53, driven by interaction density (20 negation-text and 18 removal-text cards, with 10 hand traps giving about 72% odds of at least one in a 6-card going-second hand), resilience via GY recursion, and a full 15-slot Link Extra Deck. Its weak points are starter access (the 3-copy Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage! gives only about 25% odds of appearing in a 5-card opening hand), a large off-archetype share (36 of 55 Main Deck copies are not exact-name Sky Striker), no Side Deck, and no recorded boards to measure a real combo floor or ceiling. Popularity did not earn points: 14 of 24 core archetype cards are present (58%), and that only confirms the list is a real, accessible build. No card scores were averaged or summed into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53.2, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); no side deck / no post-side plan (-2). Final formula: No reliable meta: uncapped 0.80*53.2 + 0.20*48 + modifiers(-10) ≈ 42; capped to 30 because the list is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only). Meta Power is provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · 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

• Heavy interaction density: 20 negation-text and 18 removal-text cards, plus 10 hand traps
• Strong going-second hand-trap coverage (about 72% for at least one hand trap in 6 cards)
• Compact, fully Link-based Extra Deck of 15 with multiple link ratings and attributes
• Recursion and search text (Mobilize Engage!, Raye, Zero, Shizuku, Kagari) for rebuilding

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Triple Tactics Talent is Forbidden and run once
• Low starter access: 3 copies of Linkage! give about 25% in a 5-card opening hand
• Off-archetype dilution: 36 of 55 Main Deck copies are not exact-name Sky Striker
• No Side Deck (0 cards), so no post-side plan
• Conditional GY and no-monster gates (3+ Spells in GY, no monsters in the Main Monster Zone) make lines fragile

Critical choke points

• Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage! (3 copies) is the only card-text starter, so a missing or dead starter leaves the Link line closed
• The 3-Spells-in-GY gate for most stronger effects delays power on turn 1–2
• Triple Tactics Talent must be removed before the deck can be legal

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Triple Tactics Talent (Forbidden) at 1 copy vs 0 legal; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 are within size rules (Main 40–60, Extra 0–15, Side 0–15); Ash Blossom and Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage! at 2 copies, within Semi-Limited limit; Core usage present 14 of 24 (58.3%); Starter P(≥1 Linkage! in hand5) = 0.2529; hand-trap P(≥1 in hand6) = 0.719
• Inferred: Consistency and brick estimates from hypergeometric and card-text reads; Interaction and resilience reads from negation and removal text; Going-second strength from hand-trap density
• Provisional: Meta Power is null; matchup and format fit are placeholders without a dated meta sample
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates) Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample Deck title is null; no guides attached