Elfnote Deck #770454 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Toolbox
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 7 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Elfnote and Power Patron Synchro/Link boards (Elfnote June Pride and Junora/Mediclius-type boards, Vidolium 5000 ATK pressure) closing through board presence and field-locking effects; the Extra Deck carries only 15 cards with a Synchro-heavy split.; Ars Magna and Theorealize recursion into Medius and Power Patron Link Monsters for a second board on a later turn.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on a Tuner or Elfnote starter (Power Patron, Regina, Lucina, Fortuna) to reach the center zone, search an Elfnote or Power Patron payoff through Junoldo or Ars Magna, and protect the center monster with Welcome Home or Rhapsodia.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand to hold hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle, Effect Veiler, Droll & Lock Bird, Nibiru) against the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Regina/Medius searches.
• Recovery: Recur Medius, Theorealized Medius and Ars Magna monsters from the GY and banishment, then re-Link or re-Synchro off whatever board survives.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (Side Deck size 0), so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck's score is capped because it is illegal in the TCG format: Elfnote Lucina is over its Limited limit (3 copies, 1 allowed), Ash Blossom is over its Semi-Limited limit (3 copies, 2 allowed), Droll & Lock Bird is over its Limited limit, and four Forbidden cards (Called by the Grave, Elfnote Tinia, F.A. Dawn Dragster, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon) are present. The structural read below is therefore theoretical only. Within that read, the deck reliably opens an Elfnote or Power Patron starter (about 0.98 that at least one of the 28 archetype-core cards is in a 5-card opening hand; Inferred) and has a dense interaction suite (14 hand traps, 14 negation texts, 28 removal texts; text-derived). It scores on system consistency and interaction breadth, not on the popularity of the Elfnote archetype and not by averaging card scores. No combo boards, tournament link, or post-side plan were supplied, so combo output, meta fit and side adaptability stay low-confidence or provisional, and the deck runs zero side-deck cards.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12); no Side Deck (0). Final formula: Raw: 0.80*Structural(54) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) + Modifiers(-12) = 40; capped to 30 because status is Illegal (structural-only, not a legal rank). Meta provisional.

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

• Dense archetype-core presence (about 98% opening-hand access to a core card)
• Broad interaction: 14 hand traps, 14 negation texts, 28 removal texts
• Recursive engine (Medius, Theorealized Medius, Ars Magna) that rebuilds after disruption
• Compact Extra Deck (15 cards) with Synchro and Link coverage

Weaknesses

• Illegal in TCG: over copy limits on Lucina, Ash Blossom and Droll, plus four Forbidden cards
• Zero side deck: no post-side adaptation at all
• No combo boards or tournament data, so ceiling and median are unverified
• Low exact-name purity (22.9%) means the engine depends on several sub-archetypes

Critical choke points

• Center Main Monster Zone: most Elfnote starters and the Power Patron engine need it free and protected
• Forbidden Elfnote Tinia and Lucina over-limit: the list cannot be played legally as built

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, with 7 copy-limit violations and 4 Forbidden cards; Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 counts and copy histogram; Archetype purity 22.9% exact-name; 28 archetype-core copies; Usage stats: core present 68% (17 of 25)
• Inferred: P(at least one archetype-core card in opening hand) ≈ 0.98; Consistency and interaction scores from text roles and probabilities; Combo strategy classification from Synchro/Link engine text
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); Format fit (D13) with no tournament link
• Data gaps: Illegal list: copy-limit and Forbidden violations must be fixed before a normal score applies No combo boards supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry for this deck No Side Deck: post-side plan cannot be evaluated Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied