Ars Magna Deck #770458 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 8 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Power Patron / Synchro / Link boss beats (Mediclius the Extraordinary Power Patron, Elfnote June Pride, Elfnote Seraphim Strelitzia, Infernal Strike Fighter) reached through Elfnote and Mulcharmy plays; Medius / Theorealize chain recursion into Power Patron Link boards
• Turn 1 (going first): Elfnote Regina or Power Patron from hand, extend into Elfnote/Mulcharmy searches, then Synchro or Link Summon a Power Patron boss; hold Ash Blossom and Effect Veiler for the first opponent response
• Turn 2 (going second): Open with hand traps (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Droll & Lock Bird) to slow the opponent's first summon, then convert with Mulcharmy draw effects
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Meowls draw on opponent summons, Junoldo draws off Elfnote or Power Patron summons, and Theorealize Past Lull or Medius recurs Power Patron monsters from the GY
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck has no side deck (0 cards), so no post-side plan exists

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal in TCG format: four Forbidden cards (Called by the Grave, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, Elfnote Tinia, F.A. Dawn Dragster) and four cards over their Limited or Semi-Limited copy limits, so per the rubric it receives a capped score and is evaluated as structural/theoretical only. The structural read rests on engine access (Elfnote and Mulcharmy starters at 3 copies each, with a core-group proxy of about 0.97 for at least one core card in a 5-card hand, Inferred), a redundant interaction suite (14 hand traps plus Dominus Impulse, Typhoon and Infinite Impermanence), and Power Patron Link and Synchro bosses that give the deck a credible closing plan. Consistency is held back by a 16-card level-0 spell/trap block with no side deck, and there are no recorded combos, so the combo floor and median are text-only inference. Popularity and the archetype usage statistics confirm the list is real and accessible, not that it is strong, and the score was not produced by averaging card scores. Meta power stays provisional because no dated metagame sample is supplied.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary with Combo secondary (approx. 80/20 by profile emphasis). Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); no side deck (-4). Final formula: Uncapped: 0.80*56 + 0.20*45 + modifiers(-12) = 42; Illegal cap applied -> 30 (theoretical/structural-only, no normal Final Contextual score)

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

• Dense engine starters: Elfnote and Mulcharmy at 3 copies each give a high chance of a live starter
• Layered interaction: 14 hand traps plus Dominus Impulse, Typhoon, Infinite Impermanence and Terminus
• Extra Deck bosses with high ATK and a Power Patron Link engine
• Draw and recursion engines (Mulcharmy, Junoldo, Theorealize Past Lull, Medius)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: four Forbidden cards and four copy-limit overruns
• No side deck, so no post-side plan
• 16 level-0 spell/trap cards and 15 tech cards raise brick and dead-draw risk
• No recorded combos, so the combo floor and median cannot be measured

Critical choke points

• Forbidden Elfnote Tinia and Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon remove two Extra Deck or boss lines
• Power Patron Link bosses depend on Mediclius or Purification Power Patron being in the Extra Deck, which this list does not run
• Starters overlap in hand; a hand without Elfnote or Mulcharmy depends on tech and hand traps

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality is Illegal: 4 Forbidden cards and 8 copy-limit violations (from legality block); Main 56 (within 40-60), Extra 15 (within 0-15), Side 0; Archetype exact-name purity 5.6%; archetype spread across Elfnote, Mulcharmy, Power Patron and others; Card stats and text as supplied in the evidence
• Observed: Archetype core usage: 16 of 25 usage-stat core cards are present (64%)
• Inferred: Engine access from hypergeometric estimates; Interaction and recovery quality from text hints; Going-second hand-trap coverage
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit (no tournament link); Meta power (no dated metagame sample)
• 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 (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied deck title is null and no side deck exists, so post-side adaptability cannot be measured