Elfnote Deck #770463 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 56 / 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 beatdown, backed by Ars Magna and Medius recursion (text-read, Inferred); Hand-trap and negation control that stalls the opponent while the Extra Deck board develops (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on an Elfnote starter (Regina, Lucina, Power Patron) or Pendulum Treasure, search through Elfnote/Power Patron text, and reach a Synchro or Link boss. The forbidden and over-limit cards would be removed in a legal build, so this plan is theoretical.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll, Kuriboh and Effect Veiler as hand traps against the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Medius and Theorealize Past Lull (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recover through Medius and Theorealize from the GY, and through Ars Magna banish-hand effects (Inferred from text)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs an empty Side Deck (0 cards)

Why it scores here

The list is illegal as built: seven cards exceed their TCG copy limits or are Forbidden, so this score is a theoretical, structural-only read and not a normal contextual score. The core Elfnote and Power Patron engine is consistent on paper. The archetype core group has about a 97% chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand, and the searcher text group about 94% (Inferred hypergeometric estimates). Interaction is dense, with 18 hand traps and 15 negation-text cards, which gives the deck a credible going-second stall plan. The deck records no combos, so the ceiling and median scores come from text reads only and stay weakly supported. Popularity and archetype usage stats confirm the list is real, but they did not add points. Dimension scores were assigned to the whole system and were not averaged from individual card scores. The side deck is empty, which caps adaptability and tournament reliability.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange profile used. Stun is a secondary read only and is not blended in the score.. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Illegal list and banlist exposure (-12); Empty side deck (0). Final formula: Theoretical 0.80*Structural(50) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 49; modifiers -12 (illegal list, banlist exposure) gives 37; Illegal cap applied, final = 25. Meta provisional.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · 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

• Core Elfnote and Power Patron engine has high draw probability (Inferred)
• Heavy hand-trap and negation density gives going-second interaction (Inferred)
• Compact Extra Deck coverage across Link, Synchro, and Fusion routes (Verified)

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: seven copy-limit or Forbidden violations (Verified)
• Empty Side Deck means no post-side plan (Verified)
• No recorded combos, so ceiling and median are unmeasured (Verified)
• Heavy reliance on archetype-specific Elfnote and Power Patron cards (Inferred)

Critical choke points

• Elfnote Lucina/Regina/Tinia as the central engine starter; Tinia is Forbidden and Lucina is Limited to 1 (Verified)
• Single-copy Synchro and Link bosses with limited redundancy (Inferred)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: seven copy-limit or Forbidden violations; Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0; Main and Extra sizes are within the TCG size rules; Archetype purity 21.1% exact-name, with a spread of sub-archetypes; Forbidden status of Called by the Grave, Elfnote Tinia, F.A. Dawn Dragster, and Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon
• Observed: Usage stats show the archetype core, though several core cards are now Forbidden
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency from the hypergeometric estimates; Interaction density from text-role hints; Going-second stall plan from hand-trap density
• Provisional: Meta share and format fit (no dated sample); Tournament reliability from structural read only
• 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 are absent No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN: going-first and going-second splits are Inferred or Unknown Meta power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Side deck is empty, so post-side plan cannot be evaluated