Elfnote Deck #770507 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 9 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro boss beatdown from the Elfnote line (Elfnote Seraphim Strelitzia, June Pride, Junora, Legatia, Chaos Angel, Psychic End Punisher) once the Elfnote starter is live; Power Patron and Medius recursion into Synchro/Link boards with Junoldo and Vidolium as Pendulum follow-up
• Turn 1 (going first): Open an Elfnote starter (Lucina, Regina, Fortuna, Tinia-slot, Power Patron) and use Elfnotes: Welcome Home and Rhapsodia to protect the center zone, then Synchro into a 3000+ ATK boss
• Turn 2 (going second): Play through the opponent's first summon with Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Ogre and D.D. Crow, then rebuild the Elfnote board from hand
• Recovery: Recover through Elfnote Regina and Power Patron special summons from Deck and GY, plus Medius from the GY, after hand traps have been spent
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This deck is Illegal in TCG: five Forbidden cards are run at 1 copy each, and four Limited or Semi-Limited cards exceed their legal copy counts, so the score is structural only and capped low. Structurally it reliably opens an Elfnote starter (the archetype core group gives about 98% to have at least one core card in a 5-card hand, Inferred) and presents a dense interaction layer of 17 hand traps and about 8 negation-text cards, which earns the going-second score. Its closing power comes from 3000+ ATK Synchro bosses, but no recorded boards exist, so its combo ceiling and median output are text-only inferences with low confidence. Popularity did not earn points: the Elfnote usage stats confirm the archetype core is real, but they do not raise the score, and no card scores were averaged into the deck score. Side Deck adaptability is the weakest dimension because the list carries zero Side Deck cards.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional); Illegal-deck cap applied: 0.80*52 + 0.20*45 = 50.6, minus 12 banlist modifier = 38.6, capped to 25 as structural-only

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 interaction: 17 hand traps and 8 negation-text cards
• Archetype core is almost always accessible in the opening hand
• Synchro bosses at 3000+ ATK give real closing power
• Extra Deck is mostly Synchro with clear boss options

Weaknesses

• Illegal in TCG: five Forbidden cards and four over-limit cards
• Zero Side Deck cards, so no post-side plan
• No recorded boards or tournament data; combo output is unmeasured
• Extra Deck depends on Forbidden Crystal Wing and Albion slots

Critical choke points

• Starter access depends on the Elfnote Lucina/Regina/Fortuna set, which is 1 of the 3-copy Lucina line over the Limited cap
• Synchro boss plan requires a live center monster; loss of that zone removes Seraphim and June Pride protection

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: five Forbidden cards and four over-limit cards; Main Deck 55 and Extra Deck 15 cards; Side Deck 0 cards; Archetype core inclusion and typical copies from usage stats
• Inferred: Archetype core opening-hand probability ≈ 0.977; Brick rate ≈ 0.023 and hand-trap going-second ≈ 0.905; Interaction density from card text; Combo ceiling and median from text only
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated meta sample); Tournament reliability (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos 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 going-first/second, matchup, or brick/starter rates Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Side Deck is empty, so D12 cannot be measured beyond composition