K9 Deck #770632 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz pressure from K9 Xyz monsters (K9-X Ripper/M piercing, K9-66X Jacks removal on the field) backed by Vanquish Soul beaters, provided the board is not cleared first; Link and Number-style Xyz follow-ups (S:P Little Knight, Number C104 and N.As.Ch. Knight are in the Extra Deck) as recursion and extra board pressure
• Turn 1 (going first): Search a K9 or Vanquish Soul monster with the searchers (K9-66a Jokul, Vanquish Soul Dr. Mad Love, A Case for K9), Normal Summon K9-17 Izuna or K9-66b Lantern without Tribute if the opponent holds 2 or more cards, then move into an Xyz Summon
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle and Droll & Lock Bird for the opponent's first activation or add, then use Vanquish Soul summons and Forced Release-style plays to rebuild the board
• Recovery: Vanquish Soul monsters return to hand and re-summon from the Deck, Mulcharmy draw effects refill the hand, and Stake your Soul! and Chaotic Elements recycle searches
• After siding: None. The deck runs no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan to evaluate

Why it scores here

The deck's power is scored on its system, not on an average of its cards. It reliably opens a searcher chain: 20 searcher-text cards give about 0.91 chance of at least one in the opening 5, and the archetype core gives about 0.86. Its seven hand traps and layered negation (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll, Solemn Judgment, Calamity Caesar) keep it resilient against one interruption. Interaction and board-breaking are broad, with Raigeki, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster and Forced Release. However, the list is illegal under copy limits (three over-limit cards), it has no recorded combos, no side deck, and no tournament link, so the score is structural and theoretical only. Popularity of the K9 archetype and its usage stats did not earn any points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 63, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-4); no side deck (-4). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(56) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 54; modifiers -8 gives 46; Illegal deck capped to 35 (theoretical/structural only, no normal Final score)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.86 · 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 searcher suite (20 searcher-text cards) gives high access to the engine
• Seven hand traps plus negation text give layered interaction against one interruption
• Broad board-breaking and removal across Main and Extra Deck
• Three Extra Deck monsters with on-field effects provide several Xyz routes

Weaknesses

• Three cards over their copy limits make the list illegal as built
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Sub-archetype split (exact K9 purity 18.6%) weakens engine coherence
• No recorded combos, so the ceiling and median are text-only inference
• 18 level-0 spell and trap slots add dead-draw risk

Critical choke points

• Normal Summoning K9-17 Izuna and K9-66b Lantern without Tribute requires the opponent to hold 2 or more cards in hand
• Vanquish Soul effects need the matching Attribute monsters revealed from hand
• Limited and Semi-Limited copies (Solemn Judgment, Droll & Lock Bird, Vanquish Soul Razen) cap how many interaction pieces can be run

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Three copy-limit violations (Ash Blossom 3 vs 2, Vanquish Soul Razen 3 vs 1, K9-17 Izuna 3 vs 2); Banlist statuses and copy counts for all restricted cards; Main Deck 55 and Extra Deck 15 are within size rules; Side Deck is 0
• Inferred: Starter and searcher probabilities from the hypergeometric table; Interaction density and hand-trap coverage read from card text; Midrange primary strategy from composition and interaction profile
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample, no tournament link); Median output (no recorded boards)
• Data gaps: Deck is illegal under copy limits; score is structural and theoretical only No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry exists; brick and matchup signals are Inferred usage_statistics in_this_deck flags conflict with the card list: S:P Little Knight, Vallon, Number C104, N.As.H. Knight, CXyz N.As.Ch. Knight, K9-X Werewolf and K9-17 Ripper are present in the Extra Deck but flagged false, so the 47.4% core-present figure is unreliable Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied