Ryu-Ge Deck #770789 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Stun
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ryu-Ge Pendulum and ritual boss monsters (Tensei Ryu-Ge Anva, Sosei Ryu-Ge Mistva, Kairo Ryu-Ge Emva, Genro Ryu-Ge Hakva) recycled through Ryu-Ge Rising and the Ryu-Ge Realm field spells.; Galaxy-Eyes and Stardust Extra Deck threats supported by Pot of Prosperity and the Ryu-Ge Realm continuous spells.
• Turn 1 (going first): Ryu-Ge Rising or Subspace Battle to search a Ryu-Ge monster, then a Realm or Pendulum line to reach a 3000+ ATK boss. Interaction (Droll and Lock Bird, Maxx C, Solemn Judgment) is held for the opponent's turn.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Maxx C, Droll and Lock Bird) and Solemn Judgment to slow the opponent's first summon, followed by Ryu-Ge End and the Realms to protect the board.
• Recovery: Ryu-Ge Rivalry and Kairo Ryu-Ge Emva recursion from the Graveyard, plus Ryu-Ge Realm searches, to rebuild the engine after a board wipe.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens its Ryu-Ge core: 24 copies of the archetype give about a 95 percent chance of at least one archetype card in the opening five, and Ryu-Ge Rising and the Realms supply a repeatable search chain (Inferred). Conversion comes from several 3000+ ATK Ryu-Ge bosses and a 15-card Extra Deck, but no recorded boards exist, so the ceiling and median are text-only estimates and are scored conservatively. Interaction is broad (Solemn Judgment, Maxx C, Droll and Lock Bird, Skill Drain, Ryu-Ge End, Harpie's Feather Duster), which supports the end-board and going-second dimensions. The score is held down by the illegal list (Varudras at 2 copies while Forbidden), the empty Side Deck, and the lack of any combo, tournament or win-rate evidence. Popularity was not rewarded, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Balanced (default; the archetype has no clear single-strategy profile). Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-6); empty side deck (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*51 + 0.20*35 - 10 = 38, capped at 30 because the deck is Illegal (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.95 · 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

• Archetype core is dense (24 copies), so the engine is usually reachable on the first hand.
• Interaction is broad across hand traps, Solemn Judgment, Skill Drain and Ryu-Ge End.
• Extra Deck covers Xyz, Synchro and Link with strong 3000+ ATK bosses.

Weaknesses

• The list is illegal: Varudras is Forbidden and is run at 2 copies.
• Several Limited cards in the Main Deck raise the chance of a rule-breaking hand and reduce flexibility.
• No Side Deck, so there is no adaptation plan.

Critical choke points

• Ryu-Ge Rising or Subspace Battle is the only way to reach the boss engine in a single hand, so disrupting those cards ends the line.
• Varudras must be removed from the list before any normal score can be assigned.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 55 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; Varudras run at 2 copies while Forbidden; Card text and stats for the Main and Extra cards; Banlist status: 5 Limited cards and 1 Forbidden card
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency for the archetype core (P ≈ 0.95); Interaction quality and going-second plan
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit (no dated sample); Median and ceiling output (no boards recorded)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: 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 exists in YGOVN for this deck. Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied. The deck has no Side Deck, so post-side performance cannot be assessed.