Train Deck #770826 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 32/100 (±6 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-board pressure from R.B., Sky Striker and Train Link monsters, closed by Therion King Regulus or Night Train Blue Traveler (structural read only; no recorded boards); Hand-trap and negation tempo leading to a Link-3 board from R.B. The Brute Blues and R.B. Shepherd's Crook
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Exceptional Schedule or Revolving Switchyard (both in deck) to reach a Train or R.B. starter, then Link Summon through the 15 Link Extra Deck monsters; no combo steps are evidenced
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 11 hand traps and Forbidden Droplet / Solemn Judgment to stop the opponent's board, then rebuild with Mulcharmy draw effects
• Recovery: Mulcharmy Fuwalos / Purulia draw when the hand is empty, Scrap Recycler draws from GY-shuffled Machines, and R.B. Stage Landing can recover an R.B. monster when it would be destroyed
• After siding: Not applicable: the deck has no side deck (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: a 57-card Main with 15 Link monsters, drawn from several sub-archetypes (R.B., Sky Striker, Mulcharmy, Mekk-Knight, Solemn, Cyclone) rather than a cohesive Train engine, since only 7 of the 57 Main cards carry the exact Train name (9.7% purity). The Train core is largely missing: 7 of 15 core cards are absent, including the Superdreadnought Rail Cannon line, so the engine-access score is held down. Interaction is the strongest area: 11 hand traps, 17 negation-text cards and 30 removal-text cards give real disruption and going-second value (Inferred from card text). No recorded boards exist, so conversion and median output are text-only inference and are scored conservatively rather than from popularity or usage. The list is Illegal because Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is run three times against a Semi-Limited limit of two, which caps the final score; no card scores were averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 46, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 42, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violation (-8); Core engine missing (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional; Illegal deck capped low and labeled structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.24 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.26 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Eleven hand traps and negation/removal text give disruption on both turns
• Link-based boards offer multiple independent lines (R.B., Sky Striker, Train)
• Mulcharmy draw effects and Scrap Recycler give some recovery

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: Ash Blossom is run 3 times against a limit of 2
• Train engine core is largely missing (Superdreadnought line absent)
• No side deck and no post-side plan
• Main deck is spread across sub-archetypes with 26 level-0 spells and traps and 18 tech cards

Critical choke points

• Exceptional Schedule (3 copies) and Revolving Switchyard (1) are the only Train enablers, so a hand without them has little route to the Link Extra Deck
• Score is capped by the Illegal copy-limit violation until one Ash Blossom is removed

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring run 3 vs Semi-Limited limit 2; Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 within size rules; Core coverage 7 of 15 cards present (46.7%); Exact-name purity 9.7%
• Inferred: P(>=1 core card in 5-card hand) = 0.74; Interaction quality from card text (11 hand traps, 17 negation, 30 removal); Brick proxy 0.26
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated meta sample); Matchup and format fit (D13)
• 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, matchups or brick/starter rates Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample No side deck: post-side performance cannot be assessed