Swordsoul Deck #770928 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 57/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro beatdown off 3000-ATK Synchros (Tenyi Spirit - Mula Adhara, Draco Berserker of the Tenyi, Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying), with Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao and Qixing as support.; Interaction-driven board control: Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre, Ultimate Slayer, Heavenly Dragon Circle and Tenyinfinity remove the opponent's line before the Synchro attack.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher (Swordsoul Emergence, Incredible Ecclesia, Vessel for the Dragon Cycle or Tenyinfinity), Normal Summon Swordsoul of Mo Ye or Taia for the Swordsoul Token, then Synchro into a 3000-ATK boss while holding Ash or Veiler if the hand allows (Inferred from card text).
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit or Droll & Lock Bird to answer the opponent's first combo, then rebuild with a Tenyi or Swordsoul Synchro (Inferred).
• Recovery: Re-search from GY and banish via Tenyi Spirit - Adhara, Vessel for the Dragon Cycle and Tenyinfinity; Tenyi Synchros return Wyrm monsters to refill (card text, Inferred).
• After siding: No side deck is present, so there is no post-side plan to score.

Why it scores here

The deck opens a functional plan reliably on paper: a searcher-text card is in the opening five about 85% of the time, and eight three-copy cards give repeated starter access. Its strongest conversion is the Synchro and Link finisher set (three 3000-ATK or near-3000 Synchros), which closes games once a board is established, but no recorded boards exist, so the ceiling is text-only inference. Interaction is layered (six hand traps, Ultimate Slayer, Heavenly Dragon Circle, Tenyinfinity, Swordsoul Blackout), which earns the largest share of the score, while the empty side deck and the Swordsoul Token/Extra-Deck summon conflict cap it. Archetype popularity and the usage-stat rows earned no points; card scores were not averaged, and the score is driven by the system's consistency, interaction and closing power.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 62, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 57. Modifiers: engine_conflict (-2); off_archetype_dilution (-1); banlist_exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.85 · 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

• Legal OCG list: 40 Main / 15 Extra / 0 Side; all restricted cards are within legal copies (verified).
• Dense interaction: six hand traps plus Ultimate Slayer, Heavenly Dragon Circle and Tenyinfinity.
• Searcher density of twelve cards gives ≈0.85 chance of a searcher in the opening five.
• Several 3000-class Synchro finishers give closing power.

Weaknesses

• No side deck: D12 is low and there is no post-side plan.
• Engine conflict: the Swordsoul Token blocks Extra Deck summons except Synchro, which hampers the five Links.
• Only 18 of 55 copies are exact-name Swordsoul, so Tenyi and generic staples split the identity.
• No recorded combos; ceiling and median rest on text inference.
• Denglong (Yang Zing) has no Yang Zing support in the Main Deck; Garura needs same-Type partners.

Critical choke points

• Ash Blossom and Effect Veiler (four copies total) gate going-second interaction; losing them weakens D7 and D8.
• Single-copy Extra Deck bosses (Mula Adhara, Draco, Chengying): losing one removes a finisher.
• Tenyi and Swordsoul summon conditions depend on the board's Effect Monster count, so the board state decides the plan.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal, 40 Main / 15 Extra / 0 Side within size rules.; Restricted-card copies: Droll & Lock Bird and S:P Little Knight (Limited, 1 copy each); Ash Blossom (Semi-Limited, 2 copies).; Card text and role tags for every distinct card.
• Inferred: Opening-hand odds (0.85 searcher, 0.65 hand trap).; Floor and ceiling on D3 and D4 from card text only.; Engine conflict between Swordsoul Tokens and Link summons.; Interaction density and resilience (D5, D7).
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and D13 matchup/format fit (neutral placeholder).; Side-deck quality (D12) cannot be measured without post-side data.
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry (going first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates): Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional with no dated metagame sample no side deck: post-side plan cannot be scored usage_statistics core card Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying reports in_this_deck false, but the card is in this deck's Extra list (copies 1); core-match figures are unreliable for this deck deck title is null