Witchcrafter Deck #770939 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 13 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Witchcrafter Extra Deck Fusion and Link boards (Madame Rilliona, Vice-Madame, Pupils) built from Witchcrafter Spellcasters and Spell recursion; Endymion and Magistus link/synchro boards via Selene and Ecclesia, conditional on splash cards
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1 Witchcrafter Walpurgis or Creation/Celebration to search a Witchcrafter monster, then Genni or Pittore to set up a Fusion or Tribute line; hand traps held for the opponent's first activation
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll and Maxx C as the first answer to the opponent's opener, then rebuild through Witchcrafter Haine/Madame Verre and Spell recursion
• Recovery: Witchcrafter Genni, Pittore and Schmietta recycle from the GY, and Witchcrafter Creation/Celebration return from the GY to rebuild the searcher chain
• After siding: Not evaluable: side count is 0, so the deck has no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal in OCG: four Forbidden cards (Triple Tactics Talent x2, Charmer Quartet in Bloom, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Albion the Branded Dragon) are run above a legal count of zero, so the normal contextual score is capped and the figures below are structural-only. Its archetype core is strong (97% of hands have at least one of the 27 core Witchcrafter-family copies), searcher density is high (19 searcher-text cards, about 90% to find one in a 5-card opening), and eight hand traps plus several floaters give it real interaction. Scoring is on the system: searcher access and interaction carry the score, while the 30% exact-name purity, the Endymion/Magistus/Branded/Timaeus/Ecclesia splash, and the lack of a side deck pull it down. Archetype popularity (usage stats show 17 of 25 core cards present) did not earn points by itself, and card scores were not averaged. No recorded combos, guides, or tournament data exist, so combo and matchup dimensions are Inferred or Provisional.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 57, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-8); engine_conflicts (-3). Final formula: Structural 56.8 (Midrange profile). Blend 0.80*57 + 0.20*48 = 55.2, plus context modifiers -11 = 44, then the Illegal cap sets 25. Meta is null (provisional). The cap is an Illegal-deck rule, not a normal score; treat 25 as structural-only.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.03 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Very high archetype core access (about 97% in opening 5)
• Searcher density supports consistent T1 setup
• Eight hand traps and removal text give layered interaction
• Zero dead-slot Extra Deck cards outside the illegal copies

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: four Forbidden cards at 0 legal copies
• No side deck
• 30% exact-name purity with a wide splash spread
• Heavy dependence on Fusion/Link Extra Deck access and GY recursion

Critical choke points

• Forbidden Triple Tactics Talent and Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon removal must be cut before any legal evaluation
• Spellcaster-tribute and Spell-discard costs for Genni/Pittore/Schmietta
• Hand-trap dependence for going second

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Four Forbidden cards at 0 legal copies (Triple Tactics Talent x2, Charmer Quartet, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, Albion); Main 54 within 40-60; Extra 13 within 0-15; side 0 within 0-15; Exact-name purity 29.9% from the composition block
• Inferred: P(at least one core copy in 5-card opening) about 0.97; Hand-trap access about 0.64 in a 6-card going-second opening; Interaction quality from text roles and tags
• Provisional: Meta and format fit (no tournament link or dated sample)
• Data gaps: No recorded combos (total_combos 0): combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta share and pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first/second, matchup, brick and OTK rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample No side deck: post-side plan cannot be evaluated