Exodia Deck #771033 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 59 / Extra 21 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Assemble the five Forbidden One pieces (Exodia the Forbidden One plus the four limbs, each 1 copy, Limited) in hand to win outright; the Millennium Ankh text can Special Summon The Unstoppable Exodia Incarnate from the Extra Deck by showing Forbidden One monsters (Inferred route).; Extra Deck boards (Synchro, Xyz, Fusion and Link: Stardust Dragon, Blackwing Full Armor Master, Gustav Rocket, Dark Paladin - Wave-Motion) once the hand is stable enough to play through interaction.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with hand traps and searchers (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Maxx C, Heart of the Blue-Eyes, Millennium Ankh) to find a Forbidden One route while holding negation for the opponent's first play (Inferred).
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 8 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Nibiru, Infinite Impermanence and similar) to answer the first board, then convert through Extra Deck monsters or the Exodia route (Inferred).
• Recovery: Rebuild through Sengenjin, Shield of the Millennium Dynasty and Golem that Guards the Millennium Treasures (searcher text, Inferred), with Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Pot of Prosperity as card-flow backups.
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck runs no Side Deck (side count 0), so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards. Its Forbidden One pieces are each 1 copy, so a full Exodia win depends on searching five specific cards, and the hypergeometric estimates show a 3-copy card reaches the opening hand only about 24% of the time (Inferred). The deck has real interaction density: 8 hand traps, 11 negation-text cards and 12 removal-text cards give it a stable answer layer, which earns the endboard score. Archetype popularity was not counted: the Exodia core is 75% present in usage data, but only 12.5% of the main deck uses the exact archetype name, and that does not make the list strong. The legality failures cap the score: two Forbidden cards are run, and the Extra Deck holds 21 cards against a limit of 15. Because the list is illegal, the score is structural only and is capped at 25 with low confidence.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 47, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 46, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 30. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); unrecoverable choke point (-4). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(47) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(30) = 43.6; + ContextModifiers (-12) = 31.6; capped at 25 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural only). Meta is provisional.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.24 · 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

• Eight hand traps and 11 negation-text cards give a layered interaction package.
• Extra Deck threats are strong on board (Gustav Rocket at 5000 ATK, Stardust Dragon, Blackwing Full Armor Master).
• The Exodia core is present in 75% of usage-stat cards, so the list runs the archetype's standard pieces.

Weaknesses

• The list is illegal: two Forbidden cards and an Extra Deck of 21 against a limit of 15.
• Only 12.5% of the main deck uses the exact Exodia name; 70 of 79 copies are off-archetype, so engine coherence is low.
• The deck has no Side Deck, so it cannot adapt between games.
• Single-copy Forbidden One pieces create high brick risk and a fragile win condition.

Critical choke points

• All five Forbidden One pieces (Exodia the Forbidden One and four limbs) are 1 copy each.
• Pot of Prosperity, Droll & Lock Bird, and Maxx C are the only single-copy card-flow and interaction cards.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal; Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon and Baronne de Fleur are Forbidden and each run 1 copy.; Extra Deck size 21 exceeds the OCG maximum of 15; Main size 59 is in range; Side is 0.; Copy counts, role tags and probabilities are from the resolved evidence list.; Usage stats: the Exodia core is present at 75% of card-level usage.
• Inferred: Consistency and brick estimates from hypergeometric draws and card text.; Assembly route for the five Forbidden One pieces via Millennium Ankh and searchers (text-based, not measured).; Going-first and going-second plans from card text.
• Provisional: Meta power and format fit: no dated metagame sample or tournament link exists.
• Data gaps: No combos were supplied, so the floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference. No tournament link exists, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot records are absent. No win-rate telemetry exists for going-first, going-second, matchup, or brick and starter rates. Meta power is provisional until a dated metagame sample is supplied. The deck has no Side Deck, so the post-side plan cannot be assessed. Guides for the Exodia archetype are absent (0 guides attached).