Ryu-Ge Deck #771229 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ryu-Ge Pendulum and Ritual beaters (Sosei Ryu-Ge Mistva 3500 ATK, Tensei Ryu-Ge Anva 3000 ATK, Kairo/Genro Ryu-Ge 3000 ATK) supported by Ryu-Ge Realm continuous spells; Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Rocket (5000 ATK Xyz) and Stardust/Synchro bodies as a second board
• Turn 1 (going first): Ryu-Ge Rising or Realm-based search into a Ryu-Ge Pendulum, then Pendulum/Ritual extension with Ash Blossom and Maxx C held as interaction (Inferred from card text; no recorded boards)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird) answer the opponent's first summon, then Ryu-Ge recursion rebuilds the board (Inferred from card text)
• Recovery: Ryu-Ge Rivalry and Kairo/Genro GY or banish recursion re-enter Ryu-Ge monsters; Ryu-Ge End protects them from targeting (Inferred from card text)
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck has no side deck (0 of 15 slots used), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This score comes from the system, not from averaging card scores, and the deck is Illegal, so it is capped to a theoretical read. The archetype core (25 Ryu-Ge copies) has about a 96% chance of at least one hit in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred), so the engine is usually accessible, and the Ryu-Ge searchers (about 17 searcher-text cards) support it. Interaction density is high, with 6 hand traps, 11 negation-text cards and 35 removal-text cards, which lifts end-board quality, while recursion through Realms and Rivalry supports grind. Going-second strength rests on hand traps that answer the first summon, but 50 of 55 Main Deck copies sit outside the exact Ryu-Ge name, so brick risk is real. Popularity and archetype usage data confirm the list is common, not that it is strong. The main drag is the four banned or over-limit cards (Protos, Reprodocus, Varudras and a second Gustav Max), which put this list outside the format and cap the final score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Toolbox weights not applied (disclosed for transparency only). Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal cap: min(0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers, 30) = min(0.80*54 + 0.20*48 - 12, 30) = 30 (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.96 · 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 almost always accessible in the opening hand (Inferred)
• Six hand traps and about 35 removal-text cards give layered interaction (Inferred)
• Ryu-Ge recursion (Realms, Rivalry, Kairo, Genro) supports grind (Inferred)
• High-ATK closers reach 3000–5000 ATK (Verified stat)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: three Forbidden cards and one over-limit Limited card (Verified)
• Only 28.6% of Main Deck copies are the exact archetype name, which lowers consistency (Verified composition)
• No side deck, so there is no adaptability (Verified)
• No combo or win-rate data, so the score rests on text and probability (Verified gap)

Critical choke points

• Pendulum-Ryu-Ge line: the engine stalls if the Pendulum monster is not in hand or the Extra Deck (Inferred)
• Forbidden Varudras and Protos occupy Extra Deck slots that the legal list cannot use (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Protos, Reprodocus and Varudras are Forbidden; Gustav Max is Limited with 1 legal copy but 2 run; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 (within size rules); Archetype purity 28.6%, 50 off-archetype copies
• Inferred: Opening-hand P(≥1 core) ≈ 0.96; Hand-trap and interaction density from card text; Going-first and going-second plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power is null: no dated meta sample; Tournament reliability is estimated, not measured
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample No side deck, so post-side performance is unknown