Vampires Deck #771235 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Vampire and Zombie boss monsters (Vampire Voivode, The Zombie Vampire, Pumpking the Great Ghost King) reached through hand-trap-protected Normal Summons and Xyz/Synchro/Link plays; Recursion of Vampire monsters and Call of the Haunted reanimation of Pumpking the King of Grave Ghosts
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Vampire or Zombie starter, Normal Summon a Vampire searcher, and hold 2-3 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre) for the opponent's first activation; the hand is often dead on turn 1 because most hand traps need an opponent action.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps on the opponent's first searches and summons, then convert the surviving board into an Extra Deck boss with Vampire Familiar, Vampire Retainer, or Vampire Ghost support.
• Recovery: Banish Vampire monsters from the GY through Vampire Familiar and Vampire Retainer, and reuse Vampire Grace, Doomking Balerdroch and Mezuki to rebuild after a board wipe.
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan; the deck cannot adjust between games.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards. Its strongest trait is interaction density: 18 hand traps, 19 negation texts and 31 removal texts give it breadth, and the going-second hand-trap hit rate is about 92%. Its engine is weaker. Only 5 core Vampire-named cards are in the list, and the starters (Vampire Familiar and Vampire Retainer, 2 copies each) reach a live hand only about 17% of the time, so the 3-copy hand traps often sit dead on turn 1. Its closing power is real but depends on Extra Deck bosses that need Xyz, Synchro or Link material. Popularity was not used: the archetype's usage statistics show only 3 of its 25 core cards present, so the list is off-standard and earned no credit for that. The deck is Illegal (3 copies of a Semi-Limited card) and has no Side Deck, so the score is capped and treated as theoretical.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Stun primary, Midrange secondary; reported Stun weights only (no blend applied because the deck is Illegal). Structural ≈ 51.3, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Semi-Limited, 3 copies) (-6); Engine conflict and off-archetype load (-2). Final formula: Theoretical cap for Illegal deck. Uncapped: 0.80*Structural(51.3) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(42) + modifiers(-8) ≈ 41; capped to 35 because the deck is Illegal (3x Semi-Limited Ash Blossom). Structural-only, no normal Final score.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.39 · 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

• Dense hand-trap and negation coverage (18 hand traps, 19 negation texts), strong for going second
• Strong Extra Deck boss ceiling with Vampire Voivode, The Zombie Vampire and Pumpking the Great Ghost King
• Recursion through Vampire Familiar, Vampire Retainer, Vampire Grace and Doomking Balerdroch

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is run at 3 copies, limit 2
• Engine starters are thin (2-copy Vampire Familiar and Vampire Retainer, about 17% in opening hand)
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• Off-archetype dilution: 70 copies outside the Vampire name, including many tech cards
• No combo or tournament evidence to confirm conversion

Critical choke points

• Vampire Familiar and Vampire Retainer as the only engine starters
• Call of the Haunted as the single reanimation enabler for Pumpking
• Extra Deck boss summoning needs material from a small set of Level 6 or Level 8 monsters

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies vs legal 2 (OCG Semi-Limited); Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 within OCG size rules; Hand-trap count 18, negation text 19, removal text 31; Archetype core: 5 Vampire copies; 3 of 25 core usage cards present
• Inferred: Starter access about 0.39 (archetype core) and about 0.18 for Vampire Familiar; Going-second hand-trap hit rate about 0.92; Interaction density as the main system strength; Dead-hand risk on turn 1 from hand-trap timing
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated meta sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link)
• 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, matchup or brick rates Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample Deck title is null in the export; the archetype name is used as the label No Side Deck registered