Blackwings Deck #771275 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro beatdown from Blackwing Synchro monsters (Blackwing Silverwind, Blackwing Armed Wing, Blackwing Armor Master) that gain board presence through Blackwing Tuners; Non-engine removal and disruption (Mirror Force, Torrential Tribute, Dust Tornado, Heavy Storm) that clears the opponent's board before the Synchro attack
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Blackwing Tuner (Blizzard, Gale, or Vayu) or Bora/Shura, use Black Whirlwind or the Blackwing graveyard recursion to set up a Synchro, then attack through with a Synchro monster while holding Mirror Force or Pulling the Rug
• Turn 2 (going second): Respond to the opponent's board with D.D. Crow, Pulling the Rug, or Solemn Judgment, then rebuild a Blackwing Synchro board from the hand and graveyard
• Recovery: Greed draw effects (Reckless Greed, Jar of Greed, Legacy of Yata-Garasu) and Black Whirlwind search rebuild the hand; Blackwing Vayu and Blizzard recur from the graveyard
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no side deck (Side Deck size 0), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal in OCG: Royal Oppression (2), Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo (1) and Trap Dustshoot (1) are all Forbidden, so the score is capped at 30 and the evaluation is structural-only and theoretical. Structurally, the Blackwing core gives a reasonable opening rate through Black Whirlwind, Blackwing Tuners and multiple 3-copy starters (about 25% for each going first), with a strong Synchro finish of Silverwind, Armed Wing and Armor Master. The main deck is heavy on non-engine traps and draw spells (24 Trap Cards, 15 copies of single-copy cards), which raises brick risk and dilutes the engine. Interaction is broad (Mirror Force, Torrential Tribute, Dust Tornado, Pulling the Rug, Solemn Judgment, Heavy Storm). The deck has no side deck, no recorded boards and no tournament record, so no floor, median or post-side claim can be verified. The score comes from consistency, interaction and closing power on the system, not from Blackwings being a popular archetype and not from averaging card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Toolbox secondary (structural only; Illegal cap applied). Structural ≈ 48, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-10). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 46.6, modifiers -10 = 36.6, capped at 30 because the deck is Illegal

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.18 · 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

• Three-copy Blackwing starters give a reasonable chance of a live engine on turn 1 going first
• Synchro finishers (Silverwind, Armed Wing, Armor Master) with strong ATK and piercing or protection text
• Broad non-engine interaction suite (Mirror Force, Torrential Tribute, Dust Tornado, Solemn Judgment)

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: three Forbidden cards are run
• No side deck, so no best-of-3 adaptation
• Heavy trap and draw content (24 Trap Cards, 15 single-copy cards) increases brick and dilution risk
• Off-archetype density is high (70 copies outside the exact Blackwing name)

Critical choke points

• Black Whirlwind (2 copies) is the main search for Blackwing monsters
• Blackwing Tuners (Blizzard, Gale, Vayu, Bora or Shura) are needed for any Synchro Summon
• Extra Deck Synchro options depend on 3 to 4 Blackwing Synchros

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Royal Oppression, Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo and Trap Dustshoot are Forbidden in OCG; Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 are within the OCG size rules; Limited cards (Allure of Darkness, Heavy Storm, Solemn Judgment) are each at 1 copy, which is legal; Card text for all main and extra cards (as supplied); Usage stats: Black Whirlwind 2 of 3 typical copies; 1 of 9 core archetype cards present
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter rates (hypergeometric, main deck only); Brick rate and dilution from trap and draw density; Synchro finisher quality and interaction breadth; Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Format fit and matchup coverage (D13)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: no archetype meta-share and no per-pilot match record No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) No side deck (Side Deck size 0): post-side performance cannot be evaluated Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied