X-Saber Deck #771332 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro Summon boss monsters (Goyo King, Goyo Guardian, X-Saber Souza, Juraishin, Commander Souza) off Tuner plus non-Tuner EARTH bodies, then close with 2400-2800 ATK attackers.; Recursion of X-Saber monsters from the Graveyard through Ragigura, Faultroll, Gottoms' Second Call and Gottoms' Emergency Call to rebuild the Synchro board.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher (Ragigura, Darksoul, Garsem, Small World, Fire Formation - Tenki) to fetch a Tuner, reach a Synchro with an X-Saber or Saber body, and use Saber Hole or Harpie's Feather Duster on the opponent's face-up spells and traps.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 9 hand traps (Infinite Impermanence, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion, Saber Hole) and Dark Ruler No More or Raigeki to strip the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Graveyard recursion.
• Recovery: Recover from an interruption by Special Summoning X-Saber monsters from the Graveyard (Gottoms' Emergency Call, Gottoms' Second Call) and re-searching through Ragigura and Darksoul.
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered (Side Deck size 0), so there is no post-side plan. Any adaptation is structural-only and unverified.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a searcher for most hands (P(>=1 searcher in 5 cards) is about 0.80) and has enough Graveyard recursion to rebuild a Synchro board after a single interruption. Its interaction density is high: 31 removal-text cards, 9 hand traps and several hard board-wipes (Raigeki, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster, Dark Ruler No More) give it strong end-board control and going-second board-breaking power. Its consistency is held back by 24 tech cards and a 56-card Main Deck with only 27 distinct cards, so brick and dead-draw risk is material. Its signature engine is coherent only partially (exact X-Saber purity is 22.5%, with Saber, Goyo, Fire Formation and Naturia cards mixed in), and the Extra Deck can make multiple distinct boards only through a few lines. The deck has no Side Deck and no combo evidence, so its post-side plan and median output are unverified, and popularity or meta-share did not earn points. The score was not produced by averaging individual card scores. Because Pot of Extravagance exceeds its OCG copy limit, the deck is Illegal and the final score is capped at a structural-only value.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Toolbox secondary; the blend was not tuned to force a score. Structural ≈ 53.6, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-3); no Side Deck (-3); engine conflicts (-2). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*53.6 + 0.20*45 = 51.9; modifiers total -8 gives 43.9 uncapped; Illegal cap applied (structural-only), final score 30

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · 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 interaction: 31 removal-text cards, 9 hand traps and multiple hard board-wipes
• Searcher density of 15 cards supports a high probability of finding a play on turn one
• Extra Deck of strong Synchro bodies (2400-3100 ATK) with several single-copy boss options

Weaknesses

• Illegal: Pot of Extravagance is over the OCG copy limit
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation
• High tech density (24 cards) and a 56-card Main Deck with many dead-in-hand cards
• Engine coherence is weak: X-Saber exact purity is 22.5% with several sub-archetypes

Critical choke points

• Any single Synchro summon that depends on a specific Tuner (Pellina, Bruno, Fulhelmknight)
• Graveyard recursion depends on X-Saber monsters being in the Graveyard
• Raigeki and Lightning Storm are conditional or one-shot

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status and the single copy-limit violation (Pot of Extravagance: 3 copies vs OCG limit 2); Main Deck 56 and Extra Deck 15 are within OCG size rules; Side Deck is 0; Card texts and stats for all resolved cards; Exact X-Saber purity 22.5% (16 of 71 copies)
• Inferred: Opening-hand probabilities (searcher 0.80; starter 0.25; hand trap 0.67); Interaction density, brick risk and engine accessibility from text and composition; Going-first and going-second power estimates
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit (D13); no meta sample is supplied; Meta power (null)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link - archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN - going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No Side Deck is registered (Side Deck size 0), so the post-side plan is unscored deck title is null in the export usage stats cover only the single core card M-X-Saber Invoker, which is absent