Tenpai Dragon Deck #771349 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Level 7 Dragon beatsticks and Dragon Ruler / Tenpai Dragon boards (Chasma x2, Blaster, Tidal, Tempest, Redox, Blaze), with the Dragon Ruler revive loop as the engine; Sangen Summoning / Sangen Kaimen searches into Tenpai Dragon Paidra, Fadra and Chundra for an extra Synchro or Xyz route
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Dragon Ruler or Tenpai Dragon starter, search with Spectral / Paidra / Sangen, then extend into a Level 7 Dragon Ruler; theoretical only, because the list is illegal as built
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird and Harpie's Feather Duster to interrupt the opponent's first board, then revive a Dragon Ruler from the GY or banishment; theoretical only
• Recovery: Dragon Rulers in the GY or banishment return through their own Quick Effects and Dragon Ruler Xyz/Synchro summons, so the deck can rebuild from a near-empty hand, but this depends on the illegal three Ash Blossoms being cut first
• After siding: None: the side deck is empty, so there is no post-side adaptation, and this rates as a structural gap

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its card scores. Its engine is a Dragon Ruler and Tenpai Dragon revive network: Level 7 Dragons recur from the GY and banishment, Sangen cards search the Tenpai Dragons, and the Extra Deck holds Chasma, Blaster-style boards and Synchro and Xyz beatsticks. Because the list runs 3 Ash Blossom against a 2-copy OCG limit, it is illegal as built, so it receives no normal Final Contextual score and is capped low as a theoretical, structural-only read. The main deck is oversized at 55 cards with 5.7 percent exact-archetype purity, 13 tech cards and 18 spells, so consistency is penalised. The side deck is empty, so there is no post-side plan. Archetype popularity (the core group appears in about 76 percent of opening hands) confirms the list is real and accessible, but it did not earn points by itself. No combo boards or tournament data exist, so the floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: legality_copy_limit (-20); empty_side_deck (0); main_deck_bloat (0). Final formula: Illegal deck: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 49.8, then legality modifier -20 and the illegal-deck cap; result is theoretical/structural-only

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

• Dragon Ruler and Tenpai Dragon revive network with multiple recursive Level 7 beatsticks
• Strong Extra Deck coverage across Synchro, Xyz and Link, with Chasma x2 providing 3000 ATK
• Core Tenpai Dragon engine is supported by usage stats (Chundra, Sangen Summoning and Kaimen each about 90 percent or more)

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy count on Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (3 vs 2)
• Oversized 55-card main deck with 5.7 percent exact-archetype purity
• Empty side deck; no post-side plan
• Four hand traps and 13 tech cards compete for hand space

Critical choke points

• The three Ash Blossoms are the illegal slot; cutting to 2 changes the interaction count
• Sangen Summoning and Kaimen are the only Tenpai Dragon searchers in the main deck

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies vs OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 against OCG size rules; Archetype purity 5.7 percent and usage stats for core cards
• Inferred: Starter access and brick estimates from hypergeometric values; Revive-loop and recursion reading from card text; Interaction density estimate from role tags
• Provisional: Meta and format fit (no dated metagame sample)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link - archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied side deck is empty, so post-side scoring is unsupported