Evil Eye Deck #771361 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 15/100 (±5 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Evil Eye Link/Fiendsmith Extra Deck boss (Zerrziel, Gorgon, Fiendsmith's Desirae, Fiendsmith's Lacrima) enabled by Evil Eye engine starters (Serziel, Basiltrice, Basilius, Catoblepas) and Evil Eye Spell/Trap support; Recursion-based follow-up from the GY (Basiltrice, Catoblepas, Lurrie, Fiendsmith's Requiem) and Evil Eye of Selene equip pressure
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Serziel, Basiltrice or Basilius starter with Evil Eye Awakening, Evil Eye Domain - Pareidolia and Evil Eyes Unleashed to fetch Equip/Link material, then Link or Fusion into a boss while holding hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence, Droll & Lock Bird) for the opponent's first response
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird and Infinite Impermanence as hand traps against the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Evil Eye Retribution and Serziel's equip-destroy line
• Recovery: Recycle from the GY via Basiltrice and Catoblepas special summons (both banish on leaving), Fiendsmith Lacrima/Requiem GY revival, and searchers Fiendsmith's Tract and Evil Eye Domain - Pareidolia
• After siding: No side deck is registered (0 cards, OCG allows up to 15), so there is no post-side plan; the list cannot adapt between games

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal in OCG as submitted: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is run 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2, and Fiendsmith Engraver is run 3 copies against a Limited limit of 1, so the evaluation is theoretical and structural only and the final score is capped at 15. Structurally the list reliably opens an Evil Eye starter: the 12 archetype-core copies give about an 85% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand, and the 16 searcher-text cards and 10 hand traps give a functional opening and a real going-second interaction package. Its end-board interaction (Evil Eye Retribution, Serziel and Evil Eye of Selene equip destruction, Fiendsmith and Evil Eye removal text) and GY recursion (Basiltrice, Catoblepas, Lurrie) give it some resilience after disruption. The score is held down by a split engine: only 21 of 40 main cards are exact Evil Eye names, with 16 generic and Fiendsmith cards, and the Extra Deck mixes Fiendsmith, Evil Eye, Phantom Knights, Djinn, Divine Arsenal and Super Starslayer pieces that do not all share a plan. Popularity of the archetype did not earn points, and no card scores were averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-6); no Side Deck (-4). Final formula: Pre-cap: 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(48) + Modifiers(-10) ≈ 42 (Meta provisional); Illegal cap applied → final score 15 (theoretical/structural only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.85 · 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

• Evil Eye core is 12 copies and opens reliably (about 85% at least one in a 5-card hand)
• Ten hand traps plus Evil Eye Retribution give strong going-second disruption
• Layered end-board interaction through removal and negation text
• GY recursion (Basiltrice, Catoblepas, Lurrie) gives resilience after one interruption

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: two cards exceed their OCG copy limits
• Zero side deck, so no post-side plan in best-of-3
• Split engine: 34 off-archetype main copies and a mixed Extra Deck
• No recorded combos, so ceiling and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Any Evil Eye monster (starter or link material) must be on board for most lines, so opening without one is dead
• Fiendsmith Engraver and Ash Blossom must be cut to legal counts before the list can be played

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom 3 vs legal 2 (Semi-Limited) and Fiendsmith Engraver 3 vs legal 1 (Limited); Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 composition and archetype spread; Copy histogram and restricted-card list
• Inferred: Opening probabilities (hypergeometric) for core, searcher and hand-trap groups; Structural dimension scores from card text and composition; Going-first and going-second power estimates
• Provisional: Meta power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup/format fit (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: Illegal copy counts make the list unplayable as built; scores describe the theoretical list only 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; consistency and going-first/second splits are Inferred No side deck registered; post-side dimension is Provisional Meta power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied