Galaxy Photon Deck #771414 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 54/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz pressure from the Galaxy-Eyes / Photon / Galaxy Extra Deck (Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor x2, Number 104, Number 107, Number 90, Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Howling) built from Level 8 and Level 4 main-deck monsters; Negate-and-tempo through Ash Blossom, Dominus Purge, Mind Mirror Force, Tachyon Transmigration and Ultimate Sky, then grind the Xyz board
• Turn 1 (going first): Galaxy Hundred or Galaxy Summoner into a Level 4 or Level 8 Photon/Galaxy monster, then Galaxy Expedition or Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon into an Xyz; Mind Mirror Force and Solemn Judgment cover the first opposing interruption
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll and Lock Bird) on the first summon or search, then Dominus Purge or Tachyon Transmigration against a follow-up, and Xyz through the surviving board
• Recovery: Galaxy Soldier, Photon Orbital, Galaxy Wizard and Photon Jumper recycle Photon/Galaxy searches from Deck and GY; Galaxy Zero revives a Photon/Galaxy monster from GY
• After siding: Not available: the deck has no Side Deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens into a Galaxy/Photon starter (archetype core group, 10 copies, about 64% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand), and its three-copy starters give it several routes to a Level 4 or Level 8 Xyz material base. Its strongest score comes from end-board interaction: roughly 18 negation or removal texts across hand traps, spell/trap negates and Ultimate Sky, which keeps the board contestable on the opponent's turn. Closing power is also high because the Extra Deck carries several 3000 to 4500 ATK Xyz bosses. The score is pulled down by the absence of a Side Deck, a roughly 36% proxy brick rate in the opening hand, conditional pieces like Mulcharmy Fuwalos, and the lack of any recorded boards to confirm the ceiling. Popularity and usage statistics were not counted as power, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score. The Extra Deck usage flags conflict with the card list, so core-coverage figures were not used.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 61, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: No Side Deck (-3); Limited-status key cards at the copy limit (-1); Conditional and off-theme pieces (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional); Structural is meta-neutral: D13 dropped and the remaining Midrange weights re-normalized by 95 (5758/95 = 60.6, rounded to 61); 0.80*61 + 0.20*50 = 58.8, then modifiers -5 = 53.8, rounded to 54

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.64 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.36 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• High interaction density: about 18 negation or removal roles across hand traps, spell/trap negates and Ultimate Sky
• Multiple 3-copy starters at Levels 4 and 8 give several Xyz routes
• Extra Deck bosses with strong ATK and a Level 8 Xyz base
• Recovery through Galaxy Soldier, Photon Orbital and Galaxy Zero

Weaknesses

• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• About 36% proxy brick rate in the opening hand
• Several singletons and off-archetype staples reduce engine coherence
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and floor are unverified

Critical choke points

• The Xyz summon depends on a Level 4 or Level 8 monster being on the field, so an early hand-trap or board wipe can stop the line
• Seventh Tachyon and the Limited-status cards are single-copy and cannot be recovered if restricted

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal under OCG (main 56, extra 15, side 0), with Limited and Semi-Limited copies within limit; Card text for the listed main and Extra Deck cards; Hypergeometric draw odds from the Main Deck
• Observed: Usage statistics show the Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow, Droll and Tachyon Transmigration core inclusion
• Inferred: Interaction density and end-board quality from card text; Starter reliability from draw odds; Structural weights for the Midrange profile
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit (D13), excluded from the structural score; Meta Power is 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 are absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first and going-second splits, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Usage statistics conflict with the card list: several Extra Deck cards present in the list (Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor x2, Number 107, Number 62, Number 38, Number 90, Number C62, Dragluxion) are flagged in this deck false, so the missing-core figures were not used Deck title is null No Side Deck, so no post-side evidence