Infernoble Knight Deck #771436 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 40/100 (±12 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 52 / Extra 17 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro, Link and Fusion boards built from Infernoble Knight and Flame Swordsman monsters, closing with Emperor Charles (3000 ATK) or Immortal Phoenix Gearfried (3000 ATK); Equip-boosted Warrior attacks: Equip Spells (Infernoble Arms, Salamandra Fusion, Gravity Axe) stacked on FIRE Warriors for Chanbar and Emperor Charles
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on a searcher (Fighting Flame Swordsman, Heritage of the Chalice, Reinforcement of the Army) and a 3-copy starter (Renaud or Dark Flare Swordsman) summoned from hand, then extend into Tuners such as Ricciardetto and Turpin to reach a Synchro
• Turn 2 (going second): Respond with Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence or Ghost Belle to the opponent's first effect, then rebuild through Dark Flare Swordsman and Crimson Firewing Pegasus from hand
• Recovery: Recur Level 4 or lower FIRE Warriors from the GY (Ricciardetto, Turpin, Maugis) and re-equip through Infernoble Arms cards from the Deck or GY
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

Scored as a system: starter access is good (searcher-text group P(at least one in opening 5) ≈ 0.83, 23 archetype-core copies) and the six hand traps (Ash Blossom x2, Ghost Belle x2, Infinite Impermanence x2) give real interaction, with a high ATK ceiling in the Extra Deck. The list is Illegal because the Extra Deck holds 17 cards against an OCG maximum of 15, so under the rubric it receives no normal Final Contextual score and is capped at 40 and labelled structural-only. The structural 57 reflects consistency, interaction and ceiling; archetype popularity and usage statistics added no points. No combo boards were recorded, so median and ceiling output are unmeasured, and the empty side deck plus the fragmented sub-archetype mix (exact-name purity 11.6%) lower going-second adaptability and pilot reliability. Individual card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 57, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 47. Modifiers: no Side Deck (-3); archetype_fragmentation (-1). Final formula: Illegal (Extra Deck 17 > 15): structural-only. Uncapped 0.80*57 + 0.20*47 - 4 (modifiers) ≈ 51, capped at 40 per the Illegal rule. Meta Power provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.83 · 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

• Searcher density: 15 searcher-text cards give P(at least one in opening 5) ≈ 0.83 (Inferred)
• Six hand traps (Ash Blossom x2, Ghost Belle x2, Infinite Impermanence x2) give going-second interaction (Inferred)
• High Extra Deck ATK ceiling: Emperor Charles 3000, Gearfried 3000, Ultimate Flame Swordsman 2800 (Verified)
• Dense archetype core: 23 copies across Infernoble Knight, Noble Knight and Flame Swordsman (Verified)

Weaknesses

• Illegal: Extra Deck 17 exceeds the OCG maximum of 15 (Verified)
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability (Verified)
• Exact-name archetype purity 11.6%; sub-archetype mix risks engine conflicts (Inferred)
• Equip-gated engine: 10 Equip Spells feed the Synchro/Link ladders, so the Equip zone is a single point of dependence (Inferred)
• No recorded combo boards, so ceiling and median output are unmeasured (Inferred)

Critical choke points

• Extra Deck over the size limit: two cards must be cut before the list is legal
• Equip Spells gate Chanbar, Emperor Charles and the Link/Synchro ladders
• Starter dependence on 3-copy Renaud and Dark Flare Swordsman
• Unresolved Main Deck passcode 45231177 with no card text

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Extra Deck 17 > OCG maximum 15 (size_warnings); Copy limits OK: Reinforcement of the Army Limited 1/1, S:P Little Knight Limited 1/1, Ash Blossom Semi-Limited 2/2; Main Deck 52 within the 40 to 60 range; Side Deck size 0; Extra ATK ceiling from card data (3000, 3000, 2800, 2700)
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter and hand-trap probabilities (0.83, 0.95, 0.54); Interaction and recursion reads from card text; Functional roles and Equip dependence from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and matchup fit, because no dated metagame sample or tournament link exists; Median and floor, because there are no combo boards
• Data gaps: 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; going-first, going-second and matchup rates unknown Meta Power provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied One Main Deck passcode (45231177) unresolved; counted as Main Deck with no text usage statistics in this deck flags conflict with the cards list: Ultimate Flame Swordsman, Emperor Charles (synchro), Fighting Flame Dragon, Angelica, Captain Roland and Promethean Princess are listed as not in the deck but appear in cards with copies 1 or 2; missing core cards percentage is unreliable Side Deck empty; post-side plan cannot be evaluated