Phantom Beast (Chimera) Deck #771440 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±10 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 52 / Extra 17 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Chimera the Illusion Beast, Berfomet or Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts off Chimera Fusion and Polymerization-type Fusion Spells, then attack through the board.; Eyes Restrict Fusion boards (Millennium-Eyes Restrict, Thousand-Eyes Restrict, Nightmare-Eyes Restrict) built from equipped Relinquished and Eyes Restrict support.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a starter (Gazelle, Nightmare Apprentice, Big-Winged Berfomet, Cornfield Coatl or Mirror Swordknight), search Chimera Fusion or a Chimera Fusion route, then Fusion Summon a Chimera boss from the Extra Deck.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Maxx "C", Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit or Nibiru to stop the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Chimera Fusion and Fusion Spells.
• Recovery: Recover from Chimera Fusion in the GY (its text allows activation when a Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast is on the field or in the GY), and use Cornfield Coatl, Berfomet and Mirror Swordknight search or recursion to refill the hand.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the main-deck list has 0 side cards, so there is no post-side plan in the evidence.

Why it scores here

The deck's Fusion engine is consistent on paper: the archetype core group has about 0.875 probability of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand, and about 0.89 for searcher text. Its ceiling comes from Chimera Fusion, Berfomet and the Chimera bosses, and its interaction density is high through Ash Blossom, Maxx "C", Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre and Mirage Mirror Force. Median output is untested because no combo boards were supplied. Going-second resilience relies on hand traps, but there is no sideboard and no tournament or win-rate data, so the meta fit is provisional. The score is not an average of card scores and does not reflect popularity. The deck is Illegal (Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden, and the Extra Deck has 17 cards against a maximum of 15), so the Final Contextual score is capped at 35 and this result is theoretical and structural only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 58.7, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12); illegal_cap (-10). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*58.7 + 0.20*50 - 12 = 45 pre-cap; capped at 35 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.88 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.12 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense Fusion engine with searcher text (about 0.89 probability of at least one searcher in a 5-card hand)
• Layered interaction: Ash Blossom, Maxx "C", Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Nibiru and Mirage Mirror Force
• Strong Extra Deck boss stats: Chimera the Illusion Beast 3100, Guardian Chimera 3300, Berfomet 2400

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Albion the Branded Dragon (Forbidden) is run, and the Extra Deck has 17 cards against a 15-card maximum
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Mixes Eyes Restrict, Chimera, Branded and Albaz sub-archetypes, so engine coherence is diluted

Critical choke points

• Chimera Fusion x3 and Polymerization-type Fusion Spells are the only route to the Chimera bosses
• Albion's Forbidden status makes the Branded Fusion route dead (Branded Fusion is Limited, 1 copy)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden and run 1 copy (0 legal copies); Extra Deck count 17 is over the OCG maximum of 15 (size_warnings); Main Deck 52 and Side 0; Main size is within 40-60; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x2, Super Polymerization x2 are within Semi-Limited limits; Chimera Fusion (3), Polymerization (2) and Berfomet (2400 ATK) card text and stats are in the evidence
• Inferred: Consistency estimates from hypergeometric probabilities (0.875 core group, 0.2663 for 3-copy starters); Functional role classification of hand traps, searchers and Fusion enablers; Interaction density read from card text
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit (no dated meta sample, no tournament link)
• 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 for going-first/second, matchups, brick or starter rates Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck has no side deck, so post-side performance cannot be evaluated