Temple of the Kings Deck #771489 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 36/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 45 / Extra 14 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Temple of the Kings engine (Anubis, Man with the Mark, Merciless Scorpion) feeding Apophis / Egyptian God pressure and Train or Eldlich Extra Deck bosses (Inferred); Divine Serpent Apophis fusion/tribute summon and Winged Dragon of Ra Sphere / Immortal Phoenix recursion (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Temple/Apophis starter, search or set Temple of the Kings, then extend through Ra or Apophis searches; hold Ash Blossom / Infinite Impermanence for the opponent's first response (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use six-card hand hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Nibiru, Infinite Impermanence) to break the opponent's first board, then rebuild through GY-based Anubis / Eldlich recursion (Inferred)
• Recovery: Rebuild from GY Trap and Temple of the Kings recursion plus Apophis Trap Set effects, which are present in the list but unlinked to a verified line (Inferred)
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan; the list is structural-only (Verified)

Why it scores here

This deck cannot receive a normal Final Contextual score because it runs Saryuja Skull Dread, which is Forbidden in OCG, so the evaluation is theoretical and structural-only. Structurally the list has real redundancy: the archetype core (11 copies, about 77 percent chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand) is backed by searchers (17 cards, about 92 percent) and six hand traps across several Ra, Apophis, Eldlich and Serket lines. Its weakness is the lack of any combo evidence (no recorded boards) and a low exact-archetype purity of 15 percent with many off-archetype cards, which holds the median and brick dimensions down. Extra Deck coverage is uneven: Golden Land and Train bosses have enablers present, but Galaxy-Eyes Cipher X and Super Starslayer TY-PHON have no visible material routes in this list. No side deck, no tournament link and no win-rate telemetry exist, so Meta and matchup dimensions are provisional and the score was not derived from averaging card scores or from archetype popularity. The score was capped low for legality.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Toolbox noted as secondary, not blended in numerically. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 0.80*51 + 0.20*35 = 47.8, then modifiers -12 for Forbidden-card banlist exposure, giving 36; illegal list so theoretical/structural-only

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.3 · 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

• Core archetype access is high: about 77 percent to open at least one of 11 core-engine copies in a 5-card hand
• Six hand traps plus Maxx C and Nibiru give going-second disruption
• Several independent starts (Ra, Apophis, Golden Land, Eldlich, Serket) add route redundancy

Weaknesses

• Saryuja Skull Dread is Forbidden, making the list illegal
• Low exact-archetype purity (15.3 percent) and 50 off-archetype copies weaken engine coherence
• No Side Deck registered, so there is no post-side adaptability
• Several Extra Deck bosses (Galaxy-Eyes Cipher X, Super Starslayer TY-PHON) lack visible enablers in this list

Critical choke points

• Temple of the Kings is 1 copy and carries much of the Apophis and Serket enabling; losing it strains the engine
• Core-engine access depends on about 77 percent hand-opening odds, leaving roughly one-quarter of openings without a core card

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Saryuja Skull Dread is Forbidden with 0 legal copies and 1 copy run, an over-limit violation; Main Deck size is 45 (within 40-60) and Extra is 14 (within 0-15); Exact archetype purity is 15.3 percent with 50 off-archetype copies; No Side Deck is registered and no tournament link exists
• Observed: Archetype usage statistics: 6 of 13 core cards present (46.2 percent)
• Inferred: About 77 percent chance of at least one core engine card in a 5-card opening hand; Hand-trap access and route redundancy from card text; Extra Deck boss enablers are partial (Galaxy-Eyes Cipher X, Super Starslayer TY-PHON)
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit (D13) and Meta Power are provisional without a dated meta sample
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta share and pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for going-first, going-second, matchup, brick or OTK rates No Side Deck registered, so post-side plans cannot be evaluated Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied