Sacred Beast Deck #771515 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 39/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss monsters from the Sacred Beast and Ancient Gear lines (Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, Chaos Ancient Gear Giant, Infinity of the Sacred Beasts - Raviel, Calamity of the Sacred Beasts - Hamon) on a board cleared or drawn through Sacred Beasts searchers; Ancient Gear Megaton Golem and Ancient Gear Howitzer chip damage and attrition, with Nibiru and Accesscode Talker as board-breaking followers
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with the archetype core (Thunderclap, Fallen Paradise, Martyr, Wyvern, Statue) to search and place continuous spells, then pivot to Ancient Gear Golem or Fusion/Link extension through Ancient Gear Fusion, Ancient Gear Duel and Geartown
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the hand traps (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Droll and Lock Bird, Nibiru) to strip the opponent's first engine, then rebuild a single boss from the GY and banish zones
• Recovery: Sacred Beasts Released and Foolish Burial recover the search engine from the GY; Ancient Gear Ballista and Summoner of the Sacred Beasts restart the board through Link and hand-based Special Summons
• After siding: No Side Deck is present, so no post-side plan can be evaluated; the list has no declared matchup adjustments

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as one system and not as an average of its cards. Its archetype core (15 copies, present in about 81% of opening 5-card hands) and a 19-card searcher group (about 89% chance of at least one in opening 5) give a reasonably accessible starter engine, which is why D1 is moderate. Closing power is the strongest area: the Extra Deck carries several 3300 to 4500 ATK bosses and Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem and Chaos Ancient Gear Giant are the real finishers. Consistency and median output are held back because the main deck splits across Ancient Gear, Phantasm, Mulcharmy and generic staples with zero exact-name archetype purity, and there are no recorded boards to measure a median or ceiling. The list is illegal: Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization are over their Semi-Limited copy limit, so the overall score is capped low and the evaluation is theoretical only. Popularity of the Sacred Beast archetype did not earn points; archetype usage confirms the list is real, not that it is strong.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary with Toolbox secondary; the Midrange profile is used because the list runs a hand-trap package with Extra Deck pivots. Structural ≈ 52.2, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (illegal copies) (-8); engine conflicts (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers(-12); legality cap applied

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.81 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.19 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dense searcher text (19 cards) with about 89% chance of at least one in opening 5
• Heavy Extra Deck closing power from 4000 to 4500 ATK bosses
• Nine hand traps and nine negation-text cards provide layered interaction
• Recursion through Sacred Beasts Released and Geartown

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization run 3 copies against a limit of 2
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• Three archetype splits dilute the engine and raise brick risk
• No recorded boards, so combo floor and ceiling are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Access to the Sacred Beast Level 10 boss depends on one Phantasm line (Thunderclap and Fallen Paradise)
• Ancient Gear Golem cannot be Special Summoned, so Fusion or Ancient Gear Fusion is required for the Golem line

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal in OCG: Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization run 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2; 55 main and 15 extra cards are within the OCG size rules; No Side Deck cards are present; Core card and searcher probabilities from the hypergeometric table
• Inferred: Consistency estimates (D1, D2) from hypergeometric odds and archetype core group; Hand-trap and interaction reads (D7, D8) from card text; Closing power from end-board ATK values
• Provisional: Meta Power is null and matchup fit (D13) rests on archetype usage only
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for going-first, going-second, matchup, or brick rates No guides attached to the archetype No Side Deck: post-side performance cannot be scored Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample