Shining Sarcophagus Deck #771572 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG
40 Main, 15 Extra, incl. Magician's Rod x3, Mulcharmy Fuwalos x3, Illusion of Chaos x3. Created Oct 21, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 10/21/2026
Main Deck (40)
- Dark Magician, the Pharaoh's Servant x1
- Droll & Lock Bird x1
- Magician's Rod x3
- Maxx "C" x1
- Mulcharmy Fuwalos x3
- Dark Magician x2
- Illusion of Chaos x3
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x2
- Effect Veiler x1
- Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit x2
- Ancient Secrets x2
- Dark Magical Curtain x3
- Preparation of Rites x3
- Soul Servant x1
- The Fallen & The Virtuous x2
- The Gaze of Timaeus x3
- Ultimate Sky x2
- Dominus Spark x2
- Infinite Impermanence x3
Extra Deck (15)
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Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 44 |
| Going First | 40 |
| Going Second | 42 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 40 |
- Primary strategy: Combo
- Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Tempo
- Format: ocg
Legality
Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Extra Deck Fusion, Synchro and Link monsters (Dark Magician Fusions, Chaos Angel, Accesscode Talker) closing through board pressure and removal text; Dark Magician recursion and Ritual/Mulcharmy card advantage to rebuild board presence
- Turn 1 (going first): Open Magician's Rod, Preparation of Rites, Dark Magician or Ash Blossom, then search and extend into a Fusion or Link. The starter is not reliably live on T1 (Inferred).
- Turn 2 (going second): Rely on hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Effect Veiler, Droll and Lock Bird, Maxx C) to break the opponent's first turn, then convert through Dark Magician-based Extra Deck summons.
- Recovery: Dark Magician's Pharaoh's Servant, Soul Servant and Mulcharmy Fuwalos draw and return cards to the Deck to rebuild the hand after interruption.
- After siding: Not evaluable: no Side Deck is present in the export (Side Deck size 0).
Why it scores here
The deck is Illegal in OCG: it runs two copies of Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon and one each of Albion the Branded Dragon and Charmer Quartet in Bloom, all Forbidden, so the score is capped and the evaluation is theoretical only. The list is a mix of Dark Magician, Chaos, Mulcharmy, Branded and Timaeus sub-archetypes with 0% exact-name Shining Sarcophagus purity, so engine coherence is moderate rather than strong. Its hand-trap and searcher density (10 hand traps, 12 searcher-text cards, about 85% chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card hand) gives a plausible opening, but no recorded boards exist to measure the ceiling or median. Archetype popularity and the Shining Sarcophagus usage stats confirm the list is a real build, but they did not earn points. The score comes from the system: consistency and interaction minus a banlist penalty, not from averaging card scores.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 50 | P(at least one searcher in 5-card hand) about 0.85; starter access about 0.34 per single-copy card, so the engine is only partly live on T1 (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 45 | Hand-trap and searcher density is high, but Dark Magician and Chaos pieces are off-archetype and can become dead cards without the right partner (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 40 | No parseable boards, so ceiling cannot be measured; the Fusion and Link payoffs are real but unverified (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 35 | No combo data, so median output is unknown and set low for lack of evidence (Inferred) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 45 | Recursion through Soul Servant, Dark Magician's Pharaoh's Servant and Mulcharmy Fuwalos gives some route redundancy (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 40 | Mulcharmy draw and Dark Magician recursion help rebuild, but Extra Deck costs are heavy (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 55 | 11 negation-text cards and 10 hand traps give layered interaction; no floodgate present (Inferred) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 40 | Ghost Ogre, Ash Blossom and hand traps support going second, but there is no true board breaker (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 40 | Dark Magician of Destruction and Chaos Angel are closers, but Forbidden cards cut the end-board (Inferred) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 50 | 40 main cards with 19 distinct names and 3-copy staples; compact enough (Verified: legality counts) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 55 | 7 Fusion, 6 Link and 2 Synchro Extra Deck cards give flexibility, but 3 Extra Deck cards are Forbidden or Limited (Verified: legality) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 15 | No Side Deck in the export, so post-side adaptability cannot be assessed (Verified: Side Deck size 0) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 25 | No tournament link or dated meta sample; format fit is provisional (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 40 | Multiple Fusion, Link and Synchro lines with several decision points; a demanding pilot is needed (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Combo primary, Toolbox secondary (disclosed; 14 dimensions weighted by Combo profile). Structural ≈ 44, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 42, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 43; banlist modifier -12 gives 31; Illegal cap applied, final 25
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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
- Strong hand-trap and negation density (about 10 hand traps and 11 negation-text cards)
- Diverse Extra Deck with Fusion, Link and Synchro options for multiple lines
- Recursion through Dark Magician and Mulcharmy supports a rebuild after interaction
Weaknesses
- Illegal under OCG rules: three Forbidden cards run over the limit
- Low exact-archetype purity (0%) with many off-archetype copies
- No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median cannot be measured
- No Side Deck
Critical choke points
- Each Forbidden card must be removed before the list is playable, and removing them changes the Extra Deck plan
- Dark Magician pieces must be drawn together to start the engine
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon (2 copies) and Albion the Branded Dragon | Legal Extra Deck Fusion or Link monsters within the copy limits | Restores legality; these cards are Forbidden in OCG |
| 2 | Charmer Quartet in Bloom | A legal Link monster that fits the Dark Magician or Cyberse engine | Forbidden, so it cannot be run |
| 3 | Off-archetype copies of single-use cards | A Side Deck of 10 to 15 cards | No Side Deck gives no post-side plan |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Illegal status: 3 Forbidden cards over the OCG copy limit; Main 40, Extra 15, Side 0 are within OCG size rules (except the missing Side Deck); Limited and Semi-Limited copy counts are within limits; Exact-name archetype purity is 0%
- Inferred: Starter access approximately 0.34 per single-copy card in a 5-card hand; Hand-trap and negation density gives layered interaction; Recursion provides route redundancy
- Provisional: Meta and format fit (D13) with no dated sample or 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 record absent no win-rate telemetry (going-first, going-second, matchup, starter or brick rates) no Side Deck in the export Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied
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