Monarch Deck #771601 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 52 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon a Level 8 or higher Fusion or Synchro boss (Titaniklad, Mirrorjade, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma, Granguignol) from the Extra Deck, enabled by Fallen of Albaz and Branded searchers (Inferred from card text); Monarch Tribute Summon and Monarch recursion pressure via Zaborg, Eidos and Edea (Inferred from card text)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a Monarch or Fallen of Albaz starter, search through Monarch and Branded spells, then fuse into a boss; interruptions are answered by Ash Blossom and Ghost Belle (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll and Lock Bird, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre) answer the opponent's first disruption, then the engine resumes; Branded Fusion and Super Polymerization convert (Inferred)
• Recovery: Searchers (14 copies) and Pantheism / Masterplan recursion rebuild the hand; Fallen of the White Dragon and Nadir Servant act as backup starters (Inferred)
• After siding: No side deck is registered (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan. The deck cannot be evaluated for side adaptability.

Why it scores here

The score comes from the deck as a system, not from averaging its 67 card scores. The list reliably opens a starter about 81% of the time through its 14 searchers, but its engine is split across several sub-archetypes (exact Monarch name only 12 of 52 copies, 17.9% purity), which lowers consistency and conversion. The 10 hand traps and 7 negation effects give it real interaction density on the going-second turn, which is the strongest part of the profile. There are no recorded boards, no usage statistics and no tournament link, so median and ceiling output are text-only inferences. Popularity and archetype status earned no points. Because the list is Illegal (Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization each run 3 copies against a limit of 2) and it has no side deck, it receives only a theoretical, structural read capped at 25.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 48.7, Going First ≈ 46, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-5); engine_conflicts (-4); single_extra_deck_dependence_and_no_side (-3). Final formula: Illegal cap: uncapped 0.80*48.7 + 0.20*35 - 12 (modifiers) ≈ 34, capped at 25 for an Illegal list; structural-only, Meta provisional

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.81 · 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

• Dense searcher count (14) gives a high chance of finding a starter
• Layered interaction: 10 hand traps and 7 negation-text cards, plus Solemn Judgment and Harpie's Feather Duster
• Strong Extra Deck boss options at Level 8 and above

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization each run 3 copies over the limit of 2
• Low exact-archetype purity (17.9%) spreads the engine across several sub-archetypes
• No side deck, so there is no post-side adjustment
• High reliance on reactive hand traps, which can leave dead cards in hand

Critical choke points

• Fallen of Albaz or the Fallen of the White Dragon for Fusion starts
• Branded Fusion, a Limited card at one copy, as the key Fusion enabler
• Ash Blossom and Ghost Belle as the main answers to the opponent's first disruption

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main deck is 52 cards, Extra Deck 15, Side 0; Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization are over the copy limit (3 vs 2); Exact archetype purity is 17.9% (12 of 67 copies); Probability figures for searcher and hand-trap groups
• Inferred: Starter access and consistency from hypergeometric estimates; Engine coherence and conversion read from card text; Interaction quality from hand-trap and negation text; Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated meta sample)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied, so floor, median and ceiling are text-only inferences no archetype usage statistics no tournament link, so meta-share and pilot record are absent no win-rate telemetry for this deck Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample no side deck registered