Dracotail Deck #771632 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon large Dragon boss monsters (Blue-Eyes Tyrant, Albion, Arthalion, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma) from the Extra Deck, using Dracotail and Albaz-linked materials, then attack through an interaction shell.; Dracotail Faimena and Mulcharmy Fuwalos card advantage plus hand-trap and negation pressure to win a long game.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Dracotail Faimena or Lukias to search or set a Dracotail Spell/Trap, then chain a Fusion through Ketu Dracotail or Rahu Dracotail toward a 3000-ATK boss; keep Ash Blossom, Dragon's Mind or Effect Veiler up for the response.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Effect Veiler and Dragon's Mind to strip the opponent's first combo, then rebuild via Dracotail recursion from GY and banish zones.
• Recovery: Dracotail Flame, Dracotail Horn and Dracotail Sting each draw 1 after placing a Dracotail card on the bottom of the Deck, and Fusion materials are recycled from the GY.
• After siding: No side deck is registered in this list, so no post-side plan can be assessed.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: its Dracotail core (19 copies of the archetype-core group, roughly 89% chance of at least one in a 5-card opener) gives an engine that is usually live on turns 1 and 2, and its many hand traps and negations give it real interaction on the opponent's first combo. Ceiling is strong because the Extra Deck holds several 2800 to 3400 ATK Fusion bosses, but no recorded boards exist, so median output is inferred only from card text and is rated lower than the ceiling. Going-second play is credible through Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird and Effect Veiler, while the three-way split between Dracotail, Primite and Albaz/Blue-Eyes lines (21.4% exact-archetype purity) and the absence of any side deck pull the score down. The list is illegal in OCG as built (Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization each exceed their Semi-Limited limit of 2), so the score is capped and reflects structural potential only; popularity (Dracotail usage stats) and archetype share earned no points, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 53.5, Going First ≈ 56, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-6); engine_conflicts (-4); no_side_deck (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 39.2 before modifiers; illegal-deck cap applied, final = 35 (theoretical/structural only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.89 · 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

• Archetype-core density gives a high chance of a live starter on turn 1 (about 0.89 for at least one core card in opener)
• Many hand traps and negations give interaction on the opponent's first combo
• Extra Deck holds several 3000+ ATK Fusion bosses with recursion routes

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG as built: two cards over their Semi-Limited copy limit
• No side deck
• Low exact-archetype purity (21.4%) across Dracotail, Primite, Albaz and Blue-Eyes lines
• No recorded combos or win-rate data to confirm median output

Critical choke points

• Fusion Summon via Fallen of Albaz, Ketu or Rahu (single copies, Limited)
• Dracotail Faimena and Lukias as the main starters, with Blossom and Super Polymerization copies over the legal limit

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main deck 55 cards, Extra 15, Side 0 (within OCG size rules); Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization each run 3 copies against a limit of 2 (Semi-Limited); Extra Deck composition: 13 Fusion, 2 Link; Exact-name archetype purity 21.4%
• Inferred: Starter availability about 0.89 for at least one core card in an opener; Interaction density is high from card text; Recovery via Dracotail Flame, Horn and Sting; Going-second hand-trap coverage about 0.76
• Provisional: Meta and format fit (D13) and any meta-share read, pending a dated metagame sample
• 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 exists in YGOVN for going-first, going-second, matchup, brick or OTK rates no side deck registered, so post-side performance cannot be assessed Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied