Nordic Deck #771807 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 52/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro and Link beatdown: Nordic Synchro monsters (Draco Berserker, Beelzeus) and Aesir Synchro boss monsters (Odin, Thor, Loki) overwhelm the board, with Gullveig and Underworld Goddess as Link support.; Main Deck Aesir fatties (Fenrir the Nordic Wolf 4000 ATK, Jormungardr 3000 ATK) and Nordic Relic recursion of Aesir monsters from the GY, both conditional on an Aesir monster already being on the field.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a Nordic core monster (Ivaldi, Alviss or Gullinbursti) and use Nordic Relic Hlidskjalf or Dverg to search a Nordic follow-up, then Synchro or Link into an Aesir boss while holding Solemn Judgment or Infinite Impermanence for the response.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Forbidden Droplet, Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler or Ghost Belle to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Nordic monsters, Gullinbursti revival and Svalinn or Hlidskjalf recursion.
• Recovery: Recover from a wipe with Nordic Relic Hlidskjalf and Gullinbursti from the GY, Svalinn to revive an Aesir monster, and Dverg to return a Nordic Relic from the GY.
• After siding: No sideboard is registered, so there is no post-side plan; the deck cannot adapt between games in a best-of-three.

Why it scores here

The score is built from the system, not from averaging card powers or from the Nordic archetype's popularity. The deck reliably reaches a Nordic core monster or searcher on the play about 69% of the time (about 76% going second), and its 11 Synchro and 4 Link extra-deck options give it real closing power through Odin, Thor, Loki and Draco. Its interaction is the strongest part of the list: 5 hand traps, Solemn Judgment, Dark Hole, Raigeki, Heavy Storm Duster and Harpie's Feather Duster give broad coverage of the opponent's board. The weak points are the 31% chance of no Nordic core in an opening five-card hand, a 40% exact-archetype purity from Adventurer, Forbidden and generic staples that compete with the engine for hand space, and a total absence of sideboard, which leaves no post-side plan. Combo ceiling and median output are text-inferred only because no recorded boards exist, so those dimensions carry the widest uncertainty.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 57.2, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 65, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: Engine conflicts (-2); Banlist exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional, no dated metagame sample supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.69 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.31 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Consistent core: 11 Nordic core copies give about 69% access on the play and 76% going second, backed by 12 searcher-text cards
• Strong interaction breadth: 5 hand traps plus Solemn Judgment, Dark Hole, Raigeki, Heavy Storm Duster and Harpie's Feather Duster
• Extra Deck closing power: Odin, Thor, Loki, Draco and Beelzeus cover multiple boss routes
• Recursion from the GY via Hlidskjalf, Gullinbursti, Svalinn and Dverg supports recovery across turns

Weaknesses

• Only 40% exact-archetype purity; 14 generic cards and 6 Adventurer cards compete with the engine for hand space
• No sideboard, so no post-side plan and no adaptation in best-of-three
• Aesir Main Deck monsters (Fenrir, Jormungardr) and Synchro bosses depend on a specific Tuner or Aesir on field
• No recorded combos, so ceiling and median output are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Opening hand with no Nordic core (about 31% on the play) leaves the engine dead in hand
• Tuner availability: Odin needs a Nordic Ascendant Tuner, Thor a Nordic Beast Tuner, Loki a Nordic Alfar Tuner (only Mara is in the deck)
• Going second, Aesir plays can be answered by one hand trap or Solemn Judgment

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: 55 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; Harpie's Feather Duster, Reinforcement of the Army and Solemn Judgment at 1 copy each within Limited status; Extra Deck breakdown: 11 Synchro, 4 Link; Tuner count 11 in the Main Deck; Card text and stats for every listed card, from the evidence pack
• Inferred: Core access probabilities (0.69 on the play, 0.76 going second, 0.31 no-core brick); Hand-trap access 0.45 going second; Interaction breadth and recursion read from card text; Going-first and going-second power estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power and format fit (no dated metagame sample supplied)
• 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 are absent No win-rate telemetry, so going-first and going-second splits and matchup results are unknown No sideboard registered, so post-side performance cannot be assessed Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied