Swordsoul Deck #771844 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 38/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Synchro, Control
• 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: Synchro boss beats (Ashtraja Susanoo 3300, Akasuna 3000, Ashtraya Mikumari-no-Mikoto 3000, Adamancipator Risen - Dragite 3000) backed by hand-trap protection for the Synchro line; Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao 2800 and Ashtra/Mulcharmy card advantage over a longer game
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Swordsoul/Ashtra/Mulcharmy starter or searcher, set up a Tuner plus non-Tuner Synchro, and hold Ash Blossom / Infinite Impermanence / Evenly Matched for the opponent's first activation
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Songs of the Dominators) to break the opponent's first board, then Synchro through the remaining space
• Recovery: Mulcharmy draw effects, Swordsoul Emergence / Ashtrashen / Ashtra searchers, and Ashtra GY recursion (Yoa, Mikumari, Akasuna) rebuild the hand after a clean removal
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This list cannot be scored on the normal Final track because it breaks the OCG copy limit: three copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring against a legal maximum of two. The structural read is theoretical only. The deck reliably opens a Synchro engine through its Swordsoul, Ashtra and Mulcharmy starters and searchers (about 81% chance of at least one searcher-text card in a 5-card opening hand, Inferred), and it has nine hand traps plus removal text to protect that line. Its end-board is strong, with several 3000+ ATK Synchro bosses and a 3300 ATK Susanoo. Its weaknesses are a 17.1% exact-archetype purity, a 15-card Synchro Extra Deck that needs a tuner in hand or field, no recorded boards to measure a median, and no Side Deck at all. The score comes from consistency, interaction and closing power on the system, not from Swordsoul's popularity, and not from averaging card scores. The Illegal status caps the result at 38.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal copy limit (Ash Blossom x3, legal 2) (-12); Banlist exposure (Limited / Semi-Limited cards) (0). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 0.80*53 + 0.20*40 = 50.4, then Illegal modifier -12 = 38 (theoretical only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · 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

• Layered hand-trap interaction (nine hand traps, Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched)
• High end-board ATK from Synchro bosses (Susanoo 3300, Akasuna / Dragite / Ashtraya 3000)
• Searcher and draw density (15 searcher-text cards, Mulcharmy draw effects)

Weaknesses

• Illegal as listed: Ash Blossom is run three times against a legal limit of two
• Low exact-archetype purity (17.1%); the deck mixes Swordsoul, Ashtra, Mulcharmy, Branded, Solemn and Toy
• No Side Deck, so there is no post-side adaptation
• No recorded boards, so the combo floor and median cannot be measured

Critical choke points

• Synchro summons need a Tuner in hand or field, so Tuner-light hands stall the Synchro plan
• The Fallen / Fusion slots depend on Fallen of Albaz being present

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 within OCG size rules (40-60 main, 0-15 extra); Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring run 3 copies against a legal limit of 2 (Semi-Limited); Synchro boss ATK/DEF values from card data; Archetype purity 17.1% and copy histogram
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter and searcher odds from the hypergeometric table; Hand-trap coverage going second; Interaction density and resilience from card text
• Provisional: Meta power (no dated sample); Matchup fit (no tournament context)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link - archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN - going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No Side Deck present, so post-side performance cannot be assessed Only 1 of 2 archetype core cards present (Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying missing)