Train Deck #771927 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz boss pressure from the Superdreadnought Rail Cannon / K9 / Infinitrack Xyz Monsters in the Extra Deck, converted through Train searchers and Machine-line extension; Hand-trap-supported interaction (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Droll and Lock Bird) that slows the opponent while the Xyz board develops
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1: search or Normal Summon a Train / K9 / Infinitrack starter (Night Train Blue Traveler, Urgent Schedule, Heavy Forward, Infinitrack Harvester) and build toward a Level 10 or Level 5 Xyz; the probability of a live starter in the opening 5 is modest for any single card
• Turn 2 (going second): Turn 2 (after the opponent's turn): hold Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Droll and Lock Bird and Lightning Storm or Raigeki as interaction, and go to Xyz on the second main phase when hand traps have been used
• Recovery: Searchers (17 searcher-text cards) and graveyard recursion (Night Train Blue Traveler, Super Express Bullet Train, Infinitrack Road Roller) rebuild the hand after a clean board wipe
• After siding: Not evaluable: the list has no Side Deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan to score

Why it scores here

This list is scored as a system, not an average of its cards, and its legality is the first problem: three copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring exceed the OCG Semi-Limited limit of two, so the deck is Illegal and the score is capped at a theoretical, structural-only value. Structurally it opens to a searcher-dense Train, K9 and Infinitrack framework (17 searcher-text cards give roughly 0.86 odds of at least one searcher in an opening five), but the single 3-copy Night Train starter has only about 0.25 odds of appearing in the opening five, so the engine is reliable only once a searcher is found. The Extra Deck is full (14 Xyz plus 1 Link) and provides high-ATK closing power, and the eight hand traps plus 13 negation-text cards give layered interaction, especially going second (about 0.63 odds of a hand trap in six cards). The deck has no recorded boards, no guides and no tournament record, so combo conversion, median output and matchup fit cannot be measured and are only inferred; the absence of a Side Deck removes any post-side plan. Popularity and usage stats were used only to confirm that the Train core is real and accessible, and they earned no power points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange 85 / Toolbox 15 (not computed as a numeric mix; Midrange weights used directly). Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 46, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violation (-12); Banlist exposure (0). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*52 + 0.20*40 - 12 = 37.6, then capped at 30 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only score)

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

• Dense searcher text (17 cards) gives a high chance of finding a starter
• Layered interaction: 8 hand traps, 13 negation-text cards and 17 removal-text cards
• Full Extra Deck of high-ATK Xyz bosses, including 5000 ATK Gustav Rocket
• Hand-trap-supported going-second plan (about 0.63 odds in six cards)

Weaknesses

• Illegal: three copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring exceed the Semi-Limited limit
• Low archetype purity (20 percent exact Train name) across K9, Infinitrack, Mulcharmy, Bystial and others
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation
• No recorded combos, guides or tournament data to verify any line
• Many conflicting Normal Summon and Xyz bodies raise brick and clash risk

Critical choke points

• Night Train Blue Traveler (3 copies) is the main Train starter; only about 0.25 odds to appear in the opening 5
• Ash Blossom over the copy limit: the list must drop one copy before it can be played in OCG
• Dependence on Super Dreadnought Xyz bosses that need Rank 10 Machine Xyz material

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55 and Extra 15 are within OCG size limits (40-60 and 0-15); Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring runs 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2 (Illegal); Extra Deck is 14 Xyz plus 1 Link (15/15); Gustav Rocket ATK 5000 and Gustav Max ATK 3000 with 2000 direct damage text; 0-card Side Deck
• Observed: Usage stats: Revolving Switchyard 81 percent, Mulcharmy Fuwalos 69 percent, Night Train 65 percent, Ash Blossom 62 percent of archetype lists (confirms the list is real and accessible, not that it is strong)
• Inferred: Opening-hand odds of starters and searchers from the hypergeometric table (0.25, 0.86, 0.63); Interaction layering and hand-trap value from card text; Going-first and going-second plan quality from text and probability only
• Provisional: Meta Power is null: no dated metagame sample; Matchup fit and tournament reliability are not measured
• Data gaps: no combos supplied (total combos = 0): 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 for going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick, starter or OTK rates no guides attached (total guides = 0) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied no Side Deck, so post-side scoring is not evaluable deck title is null