Gimmick Puppet Deck #771966 — 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. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz boss pressure from Gimmick Puppet Xyz monsters (Number 40 / Number C40 / Number C15 / Fantasix Machinix) backed by Puppet recursion and string-counter removal; Negate-and-trade interaction (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Therion King Regulus, Solemn Judgment) into a single Xyz board
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers or Rouge Doll to search and build toward an Xyz Summon with Condolence Puppet / Mansion of the Dreadful Dolls support; hold Ash Blossom or Ghost Belle for the opponent's first activation
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand's hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird, Dominus Impulse) to answer the opening, then rebuild through Puppet recursion (Dreary Doll, Bisque Doll, Terror Baby)
• Recovery: Recur Gimmick Puppet monsters from the GY (Dreary Doll, Terror Baby, Rouge Doll) and banish-cost effects (Cattle Scream, Bisque Doll) to re-establish the Xyz engine after a single interruption
• After siding: No side deck is registered (side count 0), so no post-side plan can be evaluated.

Why it scores here

This list is illegal in OCG as submitted: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and Dominus Impulse are each run 3 times against a Semi-Limited limit of 2, so the deck is scored only as a theoretical, structural read and its score is capped at 30. Structurally, the Gimmick Puppet engine is well supported: the archetype core has a high probability of at least one copy in an opening hand, and the hand-trap and negation suite gives strong end-board interaction. Its floor and median output are not measured because the export contains no recorded boards, so the ceiling and median scores are inferred from card text alone. Popularity and archetype usage were not credited, and card scores were not averaged; the score reflects consistency, interaction, and closing power on the system. The deck has no side deck, 16 tech slots, and 43 off-archetype copies, which lowers its efficiency and post-side adaptability.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit cap (-11); Banlist exposure (-6); No side deck (-4). Final formula: Structural 53 (Midrange) → no-meta Final 0.80*53 + 0.20*45 = 51.4, then modifiers -10 → 41, then illegal cap applied → 30 (theoretical only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.03 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Broad negation and hand-trap suite (9 hand traps, 15 negation-text cards)
• Archetype core is very likely to be present in the opener (~0.97)
• Multiple Xyz bosses with destruction and damage effects
• Recursion from GY gives partial route redundancy

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG as submitted (two Semi-Limited cards over limit)
• Low exact-name purity (38.6%) with 16 tech slots and many off-archetype copies
• No side deck registered
• No recorded combos, so the floor and median output are unknown

Critical choke points

• Single-copy Xyz bosses (Number 40, Number C40) are Limited and are the main closing threats
• Hand-trap dependence on Ash Blossom and Ghost Belle, which are over limit (Ash) or Semi-Limited

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies vs limit 2; Illegal status: Dominus Impulse 3 copies vs limit 2; Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 within OCG size rules; Limited status on Number 40, Number C40, Droll & Lock Bird, Harpie's Feather Duster, Solemn Judgment; Exact-name purity 38.6%, 9 hand traps, 15 negation-text cards
• Inferred: Engine consistency from hypergeometric odds (archetype core ~0.97 at least one); Interaction breadth from card-text flags; Going-first and going-second estimates from hand-trap and starter odds; Pilotability from Xyz and negation timing complexity
• Provisional: Matchup fit and format fit (no tournament link or dated meta sample); Meta Power (null)
• 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 — brick, starter and matchup rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck registered (side count 0)