Dracotail Deck #772004 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 34/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• 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: Fusion Summon Dracotail boss monsters (Gulamel, Arthalion, Pan-class fusions) from the Extra Deck via Faimena, Lukias, Ketu, Rahu and Mululu, then convert the board with Invoked and Dracotail fusions.; Aleister/Invoked fusion boards (Hyperinvoked Aeon, Invoked De Anima) when Dracotail starters are missing.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Dracotail starter (Faimena or Lukias) with a searcher (Lukias, Ketu, Invocation), fuse on T1 using Rahu or Mululu, and protect the board with Ash Blossom and Ghost Ogre.
• Turn 2 (going second): Respond to the opponent's first summons with Ash Blossom, Nibiru or Droll & Lock Bird, then fuse through the hand-trap-protected board.
• Recovery: Recover via Dracotail Horn, Dracotail Flame and Dracotail Sting (draw-and-recycle from GY/banish) and Aleister searchers to rebuild a second fusion starter.
• After siding: Side deck is empty (0 cards); no post-side plan exists in this list.

Why it scores here

The list is Illegal: three copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and three of Super Polymerization exceed the OCG Semi-Limited cap of two, so the structural score is reported as a theoretical read and the final score is capped low. Structurally the deck is a Dracotail fusion engine with 22 archetype-core copies (about 93% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening, Inferred), a searcher density of 18 cards, and nine hand traps for interruption. Its ceiling and median output cannot be measured because no boards were recorded, so the combo dimensions are text-only inferences and stay low. The score comes from consistency, interaction and Extra Deck coverage on the system, not from averaging card scores and not from the popularity of the Dracotail archetype, which the usage data only confirms as a real, accessible list. Four core cards (Secreterion Dragon, Dracotail Gulamel, Dracotail Arthalion, Dracotail Phryxul) are missing from the list, and the side deck is empty.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 47, Going First ≈ 46, Going Second ≈ 44, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit exposure (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 0.80*47 + 0.20*40 = 45.6, then illegal-list exposure modifier -12 = 33.6, rounded to 34

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.07 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Large Dracotail and Invoked fusion coverage in the Extra Deck (11 Fusion, 4 Link)
• Nine hand traps plus 18 searcher-text cards support interaction and consistency
• Main deck inside the legal 40-60 size band with a full 15-card Extra Deck

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization over the OCG copy limit
• No side deck (0 cards), so no post-side plan
• Four core archetype cards missing (Secreterion Dragon, Gulamel, Arthalion, Phryxul)
• No recorded boards; combo ceiling and median cannot be measured

Critical choke points

• Extra Deck fusion access through Faimena, Lukias, Ketu, Rahu and Mululu; losing a starter to hand trap or Ash removes the main route
• Limited/Semi-Limited cards (Ketu, Rahu, Mululu, Feather Duster, Droll, Magnamhut) each at 1 copy, so one hand loss is a permanent route loss

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization over OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2 (3 copies each); Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 within size rules; Archetype core: 22 copies, 93.2% chance of at least one in 5-card opening (hypergeometric); Usage stats: 13 of 17 core cards present (76.5%)
• Inferred: Opening consistency and brick estimates from hypergeometric draw tables; Interaction quality from hand-trap and negation text flags; Combo structure from card text; no recorded boards
• Provisional: Meta power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent 1 passcode (86120751) in CardIDList could not be resolved and was counted as main No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Meta Power provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Side deck empty; no post-side data