Dragon Link Deck #772024 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Combo, Tempo
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon high-ATK DARK Dragon boss monsters (Borrelend Dragon, Borrelshroud Dragon, Borreload Fatalflare Dragon) through Rokket and Borrel link chains, using Rokket Tracer, Rokket Loader and Quick Launch as the opening engine.; Rokket recursion from the GY via Absorouter Dragon, Rokket Caliber and Triple Borrel Launch to rebuild boards after interaction.
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1 Quick Launch or Rokket Tracer or Rokket Loader to reach a Rokket monster, search or summon a second Rokket, then link up toward a 3-link boss.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the hand-trap suite (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Maxx C, Droll and Lock Bird, Dominus Impulse) to slow the opponent, then rebuild through Rokket recursion and Extra Deck links.
• Recovery: Absorouter Dragon and Rokket Caliber recover a Rokket from the Deck or GY, and Borrel Reboot protects the link line after one disruption.
• After siding: No Side Deck was supplied, so there is no post-side plan to evaluate; the list is scored without side-deck adaptation.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: Rokket starters at 3 copies each give roughly a 0.34 chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand, and the archetype core group reaches about 0.99 at least one-in-hand as a proxy, which supports a reasonably live opening (Inferred). Redundant recursion (Absorouter Dragon, Rokket Caliber, Triple Borrel Launch) and six hand traps keep the engine going after one disruption and give a credible going-second plan. Extra Deck coverage is efficient, with 15 of 15 slots used across 11 Link monsters and high-ATK closers. The deck has no recorded boards, no tournament link and no Side Deck, so median output, matchup fit and post-side adaptability stay Inferred or Provisional, and popularity of the Dragon Link archetype earned no points. Legality failed (Striker Dragon at 2 copies against a Limited cap of 1, and a Forbidden Borreload Savage Dragon), so the Final score is capped at 35 and the evaluation is theoretical or structural only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Combo secondary (weights taken from the Midrange row; no blend applied). Structural ≈ 59, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); No side deck (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 57, then modifiers -12 = 45, then capped to 35 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.24 · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.01 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Three 3-copy Rokket starters give a real opening-hand chance of a live engine
• Recursion from GY (Absorouter Dragon, Rokket Caliber, Triple Borrel Launch) gives multiple routes after interruption
• Six hand traps give a credible going-second plan
• Extra Deck is fully used with 11 Link monsters and high-ATK closers

Weaknesses

• Illegal: Striker Dragon run at 2 copies against a Limited cap of 1
• Illegal: Borreload Savage Dragon is Forbidden and run in the Extra Deck
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation
• No recorded boards or win telemetry to confirm the ceiling or median

Critical choke points

• Rokket starter cluster: 3 of the Main starters need to be drawn to link up
• Link chain dependence on Rokket and Borrel monsters in the GY and on the field
• Forbidden and Limited Extra Deck cards cannot be used in a legal event as built

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 40, Extra 15, Side 0 counts match the OCG size rules; Striker Dragon over copy limit (2 run, 1 legal); Borreload Savage Dragon Forbidden and run once; Extra Deck composition: 11 Link, 2 Xyz, 1 Synchro, 1 Fusion
• Inferred: Starter consistency from hypergeometric odds (0.34 per 3-copy card at 5 cards); Hand-trap going-second read (0.65 at least one in 6); Recursion and interaction value from card text; Closing power from Link ATK values and text
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated meta sample or tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No Side Deck supplied