Phantom Knights Deck #772025 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox
• 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-boss beatdown: Borrelend Dragon / Borrelshroud Dragon (3500 ATK each) and Borreload Liberator Dragon (control steal) through a Rokket/Borrel Link chain; Hand-trap disruption (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Impulse) into a board-breaking boss on going-second turns
• Turn 1 (going first): Starter from the 3-copy Rokket set (Rokket Tracer, Rokket Loader, Quick Launch, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Rokket Barrage, Dominus Spark) to reach Link Summons; odds of a 3-copy starter in a 5-card opening hand are about 0.34 (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Six-card hand: use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence) on the opponent's first line, then extend into Link/Synchro/Fusion bosses
• Recovery: Absorouter Dragon adds a Rokket monster when sent to the GY; Rokket Tracer and Rokket Barrage return Rokket bodies; Double Interlock and Triple Borrel Launch recur Dragons from the GY (Inferred from card text)
• After siding: None: the list runs 0 Side Deck cards, so there is no post-side plan (sideMax is 15)

Why it scores here

This list is illegal in OCG as submitted (Striker Dragon at 2 copies against a limit of 1, and Borreload Savage Dragon, which is Forbidden), so the score is a theoretical, structural-only read capped at 30. Its engine is a Rokket and Borrel Link chain that can reach 3000-3500 ATK link bosses and two strong hand traps (Ash Blossom and Maxx C) for going second. The score is not earned from archetype popularity: the Phantom Knights label matches only one card (purity 1.8%), and the list runs no Phantom Knights core. Consistency is capped by 3-copy starters that appear in an opening hand only about a third of the time. No combo boards, tournament data, or side deck are present, so floor, median, and post-side scores rest on inference. The card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Toolbox noted as a secondary read with no separate weights applied. Structural ≈ 45, Going First ≈ 47, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); engine conflict (-2). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*45 + 0.20*35 - 10 = 33; capped at 30 because the list is illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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

• Two 3500-ATK Link bosses (Borrelend, Borrelshroud) plus Borreload Liberator give a real endboard
• Six hand traps and multiple negation and removal effects provide layered interaction
• Recursion through Absorouter Dragon, Rokket Tracer, and Double Interlock helps across turns
• Main Deck is 40 cards, Extra Deck is 15: both within size rules

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Striker Dragon 2/1 and Borreload Savage Dragon Forbidden
• Archetype label Phantom Knights with 1.8% exact purity: the deck is actually a Rokket/Borrel Link build
• No Side Deck at all
• Three-copy starters appear in the opening hand about one time in three

Critical choke points

• Forbidden Borreload Savage Dragon removes an Extra Deck slot and must be cut before any legal evaluation
• Rokket monsters are the Link material for most bosses, so losing them to hand traps or removal breaks the chain

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Striker Dragon 2 copies vs limit 1; Borreload Savage Dragon Forbidden; Main 40 and Extra 15 within OCG size rules; Side 0; Card text for the 3500-ATK Link bosses and hand-trap effects from the evidence excerpts
• Inferred: Starter draw odds, brick rate, and interaction estimates from the hypergeometric tables and text reads; Going-first and going-second splits, from text only
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample or tournament link; Post-side performance: no side deck and no data
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry for OCG: going-first, going-second, matchup, and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null Archetype label Phantom Knights does not match the list composition (1.8% exact purity) No guides attached for the archetype (0 mentions)