Galaxy Photon Deck #772049 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 55/100 (±6 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz Summon Galaxy-Eyes and Number Dragons from the Extra Deck (Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, Number 62 and Number C62 family) and attack through a board the opponent cannot rebuild; Galaxy Photon Dragon and Photon Emperor pressure backed by hand traps and Photon Trident piercing
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Galaxy Wizard or Photon Delta Wing, search a Photon or Galaxy monster with Galaxy Defense Robot or Galaxy Soldier, then Xyz Summon with the Level 4 or Level 8 pair and keep a hand trap up
• Turn 2 (going second): Open with Maxx C, Droll, Ash Blossom or Infinite Impermanence to slow the opponent, then rebuild with Galaxy Summoner recursion and Xyz into a Level 8 boss
• Recovery: Galaxy Hundred, Photon Orbital and Photon Emperor recursion from the GY, plus Galaxy Summoner and Photon Change re-enable the starter route after a board wipe
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan; any adjustment has to come from a rebuilt list

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a starter with about 80 percent odds of at least one searcher in the opening five (hypergeometric, Inferred), with Galaxy Wizard, Galaxy Defense Robot and Photon Delta Wing providing multiple entry points. Its strength is the interaction layer: six hand traps, Maxx C, Droll, Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence and several negation and removal traps give it durable answers in both going-first and going-second. Conversion ceiling is high through Level 8 Xyz boss monsters (4000 to 4500 ATK), but no recorded boards exist, so median output is an Inferred read from text rather than a measured figure. The score does not come from Galaxy Photon being a popular archetype, and it does not come from averaging card scores; it reflects the system's redundancy against the interaction it runs. Weak points are nine off-theme Dominus and trap cards that dilute the opening hand, no Side Deck, and no meta data, so the rating is capped near the mid-50s.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Combo secondary used only for the D3 and D4 reading (no ratio applied to weights). Structural ≈ 60.8, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 66, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: Off-theme engine pieces (-3); No Side Deck (-2); Banlist exposure (-1); Engine redundancy (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional); 0.80*60.8 + 0.20*52 = 59.1, then modifiers -4.0 = 55

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.8 · 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 starter access with about 80 percent odds of a searcher in the opening five (Inferred)
• Six hand traps plus Maxx C, Droll and Ash Blossom give strong going-second interaction (Verified text, Inferred impact)
• Multiple Level 8 Xyz finishers with 4000 to 4500 ATK and recursion for a high ceiling (Verified stats)

Weaknesses

• Nine off-theme Dominus and trap copies with no Dominus engine can brick hands (Inferred)
• No Side Deck means there is no post-side plan (Verified)
• No combo boards or win-rate data, so median output and matchup fit are unmeasured (Verified gap)
• Limited and Semi-Limited interaction (Droll, Maxx C, Crossout, Ash Blossom) is exposed to banlist change (Verified)

Critical choke points

• Opening-hand starter (any searcher) is about 80 percent, so the remaining 20 percent of hands depend on hand traps and recursion (Inferred)
• Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and Level 8 bosses depend on specific Xyz material pairs (Inferred)
• Limited interaction means one banlist update removes a meaningful share of answers (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal: 56 Main, 15 Extra, Limited and Semi-Limited copy counts within limits; Off-archetype copy count of 71 and exact name purity 0; Xyz and Link Extra Deck breakdown (13 Xyz, 2 Link); No Side Deck (Side Deck size 0)
• Inferred: About 80 percent odds of a searcher in the opening five; Interaction density from negation and removal text and hand-trap roles; Going-first and going-second power estimates from text and probability
• Provisional: Format fit and matchup coverage, no tournament link or dated meta share; Meta Power is null
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first, going-second, matchup, brick or starter rates) No Side Deck registered, so post-side adaptability cannot be measured Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample