Darklord Deck #772164 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss monsters (Vidolium 5000 ATK, Jupiter 3500 ATK, Nerva 3300 ATK, Darklord Morningstar 3000 ATK, The First Darklord 4000 ATK) reached through Darklord and Power Patron searches and Fusion or Link summons; Link and Fusion pressure from Mediclius, Purification Power Patron and Darklord Eveningstar, backed by Darklord Ixchel and Darklord Dance
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Darklord starter or a searcher (Darklord Djehuty, Medius the Pure, Pendulum Treasure or Banishment of the Darklords), search a Power Patron or Darklord engine, then convert through Plundered Power Patron Plane or Vidolium pendulum and Link or Fusion summons. Hold Ash Blossom and Herald hand traps for the opponent's first activation.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the Herald and Ash hand traps (about 54% chance of at least one in a 6-card hand) to blank the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Darklord Gulgolet and the Medius and Theorealize searchers. Blowout depends on Ash and Herald copies, which the list cannot legally run.
• Recovery: Recover from the graveyard through Mulcharmy draw effects, Medius and Theorealize GY effects, Fallen Angel in Darkness and Darklord Ixchel, which are text-supported but unverified in practice.
• After siding: No side deck is registered (0 side cards), so there is no post-side plan. The deck cannot adjust to matchups as built.

Why it scores here

The deck opens a Darklord or Power Patron engine on most hands: the archetype core has about an 82% chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opener, and searcher text covers 28 cards. Its 15-card Extra Deck gives it a real closing layer, with 3000 to 5000 ATK bosses and Link engines. Interaction is dense (7 hand traps and 15 negation-text cards), which supports going-second and mid-turn play. The score does not come from averaging card power or from Darklord being a well-known archetype. The main drag is structure: only 23% of copies are exact-name Darklord, and the engine is split across Power Patron, Artmage, Herald, Mulcharmy and Medius. That split weakens consistency and pilotability. The list is also Illegal under the OCG banlist, so the score is capped and reflects structural analysis only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violations (-15); Banlist exposure (Limited / Semi-Limited) (-3); No side deck (-2); Engine conflicts (sub-archetype spread) (-2). Final formula: Structural 55.4 (Midrange weights) → uncapped 0.80*55.4 + 0.20*40 = 52.3, then context modifiers (−7) → 45.3, then illegal cap → 30. Structural/theoretical only; Meta provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.82 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.18 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Archetype core present in about 82% of opening hands (5-card)
• Dense interaction: 7 hand traps and 15 negation-text cards
• Extra Deck bosses reach 3000 to 5000 ATK
• Searcher density is high (28 cards)

Weaknesses

• Illegal: Ash Blossom ×3 and Herald of Orange Light ×3 exceed OCG limits
• Low exact-name Darklord purity (22.7%); engine split across sub-archetypes
• No side deck
• No recorded combos, so floor and median are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Power Patron Link chain: most closing routes need a Power Patron on field or in GY
• Herald and Ash hand traps are the main interaction, and both are over legal copy limits

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Ash Blossom ×3 vs legal 2, Herald of Orange Light ×3 vs legal 1 (OCG); Main 60, Extra 15, Side 0 (within size rules); Archetype purity 22.7% exact-name; 12 sub-archetypes present; Card stats and text (e.g., Vidolium 5000 ATK)
• Inferred: P(≥1 archetype core in 5-card opener) ≈ 0.82; Going-second hand-trap access ≈ 0.54; Interaction density from text (7 hand traps, 15 negation-text cards)
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated sample); Matchup fit (no tournament link); Floor and median output (no boards)
• 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 No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates) No side deck registered Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied