The Agent Deck #772228 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck Synchro and Master Hyperion boards (2400-2800 ATK) supported by The Agent searchers and removal/negation traps; theoretical only because the list is illegal.; Special Summon and recursion through Master Hyperion, Gorz, and Sangan-based searches; no recorded boards to confirm.
• Turn 1 (going first): Search The Agent of Mystery - Earth or Pot of Duality, set interaction, and build toward a Synchro or Hyperion board while holding Solemn and Dust Tornado for the response.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Herald of Orange Light, Solemn Judgment, Dimensional Prison, and Bottomless Trap Hole to contain the opening board, then convert with a Synchro.
• Recovery: Recover through The Agent searchers, Sangan, and Master Hyperion's graveyard banish cost; the graveyard recursion is text-only and unverified.
• After siding: No side deck is present, so no post-side plan exists in this export.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards. Its searcher and Agent-core density gives about a 61% chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card opening (Inferred), so it reliably reaches a starter but does not reliably reach a full engine. Interaction is dense (about 30 removal-text cards plus 8 negation-text cards), which supports the endboard and interaction scores, but 19 trap cards and nine singleton-slot cards make the hand and main deck less efficient. Popularity was not credited: the archetype's usage stats confirm the Agent core exists, but the list runs only 24% of the core cards and only 12.9% exact-name purity. The score is capped as theoretical because four Forbidden cards and two Limited overages make the list illegal in OCG.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 44, Going First ≈ 41, Going Second ≈ 40, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); engine dilution and conflicts (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 0.80*44 + 0.20*35 = 42.2, then modifiers -12 → 30 (illegal list, theoretical only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.61 · 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 removal and negation text (30 removal, 8 negation) gives strong endboard answers
• Synchro top end (Scrap Dragon 2800, Gorz 2700, Black Rose 2400) gives real closing threats
• Searcher density (9 cards) gives about a 61% chance of at least one searcher in an opening hand

Weaknesses

• The list is illegal: 4 Forbidden-card copies and 2 Limited-card overages
• Low exact archetype purity (12.9%) and only 6 of 25 core cards
• No side deck, so there is no post-side plan
• 19 trap cards and many singletons raise the brick rate

Critical choke points

• Synchro access: most Extra Deck threats need a Tuner plus non-Tuner material in hand or field
• The Agent search line, which requires specific Agent monsters in the Deck
• Forbidden-card removal: Trishula and Trap Dustshoot are not usable in OCG and leave gaps in the plan

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: 4 Forbidden-card copies and 2 Limited overages; Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 size counts; Composition: 19 traps, 30 level-0 cards, 12.9% exact Agent purity; Card text for removal, negation, and searcher effects
• Observed: Archetype usage stats confirm the Agent core exists (24% of 25 core cards present)
• Inferred: Opening-hand probabilities (0.61 searcher, 0.65 core); Interaction density and endboard quality from text; Going-first and going-second estimates; Brick-risk estimate from composition
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated sample); Format fit and matchup coverage (no tournament data)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, brick, starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No guides attached (guides_evidence.total_guides = 0)