Fiendsmith Deck #772236 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck beaters and Fiendsmith Fusion/Link threats (Fiendsmith's Desirae, Armades, Mudragon) reached through Fiendsmith and Yummy starters; not a recorded combo line (no boards in evidence).; Negation-heavy grind: hand traps and Solemn/Dominus protect a Link or Fusion board once it lands.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a LIGHT Fiend/Yummy starter (Fiendsmith's Tract or Fiendsmith Engraver for searches, Lacrima the Crimson Tears or Yummy monsters for summons) and build a Link or Fusion board; hold a hand trap for the opponent's first activation.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use a hand trap (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird) or Dominus Purge/Solemn on the opponent's starter, then rebuild from the remaining hand and Extra Deck.
• Recovery: Recover through Mulcharmy Fuwalos/Purulia draws, Ghost Belle and Ghost Ogre GY/hand effects, and Fiendsmith GY recursion via Lacrima and Fiendsmith's Sequence.
• After siding: Not applicable: the side deck is empty (0 cards), so no best-of-3 adaptation is available.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards. Its engine is accessible at roughly 63% for at least one archetype-core card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred), but the list is an unfocused mix of Fiendsmith, Yummy, Mulcharmy and generic staples (exact-name purity 8.3%), which lowers opening-hand quality and brick control. Interaction is the strongest area: 14 hand traps, 19 negation-text cards and 23 removal-text cards give dense answers that score well for both going first and going second. Without any recorded boards, the combo ceiling and median output are text-only inferences and are scored low. The list is Illegal (Marshmao☆Yummy at 3 copies against a limit of 1; Ash Blossom at 3 against a limit of 2), so the structural score is capped and the result is theoretical only. Popularity of the Fiendsmith archetype did not earn points, and no side deck means no post-side adaptability.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 49, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal: theoretical/structural-only. 0.80*Structural(49) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 47.2, then modifier -12 (banlist exposure) = 35; Meta Power provisional/null.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.63 · 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

• 14 hand traps and 19 negation-text cards give dense interaction on both turns
• Fiendsmith Extra Deck threats (Desirae, Requiem, Sequence) are present and reach 2300–2800 ATK boards
• Two Fiendsmith Tract/Engraver searchers provide a consistent starter route (Inferred)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Marshmao☆Yummy over the copy limit (3 vs 1) and Ash Blossom over its limit (3 vs 2)
• Low archetype purity (8.3%) and 66 off-archetype copies create conflicting engines
• No side deck, so no best-of-3 adaptation
• No combo or board evidence, so ceiling and median are unverified

Critical choke points

• Single-copy Limited Fiendsmith Engraver and Fiendsmith's Tract: losing either removes the main searcher route
• Limited Solemn Judgment and Droll & Lock Bird: one copy each, so a single loss removes that interaction

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 57 and Extra 15 are within size rules; Marshmao☆Yummy copy limit violation (3 vs 1); Ash Blossom copy limit violation (3 vs 2); Side deck is empty; Exact-name archetype purity 8.3%
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter access ≈ 0.63; Brick and hand-trap conflict risk; Interaction density reads as strong
• Provisional: Meta and matchup fit (no tournament 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 exists in YGOVN Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Usage-statistics core list marks Fiendsmith's Requiem, Sequence and Desirae as absent while the Extra Deck list shows them present; core-present percentage is unreliable Deck title is null