Elfnote Deck #772312 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 53 / Extra 17 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz and Synchro bosses (K9-X "Werewolf" 3300 ATK, Number C104 3000 ATK, Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon 3000 ATK, Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius 3000 ATK) reached through a loose multi-archetype pile rather than one engine; Direct beatdown with Super Starslayer TY-PHON and Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign once a board is established
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher such as Vanquish Soul Jiaolong, Dr. Mad Love or Vanquish Soul, Start! to find another Vanquish Soul or K9 piece, then add a hand trap (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle) as protection (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Maxx "C", Droll & Lock Bird or Red Reboot to answer the opponent's first setup, then rebuild a Xyz board (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recursion from Mulcharmy Fuwalos/Purulia, Vanquish Soul return effects and Stake your Soul! (Inferred)
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so no post-side plan can be evaluated (gap)

Why it scores here

This list is scored as a system and not as an average of its card scores. Its strongest feature is access to searchers: 16 searcher-text cards give about an 85% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand, so it usually finds something to do. Its interaction is also layered, with 7 hand traps and roughly 7 negation effects, which raises the end-board and resilience scores. Those strengths are offset by a split identity: the deck is labelled Elfnote but contains zero Elfnote cards, and it mixes Vanquish Soul, K9, Umbral Horror, Bystial, Swordsoul, Mulcharmy and Kaiju. Its core engine is therefore not established, and only 4 of the 25 usage-core cards for the archetype are present. Popularity and archetype usage stats were not used to add points, and no combo data exists to lift the ceiling or median. The deck is illegal in OCG (53 Main, 17 Extra against a limit of 15, a Forbidden Baronne de Fleur, and 2 copies of a Limited card), so the final score is capped low and is theoretical only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 42, Going First ≈ 40, Going Second ≈ 38, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-6); engine conflicts (-4); illegal_theoretical_cap (0). Final formula: Structural 42 → (0.80·42 + 0.20·35 = 40.6) + modifiers −10 → 31 → Illegal theoretical cap → 25 (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.85 · 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 searcher text (16 cards) makes a functional opening likely
• Layered interaction: 7 hand traps plus Droll & Lock Bird and Mind Mirror Force
• Several 3000+ ATK Xyz and Synchro bosses

Weaknesses

• Illegal for OCG: Extra 17 over 15, Forbidden Baronne de Fleur, and A Case for K9 over its limit
• Declared Elfnote archetype with zero Elfnote cards; only 4 of 25 core cards present
• Mixes at least six sub-archetypes with no shared engine
• No side deck
• No combo evidence to judge conversion or median output

Critical choke points

• Reaching a boss requires the summon chain from Vanquish Soul or K9 pieces, which a single hand trap can break
• Illegal Extra Deck and Forbidden card must be removed before the list can be played

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 53 / Extra 17 / Side 0 counts; Extra Deck exceeds OCG limit of 15; Baronne de Fleur is Forbidden; A Case for K9 is Limited with 2 copies run; 0 Elfnote-named cards; 4 of 25 usage-core cards present; Probability table values (hypergeometric)
• Inferred: Starter access and brick estimates; Interaction quality from text roles; Engine coherence across sub-archetypes; Going-first and going-second plans
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament context); Side deck adaptability (no side deck)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no side deck — post-side adaptability cannot be assessed no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — brick, matchup and turn-order signals are Inferred Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied