Salamangreat Deck #772348 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon a Salamangreat Link-3/4 (Heatleo, Raging Phoenix) and convert the board with 2300-2800 ATK attackers, supported by Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf and Miragestallio; Negate-and-recover grind through hand traps and Salamangreat GY recursion (Gazelle, Foxy, Spinny, Falco, Jack Jaguar)
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Level 1-4 Salamangreat starter (Foxy, Circle, Gazelle) to search or Special Summon a second body, then Link Summon toward Heatleo or Raging Phoenix
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched or Effect Veiler to blank the opponent's first summon or activation, then rebuild through GY Special Summons
• Recovery: Recycle Salamangreat monsters from the GY through Gazelle, Falco, Mole and Circle, then re-Link using Extra Deck Link monsters
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

The list has a real Salamangreat core: 40 exact-name Salamangreat copies, a 23-copy archetype core group with about 94.6% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand, and 13 Link plus 2 Xyz monsters that give it several late-game boards. Interaction is the strongest part of the system, since Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Solemn Judgment, Harpie's Feather Duster and the Salamangreat Roar/Rage pair cover most common openers, and that density drives the D7 and D5 reads. Conversion is the weakest part: there are no recorded boards, no guides and no win telemetry, so combo ceiling and median output are text-only inferences and the score is not a reward for the ceiling of Heatleo or Raging Phoenix. The deck is Illegal as submitted (three copies of Semi-Limited Ash Blossom), and the Structural score of about 54 is the uncapped view; the final score is capped at 30 per the legality rule, so the score reflects theoretical structure only. Popularity in usage statistics confirms the list is a real, accessible build but did not add points, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo primary, Stun secondary (about 80/20 by judgment, disclosed). Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-4); banlist_exposure_limited (-2); dependence_on_extra_deck_link (-2). Final formula: Uncapped: 0.80*Structural(54.5) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) + modifiers(-8) ≈ 43.6. Capped to 30 because legality status is Illegal (Ash Blossom over copy limit); rubric Step 2 applies, so this is a theoretical/structural-only result. Meta Power provisional, excluded.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.95 · 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

• Large exact-name Salamangreat core with high opening access to at least one starter
• Layered interaction: 11 hand traps, 15 negation-text cards and 25 removal-text cards
• Extra Deck covers multiple Link-3/4 and Xyz routes

Weaknesses

• Illegal as submitted: three copies of Semi-Limited Ash Blossom
• No side deck, so post-side adaptability is unmeasured and set to floor
• Off-archetype slots (Code Talker, Cyclone, Harpie, Solemn, Charmer, Mulcharmy) dilute engine coherence (58% exact purity)

Critical choke points

• Link Summon routes depend on a small number of 2-copy Extra Deck Link monsters
• Opening hands with only hand traps and no starter are a reactive brick

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 54 / Extra 15 / Side 0 counts; Ash Blossom 3 copies vs legal 2 (Semi-Limited); Harpie's Feather Duster and Solemn Judgment are Limited at 1 copy each; Hypergeometric draw probabilities from the Main Deck; Exact-name purity 58% and archetype spread; Card text and stats for all listed cards
• Observed: Usage statistics show Salamangreat core cards are standard in the archetype (Ash, Impermanence, Circle, Roar, Rage)
• Inferred: Starter access and brick rate estimates (D1/D2); Combo ceiling and floor from card text only (D3/D4); Interaction quality read from text (D7); Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (null); D13 matchup and format fit
• 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 win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates are Inferred or Unknown no side deck registered — post-side plan unmeasurable no guides for archetype or deck Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied