Apophis Deck #772447 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 51/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Xyz/Link/Fusion
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss from Xyz, Link or Fusion (Divine Serpent Apophis 2800, Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer 2800, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS 3000, Topologic Bomber Dragon 3000) reached through Argostars and Apophis trap-based summons (Inferred); Argostars - Adventurous Arion (2200 Xyz) and Argostars / Apophis trap-to-monster beaters, with Xyz recursion from the GY (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher (12 searcher-text cards, P(at least one in a 5-card hand) = 0.72), search an Argostars or Apophis piece, and build an Xyz or Link. No combo records exist, so this line is text-derived (Inferred).
• Turn 2 (going second): Use one of 6 hand traps or negations (6 copies; P(at least one in a 6-card hand) = 0.52) to answer the opponent's first summon or search, then rebuild into the Extra Deck. Text-derived (Inferred).
• Recovery: Re-use Xyz from the GY through Armored Xyz, Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer and Argostars banish/GY searches, plus Mulcharmy draw effects. Text-derived (Inferred).
• After siding: None. The deck has 0 Side Deck cards, so there is no post-side plan (Verified from legality counts).

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards. Its best feature is interaction: 15 negation-text cards, 19 removal-text cards, 6 hand traps and 3 floodgates give layered answers that score well on end-board interaction (D7 74, Inferred from text). Its Extra Deck supplies several 2500-3000 ATK bosses, which earns the closing score (D9 70). Access is the weakness. The Apophis core is thin (3 of 15 usage-core cards present, with Treasures of the Kings and Temple of the Kings absent), and Mulcharmy and Speedroid/Phantom Knights effects need an empty field or hand, so conditional starters conflict with one another. Popularity and archetype share did not earn points, and the meta is provisional. No combo records exist, so the floor and ceiling are text-derived and carry low weight. The deck has no Side Deck, so it cannot adapt after game one and D12 is 12.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange, D13 excluded as meta-neutral and weights re-normalized over 95. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 47. Modifiers: Limited key interaction (-1); Archetype identity gap (-3). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta null/provisional; Structural = 5357/95 = 56.4, D13 excluded)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.72 · 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

• Layered interaction: 15 negation-text, 19 removal-text, 6 hand traps and 3 floodgates
• Extra Deck bosses of 2500-3000 ATK across Xyz, Link and Fusion
• Searcher density: 12 searcher-text cards, P(>=1 in opening 5) 0.72
• Legal list with all restricted cards at legal copies

Weaknesses

• Thin Apophis core: 3 of 15 usage-core cards, and the boss enablers are absent
• Conditional Mulcharmy, Speedroid and Phantom Knights effects conflict with each other and with a developed board
• Diluted main deck: 30 distinct names, 2.9% exact-archetype purity
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan

Critical choke points

• Divine Serpent Apophis needs Fusion or 2 Apophis monsters, and only 2 Apophis Trap copies plus 1 Apophis the Serpent are run (Inferred from description excerpt)
• Reactive hand-trap density: a 6-card hand with no hand trap is about 48% likely (Inferred)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status with 55 Main and 15 Extra, Side 0; Restricted copies: Limited 1 each (Droll, Maxx C, S:P Little Knight, Solemn); Semi-Limited Ash at 2; Copy histogram sums to 55 Main and 15 Extra; Usage stats: 3 of 15 core cards present, 20%; Probability figures from the Main Deck hypergeometric draw table
• Observed: Usage inclusion rates for Treasures of the Kings (88.9%) and Temple of the Kings (77.8%) among archetype decks
• Inferred: Starter and engine reliability from searcher text and hypergeometric odds; Combo-free ceiling and floor read from card text only; Interaction quality from negation and removal text (semantic read); Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (null); D13 matchup and format fit (not weighted)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample No Side Deck, so no post-side evidence