Salamangreat Deck #772631 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Control, Link Summon
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 52 / Extra 16 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon Salamangreat Link monsters (Pyro Phoenix, Raging Phoenix, Sunlight Wolf, Heatleo) and attack through an interaction-protected board (Inferred); Salamangreat Miragestallio Xyz and Promethean Princess / Zealantis as alternate boss monsters (Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on Salamangreat starters (Gazelle, Spinny, Foxy, Circle) to search and Link Summon into a FIRE Link boss while holding hand traps (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched) for the opponent's first response (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Nibiru, Droll & Lock Bird and Dominus Impulse to stop the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Gazelle and Circle searches (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recur Salamangreat monsters from the GY via Gazelle, Spinny, Jack Jaguar and Weasel effects, then re-Link from the Extra Deck (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the list has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan (verified: 0 side cards)

Why it scores here

This OCG Salamangreat list reliably opens into its FIRE starters, since the core starters and the archetype-core group reach at least one copy in about 92% of opening hands (Inferred from hypergeometric estimates). Its strength as a system comes from interaction density: 13 hand traps and 16 negation-text cards let it answer a first board, and Link bosses such as Pyro Phoenix and Raging Phoenix can convert that stability into 2800 ATK pressure (Inferred). The score is not earned from Salamangreat's popularity, and the individual card scores were not averaged. The list is illegal: Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse are each run three times against a limit of two, and the Extra Deck holds 16 cards against a maximum of 15, so the structural score is capped at 30 and labelled theoretical only. Its missing Side Deck and absent combo and tournament data leave the post-side and matchup dimensions provisional.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-3); Weak post-side plan (-3). Final formula: Illegal: 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(50) + modifiers(-6) = 47, capped at 30 per Step 2 (theoretical/structural-only). Meta Power provisional, excluded.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.27 · 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 hand-trap and negation package (13 hand traps, 16 negation-text cards)
• Multiple Link-4 and Link-3 bosses with 2300 to 2800 ATK
• Strong archetype-core presence (92% chance of at least one core card in hand)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: copy-limit violations on two Semi-Limited cards and Extra Deck over 15
• Empty Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• Low archetype purity (47.1%) with many generic and off-archetype slots

Critical choke points

• Starter access depends on 3-copy starters, with a single-copy bridge for Link lines
• Link bosses depend on Extra Deck slots that exceed the legal limit

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality violations: Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse over copy limit; Extra Deck 16 > 15; Side Deck 0 cards; Card text and stats from the resolved card list; Copy histogram, archetype purity counts and usage stats
• Observed: Usage statistics: Salamangreat Circle, Gazelle and Pyro Phoenix present in 59% of archetype decks
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter and core probabilities (hypergeometric); Going-first and going-second plans and interaction quality; Combo ceiling and floor from text (no recorded boards)
• Provisional: Meta Power; Matchup coverage and format fit (D13); Post-side adaptability (D12) with no side deck
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first/second, matchup, brick or starter rates Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample Side Deck empty; post-side plan cannot be assessed