Phantom Beast (Chimera) Deck #772663 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 50 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Chimera Fusion (x3) enables Fusion Summons of Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts, Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon, Guardian Chimera and other Extra Deck Fusions for board pressure.; Branded line (Branded Fusion, Branded in Red, Fallen of Albaz) feeding Mirrorjade, Lubellion or Titaniklad; single-copy engine pieces make this line thin.
• Turn 1 (going first): Search Chimera Fusion or a Fusion enabler with Gazelle, Berfomet, Cornfield Coatl or Ghost Belle, then Fusion Summon; hand traps are held back only when the opening hand contains one.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler, Ghost Belle, D.D. Crow, Droll & Lock Bird) to stop the opponent's starter, then Fusion Summon from the remaining hand.
• Recovery: Recover through searchers in the Deck (Gazelle, Berfomet, Coatl, Mirror Swordknight) and GY-activated Chimera Fusion, then re-Fusion from the Extra Deck.
• After siding: None: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck's Fusion engine is real but thin: Chimera Fusion runs three copies, yet the probability of at least one in a 5-card opening hand is only about 0.28, and most other engine pieces are single copies (Branded Fusion, Branded Opening, Branded in Red, Branded in White, Branded Retribution, Branded Lost). It is a hand-trap-heavy midrange shell with 18 hand traps and about 23 negation-text cards, which gives it strong interruption resilience and going-second interaction, and its 15 Fusion monsters provide closing power. The score does not come from averaging card scores or from archetype popularity: the usage statistics show that 5 of 12 core cards are present (41.7%) and the list runs 65 off-archetype copies with no exact-name Phantom Beast core. The list is Illegal (Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization each at 3 copies against a limit of 2), so the final score is capped at 30 and labelled structural-only, with no combo, tournament or win-rate data to support the ceiling.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 65, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: Illegal copy limit (cap) (-13); Banlist exposure (-3); Unrecoverable choke point (-3); Engine conflicts (-2). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(53.6) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(42) = 51.3; modifiers -8 gives 43.3; Illegal deck capped at 30 (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.28 · 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

• 18 hand traps and 23 negation-text cards provide interaction on both turns
• Chimera Fusion x3 plus several searchers give a reasonable chance of finding a starter
• 15 Extra Deck Fusions give strong closing bodies (Mirrorjade 3000 ATK, Guardian Chimera 3300 ATK)

Weaknesses

• Illegal: Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization exceed the OCG copy limit
• Only about 0.28 chance of an opening Chimera Fusion, and most Branded engine pieces are single copies
• No Side Deck, so no adaptation after game one
• 65 off-archetype copies with an exact-name core of 0

Critical choke points

• Chimera Fusion x3 (only reliable Fusion starter)
• Branded Fusion (single copy, Limited)
• Fallen of Albaz x2 (Branded and Despia line enabler)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality violations: Ash Blossom x3 and Super Polymerization x3 over limit (2); Limited statuses: Branded Fusion, Branded Opening, Droll & Lock Bird, Harpie's Feather Duster; Card stats and text from the resolved card list; Usage stats: 5 of 12 core cards present (41.7%); Main 50 / Extra 15 / Side 0 composition
• Inferred: Starter probability (P>=1 Chimera Fusion in hand 5 ~0.28); Brick and dead-card rate estimate from hand-trap density; Going-first and going-second scores from the dimension blend; Interaction quality from negation and removal text
• Provisional: Meta power (null: no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament or meta data)
• 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: going-first, going-second and matchup rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null; the deck has no Side Deck The deck is Illegal, so the score is structural-only and capped