Dark Magician Deck #772668 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG
40 Main, 15 Extra, incl. Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice x3, Dark Magician, the Pharaoh's Servant x3, Kuriboh - Multiply! x3. Created Oct 21, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 10/21/2026
Main Deck (40)
- Dark Magician Girl x2
- Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice x3
- Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic x1
- Dark Magician, the Pharaoh's Servant x3
- Detonating Kuriboh x1
- Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction x1
- Kuriboh - Multiply! x3
- Magician's Rod x3
- Magicians' Souls x1
- Dark Magician x1
- Illusion of Chaos x3
- Bond Between Teacher and Student x1
- Dark Burning Magic x1
- Dark Magical Curtain x3
- Secrets of Dark Magic x1
- Shining Sarcophagus x1
- Soul Servant x1
- The Gaze of Timaeus x2
- Dark Magic Talisman x1
- Dominus Impulse x2
- Dominus Spark x2
- Infinite Impermanence x3
Extra Deck (15)
- Dark Magician of Destruction x1
- Dark Paladin - Wave-Motion x1
- Master of Chaos x1
- Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon x1
- Accesscode Talker x1
- Charmer Quartet in Bloom x1
- Cyberse Contract Witch x1
- Day-Breaker the Shining Magical Warrior x1
- Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy x1
- I:P Masquerena x1
- S:P Little Knight x1
- Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians x1
- Underworld Goddess of the Closed World x1
- W:P Fancy Ball x1
- Ebon Illusion Magician x1
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Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 46.5 |
| Going First | 45 |
| Going Second | 45 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 40 |
- Primary strategy: Midrange
- Secondary strategies: Combo
- Format: ocg
Legality
Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Dark Magician / Dark Magician Girl board pressure converted through Dark Magician-named Fusion and Link boss monsters (Master of Chaos, Dark Magician of Destruction, Dark Paladin - Wave-Motion); Link and Fusion boss monsters from the Extra Deck via Secrets of Dark Magic and Dark Magic Curtain
- Turn 1 (going first): Search and summon through Dark Magician, Magician's Rod and Dark Magical Curtain to reach Dark Magician plus a Link or Fusion boss; the archetype-core opening is only about 51% (Inferred)
- Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Impulse, Dark Magic Talisman) answer the first threat, then a 6-card hand reaches the Extra Deck boss (Inferred, no recorded boards)
- Recovery: Recursion through Soul Servant, Dark Magician Girl GY ATK gain and the Gandora-G banish engine; unverified without recorded boards
- After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan
Why it scores here
The deck reliably reaches its archetype's searcher and interaction layer: 16 searcher-text cards give about a 94% chance of at least one searcher in the opening 5-card hand, and three hand traps plus ten negation-text cards add real interruption (Inferred). The engine is weaker than the card count suggests: only 18 of 40 Main Deck copies are exact Dark Magician names, the archetype core has about a 51% chance of appearing in the opening hand, and the rest is spread across Kuriboh, Dominus, Prophecy, Charmer and Timaeus support. Because the list runs three Forbidden cards and exceeds the copy limit, it cannot earn a normal Final score; the final value is capped low and labelled structural-only. No recorded boards, guides or tournament results exist, so floor, median and ceiling are not measured, and the score was not built by averaging card scores or by the archetype's popularity.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 55 | P(>=1 archetype-core card in opening 5) about 0.51; P(>=1 searcher in opening 5) about 0.94; 2-card bootstrap unverified (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 45 | 11 singleton and 7 three-copy slots; 40% of Main Deck copies are off the exact archetype name, so brick risk is moderate (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 45 | No parseable combos (total combos 0); conversion ceiling is read from card text only (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 40 | No combo median or power distribution; floor cannot be measured (Inferred) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 50 | 16 searcher-text cards and several recursion effects suggest route redundancy, with no recorded boards to confirm it (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 45 | Recursion via Soul Servant and Dark Magician Girl GY ATK gain is present, but the spend-versus-regenerate balance is unmeasured (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 55 | 3 hand traps, 10 negation-text cards and 12 removal-text cards; interaction is broad, with no board data (Inferred, role hints plus text) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 45 | Going-second split unavailable; board-breaking relies on Dark Magician Girl and Pharaoh's Servant text read (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 55 | Dark Magician-named bosses reach 2500+ ATK on the board; Red-Eyes is Forbidden and removed, cutting closing options (Verified card stats, Inferred closing) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 45 | 40 Main Deck cards (minimum); only 22 distinct, with 18 level-0 spell/trap slots and 33% exact archetype purity (Verified composition) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 55 | 15 Extra Deck cards across Link, Fusion and XYZ; 3 Forbidden or Limited Extra cards reduce usable coverage (Verified legality plus Inferred) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 15 | Side Deck is empty (0 cards); no post-side plan exists (Verified composition) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 40 | No tournament link and no dated metagame sample; archetype usage stats only (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 45 | Multiple Dark Magician-named summoning and recursion chains with several decision points; complex to pilot (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Combo secondary; Midrange profile used for Structural. Structural ≈ 46.5, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12); illegal_deck_cap (-8). Final formula: No reliable metagame (Meta provisional): 0.80*46.5 + 0.20*40 = 45.2; banlist modifier -12 gives 33.2; Illegal-deck cap applied, final reported as 25 (theoretical/structural-only)
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.51 · 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
- Searcher density (16 searcher-text cards) gives high access to the engine
- Three hand traps plus negation text give broad interaction
- Multiple Extra Deck boss options with high ATK
Weaknesses
- Three Forbidden cards make the list illegal
- Low exact-archetype purity (32.7%) dilutes the engine
- No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptability
Critical choke points
- Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl must be present for most lines
- Dark Magician-named Extra Deck bosses need a specific material set
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magicians' Souls, Charmer Quartet in Bloom, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon | Legal Dark Magician-named Extra Deck and Main Deck replacements (e.g. Dark Magician-named Fusion/Link options or legal staples) | Restores legality; the list cannot receive a normal score until the three Forbidden cards are removed |
| 2 | Off-archetype Kuriboh and Dominus copies | Additional exact Dark Magician-named cards | Raises archetype purity and reduces brick risk for the Dark Magician engine |
| 3 | None | A Side Deck of 3 to 5 cards | Enables post-side adaptation for best-of-3 play |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Illegal status: 3 Forbidden cards over copy limit; Main Deck 40 and Extra Deck 15 are within size rules; Composition counts and archetype purity 32.7%; Side Deck is empty
- Inferred: Starter access probabilities (about 0.51 core, 0.94 searcher); Interaction density from text read; Strategy classification as Midrange with Combo secondary; Performance and recovery claims from card text
- Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link)
- Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and match record absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null No Side Deck supplied
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