Dark Magician Deck #772673 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 39/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 51 / Extra 12 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon a high-ATK Fusion Monster (Guardian Chimera 3300, Despian Proskenion 3200, Mirrorjade 3000) through Polymerization-type spells and Branded Fusion (Inferred from card text); Board disruption and recursion through Despia / Branded GY effects and Despian Quaeritis (Inferred from card text)
• Turn 1 (going first): Branded Opening or Polymerization-type spell into a Fusion via Fallen of Albaz or Edge Imp/Despia searchers (Inferred; no recorded boards)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle and Infinite Impermanence to protect a T1 engine, then Fusion Summon through the opponent's board (Inferred)
• Recovery: Searchers (17 searcher-text cards) and GY effects of Aluber, Fallen of Albaz and Despian Tragedy rebuild the hand (Inferred)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs 0 side cards, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a connected Fusion system, not as an average of its cards. Its consistency is moderate: 17 searcher-text cards give about an 88% chance of at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand, but three-copy starters have only about a 27% chance each of appearing in that hand, and 16 tech cards plus 29 level-0 spells add brick risk. Interaction is the strongest part of the list: 12 hand traps and 14 negation-text cards give roughly an 82% chance of at least one hand trap in a 6-card hand when going second, and that is what supports the going-second score. Offensive closing power comes from Fusion bosses with 3000 to 3300 ATK. Combo ceiling and median output are both Inferred from card text, because the export holds no parseable boards, and the deck runs none of the archetype's standard core cards, so popularity earned no points. Legality is the binding constraint: three cards exceed their OCG copy limits, which caps the final score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: illegal_copy_limits (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers (Meta provisional); 0.80*53 + 0.20*42 - 12 = 38.8, rounded to 39. Illegal deck: normal score capped low and labelled theoretical/structural-only

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.88 · 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 searcher and hand-trap coverage gives reliable access to a Fusion starter and protection
• Fusion bosses with 3000 to 3300 ATK and multiple negation or removal effects give strong closing and interaction
• Recursion through Aluber, Fallen of Albaz and Despian Tragedy supports recovery

Weaknesses

• Illegal under OCG copy limits in three cards
• Off-archetype: no Dark Magician core cards and 0 percent exact-name purity
• Zero side deck, so no post-side plan
• Heavy tech and level-0 spell count raises brick risk

Critical choke points

• Polymerization-type spells: the Fusion engine depends on 1 to 2 Fusion spells in the opening hand
• Fallen of Albaz and Branded Fusion material requirements for the high-ATK Fusion bosses

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: three over-limit cards against OCG ban list; Main 51, Extra 12, Side 0, sizes within OCG rules; Fusion ATK values: Guardian Chimera 3300, Despian Proskenion 3200, Mirrorjade 3000; Off-archetype purity 0 percent and 0 of 9 core cards present
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter, searcher and hand-trap probabilities; Hand-trap and negation density as interaction (semantic reading); Going-first and going-second plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (no tournament link); Side-deck adaptability (no side cards)
• 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, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or unknown Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck has no title, so the name is unknown Side deck is empty, so post-side behaviour cannot be scored