K9 Deck #772696 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 51 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon Fallen of Albaz-based Fusion bosses (Albion the Sanctifire Dragon, Mirrorjade, Arthalion, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma, all at 3000 ATK) from the Extra Deck via Dracotail and Branded fusion enablers.; Dracotail Fusion line (Arthalion, Gulamel, Urgula material recursion) and Albaz Dragon recursion through the GY.
• Turn 1 (going first): Opening Dracotail Faimena, Lukias or Fallen of the White Dragon to reach a Fallen of Albaz or Branded Fusion turn, with Triple Tactics Thrust or Ketu Dracotail as a searcher, then a Fusion Summon into a 3000-ATK boss.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Solemn Judgment and Forbidden Droplet to disrupt the opponent's board, then rebuild the Fusion line from the GY with Dracotail and Albaz recursion.
• Recovery: Dracotail monsters and Spells recur from the GY and banish zone; Fusion bosses return via Dracotail Pan and Garura-style recovery effects, but the plan depends on the Fallen of Albaz starter being present.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (Side Deck size 0), so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck's power is judged as a system, not as an average of its card scores. Its engine is a Fusion line: Dracotail and Branded enablers feed a Fallen of Albaz requirement, which unlocks several 3000-ATK Extra Deck bosses. The Main Deck is split across three competing archetype families (Dracotail, Branded/Albaz and Mulcharmy, plus K9 in the name only), and only 3 of the 15 K9 core cards are present, so the list does not run its archetype's standard core. Interaction is real (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Solemn Judgment, Forbidden Droplet, Dracotail Flame/Horn/Sting), but the deck has no side deck and four hand traps in 51 cards, so brick and dead-card risk is high. The deck is Illegal: three cards exceed the OCG copy limit, so the score is capped at 30 and labelled theoretical/structural-only. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 46, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: banlist exposure (over-limit Semi-Limited copies) (-8); weak post-side plan (no side deck) (-4). Final formula: No reliable metagame, so Meta is provisional: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + modifiers = 0.80*51.45 + 0.20*38 - 12 = 36.8, then capped to 30 because the deck is Illegal (copy-limit violations). Theoretical/structural-only.

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

• Four 3000-ATK Fusion bosses give strong closing power from the Extra Deck.
• Layered interaction: Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Solemn Judgment, Forbidden Droplet, Dracotail traps.
• High searcher density (13) gives reasonable access to the engine's starters.

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: three cards exceed the OCG copy limit.
• Three archetype families compete for the same slots (Dracotail, Branded/Albaz, Mulcharmy), so the engine is incoherent.
• Does not run the K9 core it is labelled with; 0% exact-name archetype purity.
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan.
• Four hand traps plus 13 tech slots in 51 cards raises the dead-card rate.

Critical choke points

• Fallen of Albaz (single copy) is required for most Albaz-Fusion and Branded Fusion lines.
• The Extra Deck boss must be Fusion Summoned through a Dracotail or Branded enabler; no second route exists if the enabler is not drawn.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, The Fallen & The Virtuous and Super Polymerization each run 3 copies against an OCG limit of 2.; Main 51 and Extra 15 are within the OCG size rules; Side is 0.; Extra Deck: 14 Fusion and 1 Synchro monster.; Only 3 of 15 K9 usage-core cards are present; exact-name archetype purity is 0%.
• Inferred: P(at least one Dracotail Faimena in opening 5) = 0.27; searcher-text group reaches 0.79.; About 46% of opening-5 hands contain none of the K9-core proxy group, so brick risk is high.; Going-second hand-trap access 0.40.; Engine conflict between Mulcharmy draw effects and the Fusion plan.
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample and no tournament link.
• 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 are absent. No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates. Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied. The deck title is null and the archetype label (K9) does not match the cards run.