Tri-Brigade Deck #772792 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±10 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro and Link Summon Blackwing and Tri-Brigade boss monsters (Assault Blackwing - Onimaru, Black-Winged Assault Dragon, Shuraig) and attack through the board; Link Summon Tri-Brigade Link monsters from the GY and banish using Tri-Brigade Revolt and Nervall
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Blackwing starter (Shamal, Sudri, Simoon, or Vata), search with Black Whirlwind or Sudri, then build a Synchro or Link boss from the field and GY
• Turn 2 (going second): Special Summon from hand (Vata, Gale, Bora, Harmattan) to rebuild a board, then use Black Sonic, Infinite Impermanence, Lightning Storm, or Harpie's Feather Duster to clear the opponent's interaction before the Extra Deck boss
• Recovery: Recurse banished and GY Blackwing and Tri-Brigade monsters with Tri-Brigade Revolt, Tri-Brigade Nervall, Blackwing - Zephyros, and Blackwing - Twin Shadow
• After siding: Not applicable: the deck runs no Side Deck (Side Deck size 0), so there is no post-side plan in the evidence

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal as submitted: three copies of Allure of Darkness against a one-copy Limited limit, so it gets a theoretical, structural-only score that is capped low rather than a normal Final Contextual score. The system is a Blackwing and Tri-Brigade hybrid. Searcher density (14 copies, about 78% chance of at least one in a 5-card opening hand, Inferred) and three-copy Blackwing starters give it an accessible T1 plan, and it converts into 3000 to 3200 ATK Synchro and Link bosses. Interaction is respectable for a midrange list (2 hand traps, 8 negation-text cards, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster, Monster Reborn). The score is not earned by Tri-Brigade's current popularity, and no card scores were averaged. The main gaps are the lack of a side deck, no combo or tournament telemetry, and the over-limit violation.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violation (Allure of Darkness x3, legal 1) (-8); No side deck (-3). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 56.4, then modifiers (-11) = 45.4, then capped at 35 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical, structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.78 · 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 starter access (14 searchers, about 78% at least one in a 5-card opening hand)
• Strong Extra Deck bosses with ATK of 2400 to 3200 and effect-proof options
• Broad interaction suite: 2 hand traps, 8 negation text cards, and removal (Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster)
• Recursion through the GY and banish (Tri-Brigade Revolt, Nervall, Zephyros)

Weaknesses

• Illegal as submitted: Allure of Darkness is over the Limited copy cap
• No side deck, so there is no post-side plan
• Very high Level 0 spell and trap count (25) increases brick risk
• No combo or win-rate telemetry to confirm the ceiling or median

Critical choke points

• Blackwing starters that can only be hand-summoned depend on having another Blackwing monster on the field
• The Extra Deck boss is the single conversion point for many lines; losing it to one removal or negation ends the turn

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: Allure of Darkness x3 against a Limited limit of 1 (OCG BanList); Main size 55 is within 40-60; Extra 15 is within 0-15; Side 0 is within 0-15; 14 searcher-text cards and 24 removal-text cards are present in the main deck
• Inferred: P(at least one starter in opening 5) about 0.78; Blackwing boss routes reach 2400 to 3200 ATK; Interaction density is good for a midrange deck
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit (D13) without a dated metagame sample; Tournament reliability without tournament or pilot data
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so the combo floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta share and pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick, or starter rates) Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample No side deck, so post-side performance cannot be scored