Resonator Deck #772864 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±10 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 45 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro boss (Red Rising Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss, Bystial Dis Pater) backed by a Resonator-driven summon chain that puts Resonators in the GY and recycles them; Bystial Lubellion and Bystial Magnamhut recursion through Bystial Dis Pater and Etude of the Branded
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Resonator starter or Crimson Gaia / Resonator Call searcher, reach a Fiend Tuner plus a Synchro boss, and protect the line with Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Effect Veiler, Ash Blossom, Droll and Lock Bird and Infinite Impermanence on the opponent's first hand-trap-free turn, then rebuild a Synchro boss from GY recursion
• Recovery: Resonators in the GY (Synkron Resonator, Vision Resonator, Soul Resonator) re-enter via GY effects and Red Rising Dragon, so a stopped turn can be rebuilt from the GY
• After siding: Not assessable: the deck has no side deck (side count 0), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The score comes from the deck as a system, not from averaging its cards. The Resonator core (26 copies, P at least one in a 5-card opening about 0.99) makes the engine very likely to start, and the Synchro bosses at 3000 to 3500 ATK give it closing power. Hand traps (13 cards, P at least one in a 6-card going-second hand about 0.89) and Synchro-based negations give it real interaction. The score is held back by a 23% exact-name Resonator purity, 27 distinct main-deck cards spread across Archfiend, Bystial, Branded, Genex and King sub-archetypes, a zero side deck, and no recorded boards to measure a real floor or median. Popularity (Resonator and Red Dragon Archfiend are high-usage core cards) earned no points. Because the list is Illegal (Ash Blossom at 3 copies against an OCG limit of 2), this is a theoretical, structural-only score and does not receive a normal contextual score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 64, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); Dependence on Resonator purity (-3). Final formula: Structural 60 = Combo profile weighted sum; uncalibrated contextual value 0.80*60 + 0.20*50 - 8 = 50, then capped at 25 because the list is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.01 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Resonator core at 3 copies each (Soul Resonator, Power Vice Dragon, Bone Archfiend) makes the engine reliable to start
• Layered interaction: hand traps plus Synchro negations (Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss, Arms of Genex Return Zero, Crimson Blade Dragon)
• High-ATK Synchro closers (3000 to 3500) and recursion through the GY

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring run 3 copies against an OCG limit of 2
• No side deck, so there is no post-side adaptation
• Low exact-name purity (23.3%) and 27 distinct main-deck cards suggest a mixed, less coherent engine
• Several one-copy bricks (Chain Resonator, Droll and Lock Bird) depend on a specific board state

Critical choke points

• A single Fiend Tuner or Synchro boss on the field gates most Resonator summons
• Ash Blossom at the wrong copy count is an illegal build, so the list cannot be played as written

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies over the OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2; Main 45, Extra 15, Side 0; main within the 40 to 60 size rule and extra within 0 to 15; Copy histogram: 18 singles and 9 triples; Extra-Deck breakdown: 13 Synchro and 2 Link; Exact-name Resonator purity 23.3%; Synchro ATK values: Red Dragon Archfiend 3000, Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss 3200, Bystial Dis Pater 3500
• Observed: Usage statistics: Resonator-family core cards such as Soul Resonator and Crimson Gaia have high inclusion rates (83.8%)
• Inferred: Engine start probability about 0.99 from the hypergeometric core-group estimate; Hand-trap coverage about 0.89 going second; Bricking and recovery judgments from card text and GY recursion; Going-second and interaction quality from card text (semantic reads)
• Provisional: Meta Power is null (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (D13) is provisional with no tournament link
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null and the side deck is empty