Destruction Sword Deck #772882 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Toolbox
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Fusion/Synchro/Link
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 14 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Blue-Eyes and Destruction Sword boss monsters (Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, Dragon Master Magia, Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon, Buster Blader the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman) gained through Fusion, Synchro, Ritual and Link routes, with no recorded boards to confirm which route is reliable; Direct pressure from Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Buster Blader, which are high-ATK single bodies that rely on the hand-trap and searcher package to reach the field
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on the searcher text (Wishes for Eyes of Blue, The Melody of Awakening Dragon, Buster Whelp) to find a Level 1 Tuner, Normal Summon a Tuner to reach a Synchro, and hold Infinite Impermanence or Effect Veiler for the opponent's first activation; the Extra Deck options are many and there is no evidence which one the list is built to hit
• Turn 2 (going second): Keep 6 cards, hold hand traps (11 in the Main Deck; 86.8 percent chance of at least one in the opening six) to negate the opponent's starter, then rebuild through the searcher and Level 1 Tuner package
• Recovery: Recover through the Graveyard-based searchers and the Graveyard-triggered effects of Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon; the exact sequence is not supported by recorded boards
• After siding: None: the deck has no Side Deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan and a best-of-3 cannot be adapted

Why it scores here

This list is scored on the system, not on the individual cards and not on the popularity of the Destruction Sword and Blue-Eyes names. Its reliable access is a searcher package of about 11 cards that finds a Level 1 Tuner and a Blue-Eyes or Destruction Sword piece, with a 81 percent chance of at least one searcher in the opening five. Its interaction is the strongest part of the structure: 11 hand traps and 9 negation-text cards give a hand-trap density that is credited under D7. The deck is structurally inconsistent, however: exact-name archetype purity is only 10.9 percent (6 of 55 archetype-tagged copies), the list mixes Blue-Eyes, Destruction Sword, with Eyes of Blue, Mulcharmy, Hieratic and Stardust pieces, and 14 Tuners compete for slots. The list is Illegal under OCG rules because it runs 3 copies of the Semi-Limited Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, so no normal Final score is given: the score is capped at 30 and labelled theoretical and structural-only, and the Main Deck has one unresolved passcode counted as a Main Deck card. No combo boards, tournament link, or side deck exist, so the floor, median and ceiling are not measured and every output claim is Inferred.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies vs 2 legal) (-6); No Side Deck (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(50) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) + modifiers(-10) = 38, capped to 30 because the list is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only). Meta Power is null (Provisional).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.81 · 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

• 11 hand traps and 9 negation-text cards give high-density interaction on the opponent's turn
• Searcher package of 11 cards with about 81 percent chance of at least one in the opening five
• Large Extra Deck of 14 with Synchro, Fusion, Link and Ritual routes and several high-ATK bosses

Weaknesses

• Illegal under OCG: 3 copies of the Semi-Limited Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
• Low archetype purity (10.9 percent exact-name) and mixed Blue-Eyes, Destruction Sword, with Eyes of Blue, Mulcharmy, Hieratic and Stardust engines
• No Side Deck and no evidence of recorded combos, so no post-side or combo-floor read
• 14 Tuners in a 41-card Main Deck add clutter and increase the chance of dead cards in hand

Critical choke points

• A Level 1 Tuner and a Blue-Eyes or Destruction Sword starter are needed in the same hand for most lines (Inferred)
• The Synchro and Fusion bosses depend on specific monsters being on the field, and a single hand-trap answer can break that line (Inferred)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies vs 2 legal copies (Semi-Limited); Main Deck 41 cards, Extra Deck 14, Side Deck 0; sizes are within the OCG size rules; Hypergeometric probabilities for searcher, hand-trap and archetype-core groups; Extra Deck breakdown: 6 Synchro, 4 Fusion, 4 Link
• Observed: Usage stats: all core cards show 100 percent inclusion; 14 of 25 core cards are present (56 percent)
• Inferred: Toolbox classification from 11 hand traps, Tuner-heavy lines and mixed Extra Deck routes; Consistency and brick estimates from hypergeometric odds and text roles; Interaction quality from negation and removal text (not measured interaction density); Going-first and going-second power splits from hand-trap coverage and plan text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample supplied); Matchup coverage and format fit (no tournament link or meta share)
• Data gaps: Illegal list: 3 copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring; no normal Final Contextual score is given 1 Main Deck passcode (23995346) could not be resolved to a card and is counted as Main No parseable combo boards (combos_evidence total 0): floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No side deck: post-side adaptability cannot be assessed No tournament link or archetype meta-share: format fit and Meta Power are Provisional No win-rate telemetry (going-first, going-second, matchup, brick and starter rates)