Firewall Deck #772905 — 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 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-based boards from Maliss, Ars Magna Power Patron and Code Talker Link monsters, backed by Mediclius and Code Igniter, converting into 2300-3000 ATK bosses.; Medius / Theorealized Medius recursion into Power Patron Link plays, with Mulcharmy draw engines for grind.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Maliss or Medius searchers, Set or Normal Summon into a Link-material path, and hold hand traps (Ash, Ghost Ogre, Nibiru, Droll) for the first opposing response.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Ogre and Nibiru to interrupt the opponent's first search or Summon, then rebuild a Link board from the surviving field.
• Recovery: Mulcharmy monsters draw when the field is empty, Medius and Theorealize recover from the GY, and Maliss Link monsters can be re-summoned from the GY.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the list runs no side deck, so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal under the OCG list (Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is run 3 times against a limit of 2), so it receives a theoretical, structural-only score capped at 25 rather than a normal final score. Structural power is about 51 on the Combo profile: the 13-card archetype core gives roughly a 76% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred), and 12 hand-tagged interaction cards plus broad removal text make the end board and going-second interaction the strongest part of the list. The main weaknesses are the number of separate engines (Maliss, Medius, Mulcharmy, Ars Magna, Code Talker), several self-conditional effects that only work with an empty field, the absence of any recorded boards, and an empty side deck that leaves no post-side plan. Archetype usage shows Firewall Dragon, Maxx C and Accesscode Talker at high inclusion, but none are in this list, so popularity earned no points and the score does not average the individual card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 57, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal deck cap (-18); Banlist exposure (-3); Engine conflicts (-3). Final formula: Uncapped: 0.80*51 + 0.20*40 + modifiers(-6) = 43; Illegal cap applied, final = 25 (theoretical/structural only). Meta Power provisional, excluded.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.76 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.24 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• 12 hand-trap-tagged cards give several answers to a single opposing line
• Layered removal and board-wipe effects (Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster, Dimensional Fissure, Maliss in Underground)
• Several Link bosses at 2300 to 3000 ATK
• Compact 55-card main with no dead-weight Extra Deck slots

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy count on Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
• Empty side deck: no post-side plan
• No recorded combos or win data to confirm the ceiling
• Several engines compete for the same board state

Critical choke points

• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring third copy must be cut before the deck can be legally played
• Core Link lines depend on the 13-card archetype core, with about a 24% chance of none in the opening hand
• Mulcharmy engines only work with an empty field, which conflicts with the Maliss and Medius board

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 against OCG size rules (40-60, 0-15, 0-15); Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring: 3 copies vs OCG Semi-Limited limit 2; Seven Limited cards each run at 1 copy, within limit; Card text for 60 distinct cards from the evidence pack
• Inferred: Opening-hand access to the archetype core (about 0.76 at least one); Brick and conflict rates from card text; Interaction density from hand-trap and removal text; Going-first and going-second estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first, going-second and matchup rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample Side deck empty: post-side adaptability cannot be evaluated Deck title is null in the export