Sky Striker Deck #772926 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, 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: Link-Summon Sky Striker Ace monsters from the Extra Deck and attack with 1500-2000 ATK Links, supported by Spell-based recursion from the GY; Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon and Albaz-related Fusion/Synchro boards as a late-game finisher (only 1 copy each, Inferred)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on a Sky Striker starter (Mobilize - Linkage!, Raye, Widow Anchor, Hornet Drones), Summon an Ace monster and Link up toward a Sky Striker Ace Link; Typhoon/Radiant Typhoon Vision/Pot draws bridge missing pieces (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre and Solemn Judgment to stop the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Mobilize - Engage! and Lemnisgate for GY Spell recursion (Inferred)
• Recovery: Spell-count recursion via Sky Striker Special Maneuver - Lemnisgate!, Mobilize - Engage! and Kagari's Spell retrieval, plus Pot of Desires/Sloth draw (Inferred)
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so there is no post-side plan; the deck cannot adapt between games in this list

Why it scores here

This list scores low for a reason that is about legality, not power: it runs three copies of The Fallen & The Virtuous against a Semi-Limited limit of two, so it is illegal and receives only a structural read capped at 25. Structurally the engine is reasonably accessible, since the archetype core is present in about 97% of opening five-card hands (Inferred) and several Sky Striker starters are redundant, which lifts resilience and the Extra Deck score. The main deck is weak on efficiency: only about 11 of 55 main cards are monsters, 38 are Spells, and just 42.9% of named cards are the exact Sky Striker archetype, with 40 off-archetype copies (Greed, Forbidden, Branded and generic staples) diluting the engine. Combo ceiling and floor are not measurable because the export has no parseable boards, so those dimensions are text-only inference, and no side deck or tournament record exists to support adaptability or meta fit. The score was not produced by averaging card scores or by the archetype's popularity; it reflects the system as a whole.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 48.6, Going First ≈ 46, Going Second ≈ 44, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit cap (-14); Banlist exposure (-4); Engine conflicts and dilution (-4). Final formula: Illegal deck: pre-cap = 0.80*48.6 + 0.20*40 = 47.1; context modifiers total -8 gives 39; illegal-deck cap (copy-limit violation) sets Final = 25. Structural-only, not a normal contextual score.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · 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

• Redundant Sky Striker starters (Linkage, Raye, Widow Anchor, Hornet Drones) give high opening access
• Layered hand traps and Solemn Judgment provide real interaction on both turns
• Extra Deck covers multiple Link routes including Zero and Engage Zero

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy limit on The Fallen & The Virtuous
• Only 11 monsters in 55 main slots; heavy reliance on Spell-count thresholds
• 42.9% exact-archetype purity with 40 off-archetype copies
• No side deck and no combo evidence to validate the line

Critical choke points

• Sky Striker Ace Link monsters in the Extra Deck: missing core Links (Camellia, Zeke, Amatsu, Azalea, Hayate, Shizuku) reduce route redundancy
• Spell-count thresholds in GY for Lemnisgate, Engage! and Kagari depend on early Spell use

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: The Fallen & The Virtuous 3 copies vs OCG limit 2 (Semi-Limited); Main 55 and Extra 15 within OCG size rules; Archetype purity 42.9% (30 exact of 70 named copies); Usage stats: 10 of 24 core cards missing
• Inferred: Starter access P(>=1 core in 5) ~0.97; Brick rate and Spell-count dependence affect consistency; Interaction layering from hand-trap and negation text; Going-first/second plans from text only
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick rates No side deck in the list; post-side adaptability is unscored Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied