K9 Deck #772945 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 41/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: K9 Rank 5 and Rank 9 Xyz bosses (K9-X Werewolf, K9-66X Jacks, K9-00 Hound, K9-17 Ripper) attacking through a hand-trap-protected board; Madolche Xyz and Link pressure (Queen Tiarafraise, Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode, Fresh Sistart) that refuels from the GY
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon K9-17 Izuna (no tribute, opponent holds 2+ cards), search with Case for K9 or Jokul, then Xyz Summon a K9 boss via K9-X Forced Release or K9-LC Release Restraint
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Infinite Impermanence, Evenly Matched or Droll & Lock Bird to answer the opponent's first search or summon, then rebuild a K9 board from the hand
• Recovery: Recover Madolche monsters and K9 Xyz materials from the GY via Madolche Ticket, Madolche Salon and Puddingcess, and re-Xyz through K9-X Forced Release
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no side deck, so it has no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and K9-17 Izuna are each run three times against an OCG Semi-Limited limit of two, so the structural score is shown for reference and the final score is capped. The deck reliably opens a K9 line, with the 14 archetype-core copies giving roughly a 77 percent chance of at least one in an opening five-card hand (Inferred), and the 15 hand traps give an 86 percent chance of at least one in a six-card going-second hand (Inferred). Its strength is interaction density and Xyz boss closing power (Werewolf, Jacks, Starslayer), but the K9 core is only 22 percent exact-name purity: the rest is Madolche and generic staples, which weakens engine coherence. No combo boards, guides, tournament link or side deck were supplied, so the floor and median are text-only inference and the score does not reflect any popularity or meta share. The score was built from the system (consistency, interaction, resilience, closing) and not from averaging card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange dimension weights D1 11, D2 7, D3 7, D4 9, D5 12, D6 12, D7 9, D8 8, D9 5, D10 6, D11 3, D12 4, D13 5, D14 2. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 54, Going Second ≈ 61, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: illegal copy-limit cap (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(56) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) + ContextModifiers(-12) = 40.8, rounded to 41. Meta Power is provisional (no dated metagame sample). Illegal-list cap applied.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.77 · 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 hand-trap and removal suite (15 hand traps, 19 removal-text cards) for interruption and board control
• High closing ceiling from Rank 9 and Rank 5 K9 Xyz bosses (Werewolf 3300 ATK, Starslayer 2900 ATK, Jacks 2600 ATK)
• Searchers and GY recursion (K9 searchers, Madolche Ticket, Salon, Puddingcess) refuel a hand that otherwise bricks

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: copy-limit violations on two core cards (Ash Blossom and K9-17 Izuna at 3 copies)
• Low exact-name purity (22%) splits engine coherence between K9 and Madolche
• No side deck, so there is no post-side adaptability and no way to adjust to a matchup

Critical choke points

• Going-first Xyz route depends on K9-X Forced Release or K9-LC Release Restraint plus a K9 Xyz already on board
• Hand-trap-heavy hands can be non-functional when the opponent does not interact (Inferred)
• Ash Blossom and K9-17 Izuna cannot be run at 3 copies, so the deck must drop one copy of each to become legal

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Illegal: Ash Blossom and K9-17 Izuna run 3 copies against an OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2; Main 57 (40-60 OCG range), Extra 15 (0-15), Side 0 (no side deck); Archetype purity 22.2% exact name; 56 off-archetype copies; Hypergeometric probabilities as supplied (0.77 core at least one in 5; 0.86 hand trap at least one in 6); Card text read from description excerpts: 15 hand traps, 19 removal-text cards, 13 searchers
• Observed: Usage statistics: K9-00 Lupis 84%, K9-66a Jokul 81%, K9-X Forced Release 71%, Mulcharmy Fuwalos 65% core inclusion (available:true)
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency and brick estimates from hypergeometric draw tables; Going-first and going-second strength from hand-trap density and Xyz route; Interaction density and closing power from card text and stats; Engine coherence penalty from the 22% purity figure
• Provisional: Meta Power (null): no dated metagame sample; Format fit (D13): no tournament link or meta share; Tournament Reliability (40): no per-pilot or matchup record
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No side deck: post-side plan and D12 are unevaluable No guides attached for the K9 archetype No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN for this deck Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null in the export