Orcust Deck #772999 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link-based Orcust board (Girsu, Galatea-I, Longirsu, Dingirsu) converting recursion and hand-trap-protected lines into a large board and pressure; Diabellstar and Azamina Fusion pressure through Sinful Spoils searches
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on Orcust/Mulcharmy starters, use Orcust GY recursion and Galatea-I to build a Link board while holding Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence for the opponent's first activation
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand's hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Impulse) to break the opponent's first combo, then rebuild through Orcustrated Return and Babel
• Recovery: Recur Orcust monsters from GY (Harp Horror, Knightmare, Cymbal Skeleton) and use Orcustrated Babel to re-enable GY effects; Mulcharmy and WANTED provide card flow
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no side deck (side count 0), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The score reflects the deck as a system, not an average of its cards. Its core Orcust package is redundant: the 26 archetype-core copies give an estimated 96.6% chance of at least one core card in a five-card opening hand, so the engine usually comes online (Inferred). The 11 hand traps and multiple negation and removal effects give it real interaction density, and Orcust graveyard recursion supplies resilience after an interruption. Floor and median output are unmeasured because the evidence has no recorded boards, so the combo ceiling is text-only inference. The deck is Illegal: three cards exceed their OCG copy limits, which caps it to a structural-only read. Popularity and archetype usage were not used to raise the score, and no meta or tournament data was supplied.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, no secondary weight blend applied. Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); no side deck (-4). Final formula: Illegal cap: uncapped No-meta Final = 0.80*54 + 0.20*45 = 52; modifiers -12 gives 40; capped to 35 (theoretical/structural-only, no normal Final 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 Orcust core with high core-group coverage
• Dense hand-trap and negation suite (11 hand traps, 17 negation-text cards)
• Multiple recursion routes from the GY
• Strong Link and Fusion closing bodies in the Extra Deck

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: three cards exceed OCG copy limits
• No side deck
• High tech and dead-card load (21 tech cards, 27 Level-0 spells and traps)
• No recorded combos or tournament data to validate the ceiling

Critical choke points

• Orcust core Link monsters (Galatea-I, Galatea) as the only Link bridge
• Hand-trap responses that depend on the opponent's first action
• Limited 1-of tech cards that compete for the same main deck slots

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, with three over-limit OCG Semi-Limited and Limited cards; Main Deck 55 and Extra Deck 15, both within size rules; Card text and stats for all listed cards; Composition counts (11 hand traps, 21 tech, 12 Link monsters)
• Observed: Archetype core inclusion statistics (usage statistics)
• Inferred: Core-group opening-hand coverage (≈0.97); Brick risk and hand-trap timing; Going-first and going-second plans from card text; Structural weighting across the 14 dimensions
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry for this deck Meta Power provisional without a dated metagame sample Usage statistics mark S:P Little Knight, Enlilgirsu, Galatea and I:P Masquerena as missing, but the card list includes them in the Extra Deck; the data needs reconciliation