Train Deck #773011 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 22/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz/Link pressure from Train and K9 monsters, closing through high-ATK Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Xyz monsters (Gustav Max, Flying Launcher) and Gustav Max's direct-damage effect; K9 Xyz board-control and monster-destruction effects (K9-66X Jacks, Light Dragon @Ignister) to convert a stalled board
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on a Train or K9 searcher (Exceptional Schedule, Night Train Blue Traveler, Urgent Schedule) and Normal Summon a Level 4-5 EARTH Machine or K9 monster to reach a Level 10 Xyz; hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C) are held for the opponent's turn
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Red Reboot) and Heavy Storm to disrupt the opponent's board, then rebuild a Train or K9 Xyz from the Main Deck; Ash Blossom and the K9 Quick-Play effects are the main interaction
• Recovery: Night Train Blue Traveler and Heavy Armored Knight Babeldecker recur from the GY via Train Connection and Revolving Switchyard style effects; K9 Xyz detach effects rebuild a board
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (side count 0), so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

This list is illegal in OCG: K9-04 Noroi (3 copies), Triple Tactics Talent and Varudras are all Forbidden with zero legal copies, so the deck is scored structurally only and its score is capped at 22. Within that cap, the deck's engine is reasonably consistent: the 18 exact-name Train cards and 12 K9 cards give a 0.94 chance of at least one archetype-core card in the opening five, and about 0.90 for at least one searcher. Its interaction package (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Maxx C, Red Reboot, Heavy Storm and roughly 10 negation-text cards) is broad, and its Xyz closers are strong on paper. Floor and median output cannot be measured because no boards were recorded, and the deck has no side deck, so it has no post-side plan. Popularity did not earn points: the Train archetype's usage statistics only confirm that the core cards are real, and no card scores were averaged into the deck score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 49, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 45, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 35. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-6); no_side_deck (-2). Final formula: Midrange profile: Structural 49. No reliable metagame: 0.80*49 + 0.20*35 = 46.2, plus modifiers -8 = 38.2. Legality Illegal: capped to 22 (theoretical/structural only, no normal Final Contextual score).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ — · 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

• Core searcher and archetype density gives a high chance of a live opening hand
• Broad interaction: five hand traps, roughly ten negation-text cards and removal text
• Strong high-ATK Xyz closers in the Extra Deck

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: three Forbidden cards with zero legal copies
• No side deck, so there is no post-side plan
• Low archetype purity (32.7% exact name); much of the list relies on off-archetype and generic cards

Critical choke points

• Varudras and K9-04 Noroi are illegal, so any line that depends on them cannot be played in a legal event
• No recorded boards, so the main engine's real conversion rate is unknown

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 3 Forbidden cards over the copy limit (0 legal copies); Main 40, Extra 15, Side 0 within the OCG size rules; Card text and stats for the listed Train, K9, Xyz and hand-trap cards; Usage stat: Revolving Switchyard, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Exceptional Schedule and Night Train are the archetype core
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency: archetype-core P = 0.94 for 5 cards; searcher P = 0.90; Interaction density and brick estimates from text (no boards recorded)
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample and no tournament link; Post-side plan: no side deck exists
• Data gaps: no combos supplied - combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link - archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck, so post-side performance cannot be evaluated