Archfiend Deck #773031 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Toolbox
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Midrange
• 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: Red Dragon Archfiend and Scarred Dragon Archfiend Synchro beats, backed by Archfiend and Resonator engine cards; Light and Darkness Ritual line to Black Chaos and Black Luster Soldier
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Soul Resonator, Vision Resonator or Bone Archfiend for a Tuner, Synchro into Red Dragon Archfiend, and protect the board with Ash Blossom and Solemn cards
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the nine hand traps (Ash Blossom, Evenly Matched, Droll and Lock Bird, Nibiru, Solemn Judgment) to break the opponent's opening, then rebuild through Resonator and Crimson Gaia searches
• Recovery: Recycle Resonators from the GY with Synkron Resonator and Crimson Call; Mulcharmy Fuwalos draws when opponents Special Summon
• After siding: Not applicable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The score is a theoretical, structural-only read because the list is Illegal: three copies each of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and Dominus Impulse exceed the OCG limit of two, which caps the deck at 30. The uncapped structural read is about 54 and the uncapped contextual read about 51, both Inferred from text and hypergeometric draw odds. The deck reliably opens an Archfiend or Resonator starter (P at least one of 17 archetype core copies in a 5-card opening hand is about 0.86) and has broad interaction, with 9 hand traps and 27 removal-text cards. Its ceiling depends on Red Dragon Archfiend and the Light and Darkness Ritual line, but no recorded boards exist to confirm conversion, so combo ceiling and median are text-only estimates. The deck has no Side Deck, which caps post-game adaptability, and it scores no points for popularity: the usage statistics are not used as strength evidence. The score does not come from averaging card scores; it reflects how the system opens, interacts and closes.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 70 Toolbox / 30 Stun on interaction emphasis (Inferred). Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: No Side Deck (-2). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: theoretical structural-only. Uncapped 0.80*54 + 0.20*40 ≈ 51, capped to 30 under the Illegal rule. Meta Power provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.86 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.14 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Nine hand traps and 11 negation-text cards give broad interaction
• Archetype core is reliably reachable in the opening hand (about 0.86)
• Two Red Dragon Archfiend plus The Crimson King give a high-attack end board
• Synchro extra deck of 15 cards gives flexible access

Weaknesses

• Illegal: Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse each run 3 copies against a limit of 2
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Low archetype purity (8.6 percent exact name) with several sub-archetypes spread across the main deck
• No recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median cannot be verified

Critical choke points

• Resonator-based Synchro summon depends on a Tuner and a non-Tuner on the field
• Red Dragon Archfiend is the main closer; its loss leaves few alternative end boards

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status: Ash Blossom and Dominus Impulse each at 3 copies, legal limit 2 (OCG Semi-Limited); Main deck 55 cards, extra 15, side 0; within OCG size rules main 40-60, extra 0-15; Copy histogram: 7 triple, 8 double, 18 single; Archetype purity 8.6 percent exact name
• Inferred: Starter access estimates from hypergeometric draw table (P at least one archetype core in hand of 5 ≈ 0.86); Hand-trap P at least one in going-second hand of 6 ≈ 0.68; Toolbox and Stun strategy read from text and composition; Dimension scores D1 to D11 and D14 from card text and composition
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); D13 matchup and format fit; Tournament reliability
• Data gaps: The Illegal status caps the score; the evaluation is theoretical and structural-only No combos supplied: combo data.total combos = 0; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent usage statistics conflicts with the card list: The Crimson King, Bystial Dis Pater, Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss, Crimson Blade Dragon and Scarred Dragon Archfiend are reported as missing (in this deck false), yet they appear in the cards list in the extra zone; the usage-based core-coverage numbers are not trusted No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied deck title is null