K9 Deck #773067 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 53 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: K9 Xyz Monsters (K9-X Werewolf, K9-66X Jacks, K9-17 Ripper, Arc Rebellion) and Vanquish Soul beaters (Caesar Valius 3000 ATK, Jiaolong 2400 ATK) converting board presence into attacks; Vanquish Soul Hollie Sue control steal and Number C104 / Umbral Horror Masquerade removal backed by the hand-trap wall
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a K9 or Vanquish Soul searcher (Vanquish Soul Start, Dr. Mad Love, Razen, Little Knight-era Limited searchers), Normal Summon a K9 level-5 Normal-Summon-without-tribute monster, and build toward a K9 Xyz with Forced Release or Lupis protection
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Ghost Belle, D.D. Crow, Evenly Matched) and Solemn Judgment / Solemn Accusation to disrupt the opponent's first board, then convert the surviving hand into a Xyz or Vanquish Soul board
• Recovery: Recover from a hand-trap or removal interaction by re-searching via K9 and Vanquish Soul searchers (Case for K9, Vanquish Soul Start, Mad Love) and using Mulcharmy Fuwalos draw bursts when the board is empty
• After siding: Not evaluable: the export has no side deck (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan to score

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal: three cards exceed their OCG copy limits (Ash Blossom 3 of 2, Vanquish Soul Razen 3 of 1, K9-17 Izuna 3 of 2), so it is scored structurally and capped at 30 rather than given a normal Final Contextual score. On the structural read, the deck reliably opens a live engine through its searchers (P(at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand) is about 0.87, and about 0.80 for at least one archetype-core card; Inferred). Its strongest quality is interaction density: 11 hand traps, 9 negation texts and 24 removal texts give it a good going-second answer set (Inferred from card text). It converts into pressure through the K9 Xyz and Vanquish Soul beaters, but the list is only 17.6% exact-name K9 and carries 56 off-archetype copies (Solemn, Cyclone, Mulcharmy, D.D., Harpie, Umbral Horror), which weakens engine coherence. No combos, meta sample, or side deck were supplied, so floor, median, ceiling, and post-side strength are not measured; the score comes from consistency, interaction, and system coherence on the list as built, not from K9 being a popular archetype or from averaging card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 56.4, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Over copy limit (Illegal cap) (-8); Banlist exposure (-2). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 0.80*56.4 + 0.20*45 = 54.1; Illegal deck capped at 30 (theoretical/structural-only, not a normal Final Contextual score)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.87 · 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 negation package (11 hand traps, 9 negation texts) for going second
• Two searcher-based engines (K9 and Vanquish Soul) with 17 searcher-text cards
• Strong closing beaters: Caesar Valius 3000 ATK, K9-X Werewolf 3300 ATK, Arc Rebellion 3000 ATK

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: three cards exceed their OCG copy limits
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Low archetype purity (17.6%) with 56 off-archetype copies weakens engine coherence
• Many single-copy core cards raise brick and dead-card risk

Critical choke points

• Dependence on restricted cards (Limited / Semi-Limited) for the core searcher and interaction package
• Single-copy K9-66a Jokul and K9-ØØ Lupis lines as the Xyz starter route

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 53 main, 15 extra, 0 side; three copy-limit violations (Ash Blossom 3/2, Vanquish Soul Razen 3/1, K9-17 Izuna 3/2); Banlist: 7 Limited and 5 Semi-Limited restricted cards run; Card text and stats for all listed cards; Archetype purity 12 of 68 copies (17.6%)
• Observed: Composition counts: 17 searcher-text cards, 11 hand traps, 9 negation texts, 24 removal texts, 12 Xyz and 3 Link Extra Deck monsters
• Inferred: Starter access probability about 0.87 (searchers) and about 0.80 (archetype core); Interaction density and going-second strength from card text; Brick and coherence effects of off-archetype copies
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Format fit and matchup coverage (no tournament link); Tournament reliability
• Data gaps: no combos supplied: combo floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot record are absent no win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick, starter rates) no side deck: post-side plan cannot be evaluated Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Data inconsistency: usage statistics marks K9-X Werewolf, K9-17 Ripper, N.As.H. Knight, CXyz N.As.Ch. Knight, and S:P Little Knight as in this deck=false, yet they appear in the Extra Deck card list; the usage match may be wrong and the core-coverage figure (61.5%) is unreliable