Galaxy Photon Deck #773076 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 45/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Tech
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz Summon a Galaxy-Eyes or Photon boss (Number 62, Cipher X, Full Armor, Titanic Galaxy) and attack through an opponent's board with 3000-4000 ATK monsters; Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon battle-banish to rebuild the board, backed by Photon Emperor and Photon Delta Wing recursion
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Photon Delta Wing or Galaxy Soldier to search a Galaxy or Photon monster, then Xyz into a Galaxy-Eyes boss; hold Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence for the opponent's answer
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence) to break the opponent's first turn, then Xyz into a 3000+ ATK boss on the following turn
• Recovery: Rebuild from the GY through Photon Emperor, Galaxy Summoner and Galaxy Expedition, with Galaxy Hundred and Photon Orbital searching the next starter
• 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 deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its card scores. Its engine opens reasonably well: the 11-copy archetype core has an estimated 82% chance of at least one starter in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred), and Photon Delta Wing and Galaxy Soldier give two-card bootstraps. Interaction is above average for the format, with 7 hand-trap and 12 negation-text cards, and Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence give it room to stop opposing lines. Its closing power comes from 3000-4000 ATK Xyz bosses in the Extra Deck. Two things cap the score. First, the list is illegal: Seventh Tachyon is over its limit of 1 and Ash Blossom over its limit of 2, so the score is a theoretical, structural-only read. Second, the deck has no combo data, no tournament context and no Side Deck, so floor, median and post-side performance cannot be measured. Popularity did not add points: the archetype is well represented in usage statistics, but that confirms only that the list is real.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo primary with a Midrange secondary (not separately weighted; the Combo profile is used as-is). Structural ≈ 59.3, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal list, so theoretical/structural-only: 0.80*Structural(59.3) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(50) = 57.4, then -12 banlist modifier = 45 (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.82 · 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

• Archetype core is dense (11 copies) with a high chance of a starter in hand
• Strong interaction suite: Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Droll & Lock Bird, Tachyon Transmigration, and Number 90 negation
• High-ATK Xyz bosses (Number 62, Cipher X, Full Armor, Titanic Galaxy) give strong closing power
• Recursion lines through Photon Emperor and Galaxy Summoner help recover from disruption

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy counts on Seventh Tachyon and Ash Blossom
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptability
• No combo, win-rate or tournament data to confirm the deck works in practice
• Low archetype purity (0% exact name), with several off-archetype tech cards

Critical choke points

• Seventh Tachyon and Ash Blossom are limited, so the legal build must drop copies and may lose a starter route
• Turn-1 engine depends on Photon Delta Wing or Galaxy Soldier being drawn

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Seventh Tachyon 3 vs limit 1 and Ash Blossom 3 vs limit 2 (OCG BanList); Composition: 40 Main Deck cards, 15 Extra Deck cards, 0 Side Deck cards; Core card inclusion from usage statistics: 9 of 18 core cards present
• Observed: Usage statistics show the archetype core is commonly run at standard copy counts
• Inferred: Opening-hand starter probability ≈ 0.82 (hypergeometric); Interaction density and closing power from card text; Dimension scores D1–D3, D5–D9, D11, D14
• Provisional: Median output (D4) and format fit (D13) are neutral because there is no combo or tournament data; Meta power is null until a dated metagame sample exists
• 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 (going-first/second, matchup, brick and starter rates) Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No Side Deck, so post-side performance cannot be assessed Deck title is null