Dominus Deck #773096 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Toolbox
• 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 and Xyz pressure from the Orcust engine (Galatea, Dingirsu, Enlilgirsu, Longirsu, TY-PHON, Underworld Goddess) once the Orcust/Mulcharmy hand starters have produced a board.; Hand-trap and trap-based interaction (13 hand traps, 14 negation-text cards) that grinds the opponent out while the Extra Deck threats come online.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Mulcharmy or Orcust starter, convert it into a Link or Xyz Summon through the Orcust link monsters, and hold back Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence and Evenly Matched for the opponent's first answer. Going-first hands are the weaker case because only 5 cards are drawn and most starters are conditional on an empty field.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand to keep 1-2 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence) for the opponent's first Summon or activation, then rebuild the board with Orcust monsters and Link Summons from the Extra Deck.
• Recovery: Recur Orcust and World Legacy monsters from the GY (Orcust Harp Horror, Orcust Cymbal Skeleton, Orcustrated Return, Orcustrated Babel, Galatea-I) and draw through Pot of Sloth and Pot of Prosperity.
• After siding: Not evaluable: Side Deck size is 0, so there is no post-side plan in the submitted list.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: its Orcust and Mulcharmy hand starters, Orcust link and Xyz extenders, and 13 hand traps form one interaction-heavy shell, not an average of card scores. Interaction density (D7) and resource recovery (D6) are the strongest parts, because the list runs many hand traps and recursion effects that can contest the opponent's first plays. Engine accessibility and brick management are weak: the Mulcharmy draw effects and the Lightning Storm and Harpie's Feather Duster lines are conditional on an empty or specific board, and only about half of 5-card openers contain a core starter. Popularity does not earn points here: archetype usage shows the list is real and accessible, but the deck is 8.6% pure to the Dominus name and mixes Orcust, Mulcharmy, Mekk-Knight, Greed and Solemn cards. Because the list is illegal (three cards over the OCG copy limit), the final score is capped low and the evaluation is structural only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange profile with secondary interaction emphasis; Midrange weights applied unchanged. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violation (-6); No side deck (-3); Banlist exposure (-2); Illegal-list cap (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 50.4; modifiers total -11 gives 39.4; Illegal-deck cap (copy-limit violation) sets the final score to 35. Meta Power is provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.51 · 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

• Layered interaction: 13 hand traps plus Solemn, Dominus and Infinite Impermanence negations give strong disruption (Inferred)
• Recovery: Orcust GY recursion and draw spells keep resources flowing (Inferred)
• Extra Deck coverage: Galatea, Galatea-I, Dingirsu, Enlilgirsu, Longirsu, TY-PHON and Underworld Goddess cover multiple summon routes (Verified count)
• Going-second hand-trap density is high (Inferred)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: three cards exceed the OCG copy limit (Verified)
• No side deck (Verified)
• Low archetype purity: 8.6% exact-name, with five sub-archetypes diluting the engine (Verified)
• Conditional starters (Mulcharmy draws, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster) brick or stall when the board is empty or full (Inferred)
• No recorded combos or win data, so floor, median and ceiling are unverified (Verified data gap)

Critical choke points

• The Orcust link engine depends on one of the 7 core Orcust or Mulcharmy starters in the opener (about 51% chance) (Inferred)
• Galatea and Dingirsu are 2-copy Extra Deck cards; losing both to a hand trap or Solemn cuts the Orcust engine (Inferred)
• Ash Blossom and the other hand traps are the main first-response resource going second, so an early Ash or Impermanence negation counts as a choke point (Inferred)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal list: Ash Blossom, Foolish Burial Goods and Dominus Impulse each exceed the OCG copy limit; Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0; size rules satisfied; Six Limited cards run at 1 copy each; Solemn Warning at 2 (within limit); Archetype purity 8.6% exact-name; 13 hand traps and 14 negation-text cards
• Observed: Usage stats show Droll & Lock Bird, Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Infinite Impermanence as core cards; Maxx C is missing
• Inferred: Starter access and brick rate from the hypergeometric draw tables; Interaction density and going-second hand-trap coverage from card text; Structural weights and dimension scores
• Provisional: Meta power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format 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 exists in YGOVN, so brick, starter and going-first/second rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck (Side Deck size 0), so post-side performance cannot be assessed