Infernoble Knight Deck #773221 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link/Synchro/Fusion-summon Noble Knight and Flame Swordsman boss monsters (Emperor Charles, Gearfried, Nibiru, Dark Flare Swordsman) after equip-based ATK and searcher-driven setup; Disruption-backed field control with Solemn Judgment, Forbidden Droplet/Crown, Lightning Storm and hand traps into a single-threat board
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a FIRE Warrior starter (Infernoble Knight Ricciardetto / Oliver / Maugis / Turpin) or Flame Swordsman starter, search with Heritage of the Chalice / Renaud / Roland, equip with Infernoble Arms Almace/Durendal, then Link or Synchro summon a 2600-3000 ATK boss
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Droll & Lock Bird, Evenly Matched or Solemn to stop the opponent's first engine, then use Nibiru or Lightning Storm to reset the board and rebuild with the Noble Knight engine
• Recovery: Recycle through the GY with Heritage of the Chalice, Renaud and Infernoble Knight Captain Roland (GY effects), and Forbidden Crown or Droplet as a second wave of negation
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan to score

Why it scores here

The deck opens reliably: P(at least one archetype-core card in a 5-card opening hand) is about 0.98 and P(at least one searcher-text card) is about 0.88 (Inferred), so the engine is usually live by turn 1-2. Its interaction is the strongest part of the system, with 11 hand-trap cards, 16 negation-text cards and 20 removal-text cards, and this makes the endboard and going-second scores credible (Inferred from card text). The deck does not reach a high ceiling in the evidence: there are no recorded combos, so combo conversion is text-only inference, and the mandatory 100%-inclusion core card Fighting Flame Dragon is absent. The list is also illegal (Ash Blossom at 3 copies in OCG, where the limit is 2), has no side deck and carries off-engine cards (Mulcharmy x3, Forbidden, Lightning Storm, Harpie's Feather Duster), so the score is capped on legality. Popularity and archetype usage were not counted as power, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange, meta-neutral (D13 dropped and renormalized over 95). Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 70, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Banlist exposure: Ash Blossom 3 copies (OCG Semi-Limited limit 2) (-10); Engine conflicts: off-engine Mulcharmy x3, Forbidden, Cyclone, Harpie (-2). Final formula: Meta provisional: Structural = sum(dim*weight)/95 = 60 (D13 dropped). Unclamped Final = 0.80*60 + 0.20*50 + modifiers(-12) = 46. Illegal copy-limit violation caps Final at 35 and the evaluation is theoretical/structural-only.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.98 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.02 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Archetype-core starters are nearly always in the opening hand (P≈0.98)
• Dense interaction: 11 hand traps, 16 negation-text and 20 removal-text cards
• Searcher density (19 cards) keeps the hand functional and the engine redundant
• Flexible Extra Deck with 7 Link, 4 Synchro, 2 Fusion and 2 Xyz options

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Ash Blossom at 3 copies (limit 2)
• Missing 100%-inclusion core card Fighting Flame Dragon and several Emperor Charles/Angelica/Captain Roland enablers
• Off-engine cards (Mulcharmy x3, Forbidden, Cyclone, Harpie) dilute the engine
• No side deck, so no post-side plan and no answer to matchup-specific threats
• No recorded combos, so ceiling and floor cannot be measured

Critical choke points

• Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring over the copy limit (legality, not just strength)
• Noble Arms Museum's 1200 LP cost limits its repeat use
• Single-copy Infernoble Arms equips and the Fighting Flame Dragon Extra-Deck route serve as the only non-searcher routes to the boss

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 57, Extra 15, Side 0 counts (Verified); Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring: 3 copies run against an OCG Semi-Limited limit of 2 (Verified); Limited cards are run at one copy each, which is legal (Verified); Card text for resolved cards (Verified); Usage: 18 of 25 core cards present, 72% (Verified)
• Inferred: Starter opening probability ≈ 0.98 (hypergeometric, Inferred); Searcher and hand-trap coverage numbers (Inferred); Going-first and going-second estimates (Inferred); Interaction density and endboard quality from card text (Inferred)
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup/format fit D13 (no tournament data)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates); those signals are Inferred One passcode (45231177) in CardIDList could not be resolved and is counted as Main Side Deck is empty, so post-side performance cannot be assessed Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample