Phantom Knights Deck #773233 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±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. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz pressure: Raidraptor Xyz monsters (Rising Rebellion Falcon 4000 ATK, Ultimate Falcon 3500 ATK, Satellite Cannon Falcon 3000 ATK) built from Raidraptor and Phantom Knights Level 4 monsters, with Rank-Up-Magic chains; Recurring Raidraptor pressure through Rank-Up-Magic and GY-recursion engines (Mimicry Lanius, Strangle Lanius, Raider's Wing)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Level 4 Raidraptor starter (Bloom Vulture, Vanishing Lanius, Tribute Lanius, Strangle Lanius), extend into a Raidraptor Xyz with Force Strix or Brave Strix, and protect the line with Ash Blossom and Droll & Lock Bird (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Solemn Judgment, Dominus Impulse, Red Reboot and Maxx C to break the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Raidraptor starters (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recur Level 4 or lower Raidraptor monsters from the GY with Mimicry Lanius and Strangle Lanius, and reuse Rank-Up-Magic Skip Force and Raidraptor's Force to rebuild Xyz (Inferred)
• After siding: No side deck is registered (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan; the list cannot adapt between games in a best-of-3 (Verified)

Why it scores here

This list is illegal as submitted: Triple Tactics Talent (Forbidden) and three copies of Magical Mid-Breaker Field (Limited to one) put it outside OCG rules, so the score is capped and is theoretical and structural only. Structurally the deck is a Raidraptor Xyz engine, not a pure Phantom Knights build: Raidraptor accounts for 29 of 55 main cards and the exact-name archetype purity is 7.1%, so the 'Phantom Knights' label does not describe the deck. Its reliable opening rests on Level 4 Raidraptor starters (about 25% per 3-copy starter in a 5-card hand, Inferred), with 7 hand traps and 15 negation-text cards giving a comparatively strong interaction layer (Inferred). Its ceiling is high because of the 3000-4000 ATK Raidraptor Xyz monsters, but no recorded boards exist, so median output is unverified, and the deck has no side plan. The score came from consistency, interaction and a system-level read, not from averaging card scores or from the archetype's popularity; usage stats show only a 22.7% core presence for this list.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 42. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-6); no_side_deck (-4); illegality_cap (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(55) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(42) = 52.4, plus modifiers -10 = 42, then capped at 30 because the list is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · 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: 7 hand traps, 15 negation-text cards and 21 removal-text cards
• Multiple Raidraptor starters and recursion routes give some redundancy
• High-ATK Xyz finishers (Rising Rebellion Falcon, Ultimate Falcon) provide closing power

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden Triple Tactics Talent and 3 copies of a Limited card
• No side deck registered, so no adaptation for best-of-3
• Identity is muddled: declared Phantom Knights, actual shell is Raidraptor (7.1% exact-name purity)
• Median output and combo conversion are unverified because no boards are recorded

Critical choke points

• Level 4 Raidraptor starter in hand: a 3-copy starter appears in an opening 5-card hand only about 25% of the time
• Restricted-card dependence: Limited and Forbidden cards must be removed before this list is playable

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal (Triple Tactics Talent Forbidden; Magical Mid-Breaker Field 3 vs 1 legal); Main 55 and Extra 15 are inside OCG size rules; side 0 is inside 0-15; Raidraptor is 29 of 55 main cards; exact-name purity 7.1%; Usage stats: 5 of 22 core cards present (22.7%)
• Inferred: Midrange strategy classification from the Xyz engine and interaction mix; Starter access and brick estimates from hypergeometric odds; Interaction layering from text role hints
• Provisional: Median output and floor (no recorded boards); Matchup and format fit (no tournament or meta sample)
• 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/starter rates) Meta Power provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied deck title is null and the declared archetype does not match the dominant Raidraptor shell