Gimmick Puppet Deck #773234 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Stun
• 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 boss pressure from Gimmick Puppet Xyz monsters (Number 40, Dark Strings, Giant Hunter, Giant Grinder) with Strings-based removal; Chimera Doll and Fantasix Machinix Link/Xyz recursion for extra summons
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Gimmick Puppet monster plus a searcher (Rouge Doll, Mansion, Planet Pathfinder for Field Spells); Normal Summon to reach Xyz level 8-9 and remove the opponent's board
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Droll & Lock Bird, Ash Blossom, Maxx C and Red Reboot to slow the opponent's interaction, then Xyz into a 3000+ ATK boss
• Recovery: Recycle Gimmick Puppet GY monsters (Dreary Doll, Terror Baby, Rouge Doll) and Condolence Puppet to rebuild the Xyz material base
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered, so no post-side plan exists in this build

Why it scores here

This OCG list has a real Gimmick Puppet core: the archetype core group is almost always reachable in the opening hand (about 98% by hypergeometric estimate, Inferred), so the engine is accessible. Its ceiling comes from Xyz bosses at 3000+ ATK and from Strings-based removal, but there are no recorded boards, so the median output is an estimate only. Interaction is above average for the format (Ash Blossom x2, Droll, Red Reboot, Dominus Impulse x2, Maxx C), which lifts the endboard and going-second dimensions. The score is held down by 36% exact-archetype purity, 23 generic and 45 off-archetype copies, a 55-card Main Deck with many singletons, no Side Deck, and two cards over their copy limit. Popularity and archetype stats confirm the list is real, but they did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged. Because the list is illegal, the score is capped as theoretical/structural only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 47, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 30. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8). Final formula: No dated meta: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability = 0.80*47 + 0.20*30 = 43.6; banlist-exposure modifier -8 gives 35.6; Illegal-list cap applied, final 30 (theoretical/structural only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.98 · 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

• Core Puppet group is almost always accessible in the opening hand
• Two Ash Blossom, Droll and Maxx C give layered going-second interaction
• Xyz bosses reach 3000+ ATK with removal on the same board

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Forbidden card and two over-limit cards
• Low exact-archetype purity (36%) with many off-archetype and generic copies
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan
• No recorded combos, so floor and median output are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Forbidden CXyz Fanatix Machinix and over-limit Dark Strings must be removed before the list is playable
• Xyz boss line depends on Number 40 (Limited, 1 copy) as the single main threat

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0; OCG size rules satisfied; CXyz Fanatix Machinix is Forbidden; Number C40 and Number 40 are Limited; Exact-name archetype purity 35.7%; 23 generic and 45 off-archetype copies; Interaction and hand-trap text present on 9 negation and 21 removal cards
• Observed: Usage stats show the core is largely present but two core cards are missing from this list
• Inferred: Core-group opening-hand access ≈ 0.98; Brick and consistency estimates; Going-second hand-trap value; Boss-line ceiling from card text
• Provisional: Meta fit and matchup coverage (no dated metagame sample or tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and pilot match record are absent No win-rate or going-first/second telemetry in YGOVN No Side Deck registered for this deck Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied