Ryzeal Deck #773252 — 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 57 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 4 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss monsters (Veidos the Dragon of Endless Darkness, Ryzeal Detonator, Predaplant Triphyoverutum, The Dragon that Devours the Dogma) reached through Ashened Field Zone fusion and Ryzeal Xyz lines; Hand-trap-supported Xyz and Fusion follow-ups after the opponent's first interaction is spent
• Turn 1 (going first): Place Obsidim, the Ashened City in the Field Zone, then Special Summon Priestess, King or Hero of the Ashened City from hand and build toward a Pyro Fusion or Ryzeal Xyz board
• Turn 2 (going second): Open with Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock Bird or Evenly Matched to stop the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Ext Ryzeal or Node Ryzeal
• Recovery: Ryzeal Cross and Ashened GY recursion, Bonfire and Pot of Prosperity for card flow, and Ryzeal Plasma Hole as the single-copy removal line
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no side deck, so there is no post-side plan to assess

Why it scores here

The score comes from the deck as a system, not from averaging card scores. Access to the core engine is reasonable: about 80% of hands hold at least one archetype-core card (Inferred, hypergeometric), but the list runs two engines that need different enablers, the Ashened Field Zone line and the Ryzeal Xyz line. Interaction is the strongest area, with 12 hand traps, 21 removal-text cards and layered negation, which lifts end-board and going-second scores. Closing power is high because the Extra Deck holds several 3000-ATK bosses. Those gains are held back by brick risk, since many hands will hold tech and hand traps without a live engine, and by a main deck with 14 singletons and 64 off-archetype copies. The combo ceiling and floor could not be measured because the evidence contains no parseable boards, so those scores are text-only inference. The illegal copy counts cap the final score; popularity and usage stats did not earn points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, 80/20 blend with Stun dimension weights not applied. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Banlist and copy-limit exposure (-6); Engine conflict (-4). Final formula: Structural 55.7 (Midrange weights). No dated meta, so 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + modifiers = 53.8 - 10 = 43.8, then capped at 35 because the list is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.8 · 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: 12 hand traps plus removal-text cards, with a going-second answer density that does not depend on the engine
• Extra Deck threat density of 3000-ATK bosses, giving real closing power once a Fusion or Xyz line resolves
• Searcher density (18 cards) makes the archetype core reachable in most opening hands

Weaknesses

• Two engines that compete for enablers: Ashened needs Obsidim in the Field Zone; Ryzeal needs Rank 4 Xyz and blocks Extra Deck summons
• Four copy-limit violations make the list illegal as built, so no normal score applies
• Dead-hand risk: many hand traps and tech cards with no engine to pair them with
• No side deck, so there is no adaptation plan for best-of-three

Critical choke points

• Obsidim, the Ashened City in the Field Zone is a single point for the Ashened Priestess, King and Hero summons
• Ryzeal Xyz presence gates Ext Ryzeal and Node Ryzeal summons and the Ryzeal Plasma Hole line
• Legal copy limits: running 3 Droll & Lock Bird and 3 Ash Blossom is not legal in this format

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Illegal: four copy-limit violations (Ash Blossom, Super Polymerization, Droll & Lock Bird, Ice Ryzeal); Main 57 and Extra 15 are within the OCG size rules; Card text for Ext Ryzeal, Ice Ryzeal and Sword Ryzeal blocking Extra Deck summons; Archetype exact-name purity 11.1%
• Observed: Usage stats: 8 of 13 tracked core cards present (61.5%); this figure is likely understated, see data_gaps
• Inferred: P(>=1 archetype-core card in 5) = 0.797 and P(>=1 hand trap in 6) = 0.776 (hypergeometric); Going-first and going-second plans and the engine conflict read from card text; Midrange primary strategy and dimension scores from text only, since no boards were recorded
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated sample); tournament reliability; matchup and format fit (D13)
• Data gaps: Illegal list: four over-limit copies; the normal Final Contextual score does not apply, so this evaluation is theoretical/structural-only No combos supplied (total_combos 0): combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference usage_statistics mismatch: Ryzeal Detonator (34909328), Ryzeal Duo Drive (7511613) and Mereologic Aggregator (9940036) are present in the Extra Deck with copies 1 each, yet usage_statistics marks them in_this_deck false. The core_present_pct of 61.5% is probably understated and the missing_core list is likely wrong for Extra Deck cards No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry; going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck: post-side performance cannot be assessed