Apophis Deck #773257 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• 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: Apophis-line Temple of the Kings board into Extra Deck boss monsters (Divine Serpent Apophis, Anubis-style 3000 ATK beaters, Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS) once the Trap-based engine has resolved.; Hand-trap and negation control: Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Nibiru, Evenly Matched and Infinite Impermanence interrupt the opponent while the Apophis traps set up the board.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with an Apophis searcher line (The Man with the Mark, Apophis the Serpent, Treasures of the Kings) into Temple of the Kings, then Fusion or Link into a boss monster (Inferred from text).
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Nibiru and Infinite Impermanence to negate the opponent's first summon or search, then rebuild the Temple engine (Inferred from text).
• Recovery: Recover from GY through Apophis the Serpent's GY trigger and Verdict of Anubis / Temple recursion; the Extra Deck link and xyz monsters provide a second board (Inferred).
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably reaches its core engine: 22 archetype-core copies give P(at least one in a 5-card opening hand) ≈ 0.93, and the hand-trap and searcher text groups (≈0.87 and ≈0.87) suggest it can interrupt and search. Its interaction is layered, with 17 negation-text cards and 23 removal-text cards, which lifts end-board interaction quality, and its Extra Deck supplies 3000-ATK closing threats. Floor and median output are weak because no recorded boards exist, so the conversion and ceiling scores are text-only Inferred estimates; the 13 three-of slots and a large off-archetype share (65 of 70 non-exact copies, with 37 generic) mean the engine is less coherent than its core suggests. The deck is illegal (Ash Blossom run 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2) and has no Side Deck, so it is capped at 35 and scored as theoretical/structural only. This score comes from consistency, interaction and closing power on the system, not from the Apophis archetype's popularity (no tournament data) and not from averaging the individual card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, Stun secondary (weights from the Midrange profile; Stun not blended numerically). Structural ≈ 54, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: No side deck (-3); Illegal copy-limit cap (-15). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: 0.80*Structural(54) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(50) + context modifiers(-3) ≈ 50, capped to 35 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural only); Meta Power provisional

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.93 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.07 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Archetype-core density (22 copies) makes the engine reliably accessible on the opening hand (Inferred).
• Layered interaction: 15 hand traps plus 17 negation and 23 removal texts (Inferred semantic read).
• Extra Deck closing threats at 2800–3000 ATK (Verified stats).

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom run 3 copies against a limit of 2 (Verified).
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan (Verified).
• Weak coherence: 65 off-archetype copies against 5 exact-name Apophis copies (Verified composition).

Critical choke points

• Temple of the Kings must be on the field for most Apophis and Serket interactions (Inferred from text).
• Ash Blossom's over-limit copy count must be fixed before the deck can be played in OCG (Verified).

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 are within OCG size rules (40–60 / 0–15 / 0–15).; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is run 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2, which makes the deck Illegal.; Archetype-core group has 22 copies and P(≥1 in 5-card hand) ≈ 0.93.; Exact-name Apophis purity is 7.1% (5 of 70 non-exact copies).
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency and brick estimates from the hypergeometric draw table.; Interaction density and resilience from card-text roles (negation, removal, hand traps).; Going-second and going-first plans from card text, with no recorded boards.; Closing power from Extra Deck ATK stats plus text.
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample or tournament link).; Tournament reliability, as it depends on the same missing post-side and matchup data.
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference. No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent. No win-rate telemetry for going-first/second, matchup, brick or starter rates. No Side Deck supplied, so post-side plan and D12 cannot be evaluated. Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample.