Temple of the Kings Deck #773258 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Control
• 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 / Temple of the Kings engine: Temple and Apophis traps build the board, then Anubis the Last Judge, Merciless Scorpion of Serket and Apophis fusion/Special Summon routes convert into 2500-3000 ATK boss monsters.; Extra Deck boss monsters (Divine Scorpion Beast of Serket, Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS, Super Starslayer TY-PHON) once Extra-Deck material is available.
• Turn 1 (going first): Search Treasures of the Kings / The Man with the Mark / Apophis traps toward Temple of the Kings, then Special Summon Apophis or Anubis while holding hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Infinite Impermanence) for opponent responses.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 15 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Belle, Droll & Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence, Nibiru, Evenly Matched) to interrupt the opponent's first Extra Deck or search line, then rebuild through the Temple and Apophis searchers.
• Recovery: Recover through Apophis trap recursion (Divine Serpent Apophis is not in this list, but Apophis the Serpent sends a card to the GY to add an Embodiment) and the 18 searcher-text cards to refill hand after an interruption.
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no Side Deck, so there is no recorded or constructed post-side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system, not as an average of its cards: the Temple of the Kings and Apophis engine is supported by 20 archetype-core copies, a 0.91 hypergeometric chance of opening at least one core card in a 5-card hand, and 18 searcher-text cards that help rebuild after disruption. Its interaction density is strong, with 15 hand traps and 17 negation-text cards that give it real answers at both going-first and going-second, and the 0.87 six-card-hand estimate for at least one hand trap supports the going-second score. Floor and median output, and combo ceiling, could not be measured because the export contains no parseable boards, so those scores are Inferred from card text only and are kept near the middle. Popularity did not earn points: the core archetype cards appear in most of the archetype's lists, which only shows the list is real, and the deck has no tournament link. The deck is Illegal in OCG because Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is run three times against a limit of two, so its score is capped at 35 and labelled structural-only.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary (with Toolbox-style interaction as secondary), D13 kept as Provisional. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violation (-10); No side deck (-2); Banlist exposure (0). Final formula: min(0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers, 35) — Illegal-deck cap applied; Meta Provisional (0.80*56 + 0.20*45 = 53.8, then modifiers -12 = 41.8, capped to 35)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.91 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.09 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Core engine is accessible: 20 archetype-core copies give a 0.91 chance of opening at least one core card in 5 cards.
• Layered interaction: 15 hand traps and 17 negation-text cards cover both turn orders.
• Redundant searchers: 18 searcher-text cards help refill hand after disruption.
• Boss monsters at 2800-3000 ATK give closing power.

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is run 3 times against a limit of 2.
• No side deck, so there is no post-side adaptation.
• Low archetype purity (15.7% exact-name), so the engine is spread across sub-archetypes and off-archetype filler.
• No recorded boards, so the combo floor, median and ceiling are unmeasured.

Critical choke points

• Temple of the Kings / Apophis trap sequencing is the main conversion route; losing the Temple or the Apophis traps removes most of the summon paths.
• Extra-Deck boss access depends on Serket and Apophis fusion materials, which are not all present (Divine Serpent Apophis and Link Spider are missing from the core list).

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 copies vs Semi-Limited limit 2.; Main 55 and Extra 15 are within OCG size rules; Side 0 is legal but empty.; Archetype purity 15.7% exact-name; 20 archetype-core copies in main.
• Observed: No recorded boards exist, so no combo observation is available.; Usage statistics: 9 of 13 archetype core cards present (69.2%).
• Inferred: P(≥1 core card in 5-card hand) ≈ 0.91 (hypergeometric).; Going-second hand-trap coverage ≈ 0.87.; Interaction density and brick risk are estimated from card text.
• Provisional: Meta Power (null) and matchup/format fit (D13) because no dated metagame sample or tournament link exists.
• 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) exists in YGOVN. Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied. No side deck (0 side cards), so post-side performance cannot be scored. Deck title is null; identification relies on archetype and deck id only.