Elfnote Deck #773259 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Combo
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Elfnote and Power Patron Link/Synchro boards built from the Elfnote and Ars Magna searchers, closing with Synchro and Link beaters such as Elfnote June Pride and Vidolium; Fiendsmith Fusion and Link pressure through Fiendsmith's Tract, Fiendsmith Engraver and Fiendsmith's Desirae, which is only partly supported by the list
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a searcher or starter (Elfnote Regina, Medius, Mulcharmy) and convert it through Elfnote summons and Power Patron Link material, using the searchers to find the Limited Elfnote and Fiendsmith staples
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 14 hand traps and 15 negation or removal effects (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler, Ghost Ogre and similar) to break the opponent's board, then rebuild through Mulcharmy draw and Synchro summons
• Recovery: Recover from interruption with the Mulcharmy and Junoldo draw engines and the Theorealize and Medius recursion, but the deck can only use the copies it legally runs
• After siding: None. The side deck is empty (0 cards), so there is no post-side plan in the submitted list

Why it scores here

This is an Illegal OCG list (Ash Blossom is run 3 copies against a limit of 2, and Fiendsmith Engraver 3 against a limit of 1), so the score is capped and reflects structure only. The archetype core is reliably reachable: P(at least one archetype-core card in a 5-card opening hand) is about 0.92 (Inferred), and the searcher text group is about 0.93. The deck's real strength is interaction: 14 hand traps and 15 negation or removal effects give it a strong going-second plan. The score does not come from Elfnote's popularity (91% usage on the core card) or from averaging card scores. The list only runs about 16% exact-name Elfnote cards, spread across Fiendsmith, Ars Magna, Mulcharmy, Power Patron and Medius, so engine coherence is weaker than the archetype label suggests. No combos, tournament data or side deck were supplied, so the median and ceiling are unmeasured and the score sits in a low-confidence band.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53.5, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Copy-limit violations (Illegal list) (-8); Banlist exposure of key cards (0). Final formula: Uncapped: 0.80*Structural(53.5) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) + Modifiers(-8) = 43.8; capped to 30 because the list is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only). Meta Power is provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.92 · 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 archetype access is high (about 0.92 for at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand, Inferred)
• Layered interaction: 14 hand traps and 15 negation or removal effects
• Strong going-second hand-trap coverage (about 0.84 for at least one in a 6-card hand, Inferred)
• Broad Extra Deck coverage across Link, Synchro and Fusion

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom is over the copy limit and Fiendsmith Engraver is over the copy limit
• Low exact-name engine purity (15.7%) across several sub-archetypes
• Empty side deck, so there is no post-side plan
• No recorded combos, so the floor, median and ceiling are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Engine depends on the Elfnote and Power Patron searchers; losing those removes most of the Link and Synchro route
• Fiendsmith Engraver and Fiendsmith's Tract are Limited and share a single legal copy each, so Fiendsmith access is fragile

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Ash Blossom 3 copies vs 2 legal; Fiendsmith Engraver 3 copies vs 1 legal (Illegal); Main Deck 55 cards and Extra Deck 15 cards are within OCG size rules; Side deck is empty (0 cards); Archetype usage: Elfnote core cards at 84 to 91% inclusion
• Observed: Archetype usage stats show Elfnote, Mulcharmy and Regina are common in this archetype
• Inferred: Opening-hand access to an archetype-core card is about 0.92 (hypergeometric); Going-second hand-trap presence is about 0.84 (hypergeometric); Interaction density is high based on negation and removal text; Consistency and brick rate estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit: no dated metagame sample supplied
• Data gaps: No combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first and going-second, matchup, brick and starter rates) Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Side deck is empty, so post-side adaptability cannot be measured Deck title is null