Shining Sarcophagus Deck #773346 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG
45 Main, 15 Extra, incl. Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice x3, Lava Golem x3, Mulcharmy Purulia x3. Created Oct 21, 2026 by YGO Mod.
Created by: YGO Mod (20517634)
Created On: 10/21/2026
Main Deck (45)
- Albion the Shrouded Dragon x1
- Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice x3
- Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Primal x1
- Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju x2
- Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction x1
- Lava Golem x3
- Maxx "C" x1
- Mulcharmy Purulia x3
- The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode x3
- Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x2
- Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit x1
- Dark Time Wizard x2
- Future Silence x2
- Harpie's Feather Duster x1
- Hey, Space Trunade! x3
- Illusion Gate x3
- Lightning Storm x1
- Pot of Sloth x3
- Shining Sarcophagus x3
- The Fallen & The Virtuous x2
- The Gaze of Timaeus x1
- Ultimate Sky x3
Extra Deck (15)
- Albion the Branded Dragon x1
- Dark Magician of Destruction x2
- Dark Magician the Knight of Dragon Magic x1
- Master of Chaos x1
- Red-Eyes Black Dragon Exceed x1
- Galaxy Satellite Dragon x1
- Gravity Controller x1
- S:P Little Knight x1
- Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon x1
- Psychic End Punisher x1
- Divine Golden Shadow Dragon Dragluxion x2
- Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon x2
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Deck — Deck Power Evaluation
Final Contextual Deck Power: 21/100 (±6 · Confidence: Low)
| Overall score | Value |
|---|---|
| Structural Deck Power | 38 |
| Going First | 36 |
| Going Second | 32 |
| Meta Power | provisional |
| Tournament Reliability | 25 |
- Primary strategy: Toolbox
- Secondary strategies: Combo
- Format: ocg
Legality
Main 45 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).
Identity & game plan
- Win condition: Shining Sarcophagus engine: searcher and special-summon text across the Main Deck, with Extra Deck Fusion, Xyz and Synchro finishers, but the exact-archetype core is thin (5 of 45 Main Deck cards); Off-archetype toolbox pressure through Pot of Sloth, Illusion Gate, Ultimate Sky and Lightning Storm-style removal
- Turn 1 (going first): Open on a Shining Sarcophagus or a searcher, use Dark Time Wizard or Dark Magician Girl searches to find follow-ups, then convert into Extra Deck summons; no verified line is in the evidence
- Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring x2, Maxx C, Ghost Ogre and Snow Rabbit) for the opponent's first interaction, then rebuild through Future Silence or Shining Sarcophagus searches; unverified
- Recovery: Recursion is limited to The Fallen and The Virtuous and Dark Time Wizard's GY-return text; no verified recovery loop is in the evidence
- After siding: Not evaluable: the deck has no side deck (side_count 0)
Why it scores here
The list is Illegal because it runs one copy of Albion the Branded Dragon, a Forbidden card, so it receives a structural-only score rather than a normal final score. The engine is accessible in the sense that Shining Sarcophagus has 3 copies and P(at least one in a 5-card opening hand) is about 0.30, while searcher text covers 10 cards with P(at least one) about 0.73, but only 5 of the 45 Main Deck cards are exact-name Shining Sarcophagus and 55 are off-archetype, so the engine is diluted. Several cards are awkward in this deck: Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode is not Special Summonable and needs three tributes, and Lava Golem requires the opponent's monsters to tribute, so these are likely dead draws without a verified line. Interaction is the deck's most concrete strength, with 4 hand traps, 7 negation-text cards and 14 removal-text cards, which earns the End-Board score on the system, not by averaging card scores. No combo boards, tournament link, or side deck are present, so the consistency and conversion scores rest on inference and the score is Low confidence.
Dimension scores
| # | Dimension | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Engine Accessibility & Consistency | 48 | P(at least one Shining Sarcophagus in 5) about 0.30; searcher-text group P(at least one) about 0.73; only 5 exact-name engine cards (Inferred) |
| D2 | Opening-Hand Quality & Brick Management | 35 | Off-archetype spread (55 of 60 copies) and several conditional or near-dead cards such as Winged Dragon of Ra Sphere Mode and Lava Golem raise brick risk (Inferred) |
| D3 | Combo Conversion & Ceiling | 35 | No combo boards in the evidence; conversion ceiling is a text-only read of Shining Sarcophagus, Gandora-G and Extra Deck Fusion/Xyz summons (Inferred) |
| D4 | Combo Floor & Median Output | 30 | combos_evidence reports zero parseable boards, so median output cannot be measured and is set low (Provisional) |
| D5 | Interruption Resilience & Route Redundancy | 40 | Two Dark Magician-line and Magician-line routes plus Dark Time Wizard recursion give some redundancy, but the evidence shows no independent lines (Inferred) |
| D6 | Resource Economy, Recovery & Grind | 40 | No resource signature data; Pot of Sloth and Future Silence card draw are text reads only (Inferred) |
| D7 | End-Board & Interaction Quality | 45 | Four hand traps, seven negation-text cards and fourteen removal-text cards give broad interaction on the system (Inferred semantic) |
| D8 | Going-Second & Board-Breaking Power | 40 | Going-second split is unavailable; Illusion Gate, Ultimate Sky and Lightning Storm provide some board-breaking text, unverified (Inferred) |
| D9 | Offensive Pressure & Closing Power | 35 | Closing power depends on Extra Deck Fusion, Xyz and Synchro bosses whose attack values are verified, but no line converts them reliably (Inferred) |
| D10 | Main Deck Efficiency & Flexibility | 45 | 45 Main Deck cards with 22 distinct cards and a 3-copy histogram is compact but mixes three engines (Verified structure, Inferred coherence) |
| D11 | Extra Deck Efficiency & Coverage | 40 | 15 Extra Deck cards across Fusion, Xyz, Link and Synchro with one Forbidden Fusion monster that prevents a legal build (Verified) |
| D12 | Side Deck Adaptability | 20 | No Side Deck is present, so post-side adaptability cannot be scored and is set low (Provisional) |
| D13 | Matchup Coverage & Format Fit | 30 | No tournament link or dated metagame sample; archetype context is unavailable (Provisional) |
| D14 | Pilotability & Error Tolerance | 35 | Multiple engines and conditional summons imply a high decision load; no combo steps to verify (Inferred) |
How the score was computed
Strategy profile: Toolbox primary with Combo as a secondary read (structural-only; deck is Illegal). Structural ≈ 38, Going First ≈ 36, Going Second ≈ 32, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 25. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-10); engine_conflicts (-5). Final formula: Illegal cap (structural-only): 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*38.3 + 0.20*25 - 15 = 20.6, rounded to 21
Probability & combo summary
- Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.3 · 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
- Four hand traps, seven negation-text cards and fourteen removal-text cards give broad interaction
- Searcher-text density (10 cards) makes it likely the engine can be found
- Compact 45-card Main Deck with a 3-copy histogram for many cards
Weaknesses
- Illegal list: Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden and over the copy limit
- Shining Sarcophagus engine is diluted: 5 exact-name cards against 55 off-archetype copies
- Several cards are conditional or near-dead (Winged Dragon of Ra Sphere Mode, Lava Golem)
- No side deck, so no post-side plan
Critical choke points
- Shining Sarcophagus is the only engine enabler with 3 copies, so a hand without it or a searcher relies on Future Silence and Dark Time Wizard
- The Forbidden Albion must be removed before the deck can be legal
Recommended changes
| Priority | Remove | Add | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albion the Branded Dragon (1 copy, Extra Deck) | A legal Extra Deck Fusion or Xyz monster that fits the deck's Dark Magician and Shining Sarcophagus plan | Restores legality; the score here is structural-only until the list is legal |
| 2 | Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode (3 copies) | A card that is summonable on turn 1 or 2 and continues the engine | Sphere Mode is not Special Summonable and needs three tributes, which lowers consistency |
| 3 | Off-archetype spells that do not feed the engine | More copies of Shining Sarcophagus-named cards or their searchers | Raises exact-name purity from 8.3 percent and makes the engine more accessible |
Evidence & confidence
- Verified: Albion the Branded Dragon is Forbidden and over the copy limit (Illegal); Main Deck 45 cards, Extra Deck 15 cards, within the OCG size rules; Hypergeometric draw odds for the Main Deck
- Inferred: Engine accessibility from hypergeometric odds and searcher text; Interaction quality from hand-trap and removal text flags; Dead-card risk for Winged Dragon of Ra Sphere Mode and Lava Golem from card text
- Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit and tournament reliability (no tournament link)
- 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, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample No Side Deck present, so post-side scoring is not possible
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