Medius Deck #773494 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Combo
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 43 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Power Patron Link/Fusion boards (Mediclius, Nerva, Vidolium) backed by Medius the Pure and Ars Magna stat/battle effects (Inferred from card text); Xyz Gustav Rocket and Synchro Junora pressure through Ars Magna battle-protection and multi-attack effects (Inferred from card text)
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Medius the Pure or a Power Patron searcher, reach a Link/Fusion board, and hold Ash Blossom / Effect Veiler / Ghost Ogre for the opponent's first response (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the 12 hand traps (Ash, Ghost Ogre, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence, Droll & Lock Bird) to answer the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Pendulum searchers (Inferred)
• Recovery: Pendulum Treasure, Shade the Obscure, Theorealize Past Lull and Theorealize Overdrive re-summon Medius and Power Patron monsters from GY/banish (Inferred from text)
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs zero side-deck cards, so no post-side plan exists in the export

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring runs 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2, so the score is capped and this evaluation is structural-only. Structurally, the list reliably opens a Medius the Pure or Pendulum searcher and carries 12 hand traps plus Ars Magna and Power Patron recursion, which gives it interaction density and a plausible route to Link and Fusion boards. Its conversion ceiling and median output cannot be measured because the export contains no recorded boards, so both are text-only inference. The score does not come from Medius being a popular archetype (exact-name purity is 6.9% across several sub-archetypes) and does not come from averaging individual card scores. The empty side deck and the lack of tournament or win-rate data keep the consistency and matchup readings at low to medium confidence.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-6). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(52) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) + ContextModifiers(-6) ≈ 45, then capped at 35 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.32 · 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

• 12 hand traps across Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence and Droll & Lock Bird
• High searcher density (22 cards with search text) gives high starter access
• Recursion routes through Theorealize and Pendulum Treasure

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom is over the Semi-Limited copy limit
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Exact-name purity is 6.9%, so the engine spans several sub-archetypes and may conflict

Critical choke points

• Medius the Pure is the only verified starter at 3 copies (P≥1 in hand5 ≈ 0.32)
• Power Patron Link/Fusion boards depend on a small number of Extra Deck monsters

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main deck 43 cards, Extra deck 15, Side 0 (within size rules); Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring runs 3 copies against Semi-Limited limit 2 (illegal); Medius the Pure has 3 copies; hand-trap flags on 12 main-deck cards; Four Limited cards each run at 1 copy (legal)
• Inferred: Starter access and brick estimates from hypergeometric probabilities; Interaction density from card text; Going-first and going-second plan estimates
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Side deck is empty, so post-side performance cannot be assessed Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied