Clown Crew Deck #773703 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 45 / Extra 21 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck summons (Clown Crew Dristy, Diabolo, Fiends, Meteor and the Link/Synchro/Fusion/Xyz board) that convert Tribute Summons into pressure; Ritual and Pendulum Clown Crew monsters (Cappello, Biancaviso, Flair) reaching 2500-3000 ATK bodies
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Clown Crew Flair or Rehearsal, Tribute into a Clown Crew engine, and Extra Deck summon; not verifiable without combo data
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (Ash Blossom x2, Ghost Belle x2, Droll & Lock Bird, Nibiru, Infinite Impermanence x3) to interrupt the opponent, then rebuild through Matinee Operatics and Clown Crew New Face
• Recovery: Recursion from the GY through Clown Crew New Face and Matinee Operatics, and Tribute-triggered search from Dristy, Fiends, Meteor and Finale
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs 0 side cards, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens the Clown Crew core: the core group has an estimated 99.6% chance of at least one piece in the opening five cards, and the three-copy starters (Flair, Cappello, Soiree Operations, Malabarisme, Biancaviso, Infinite Impermanence, Fydraulis Harmonia) each sit near 30% for at least one copy in hand (Inferred, hypergeometric). Conversion is scored from card text only, since no recorded boards exist, so the Extra Deck engine (Dristy, Diabolo, Fiends, Meteor) and the 2500-3000 ATK bodies earn credit for their potential rather than for observed results. Survival rests on nine hand traps and roughly 18 negation-text and 20 removal-text cards, which give layered interaction on the system; the score does not come from averaging card scores. The deck is capped low because its Extra Deck holds 21 cards against a 15-card maximum, so it is Illegal and receives only a theoretical structural read; popularity of the archetype (the Clown Crew core shows 83-100% inclusion) confirms the list is real but does not add points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo primary; no secondary blend applied to weights. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: illegal-extra-deck-size cap (0); banlist exposure (0); dependence on one Extra-Deck card (0). Final formula: Structural 56.2 (Combo profile) -> 0.80*56.2 + 0.20*48 = 54.6 unrounded; capped to 30 because the list is Illegal (Extra Deck 21 > 15), per the rubric's illegal-deck cap (theoretical/structural-only read). Meta provisional (null).

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

• Clown Crew core reliably opens (≈99.6% at least one core card in hand five)
• Nine hand traps and about 38 negation/removal-text cards give layered interaction
• Extra Deck threat density: 2500-3000 ATK bosses and double piercing from Diabolo

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Extra Deck exceeds the 15-card maximum by 6
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation
• No recorded combos or tournament data, so floor and median are unknown

Critical choke points

• Tribute Summon enablers (Clown Crew engine) are required by most lines; losing them to a hand trap or board breaker stalls the board
• Single-copy Extra Deck and Main Deck lines (Norden, Vallon, Masquerena) add slots without a clear engine role

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main Deck 45 and Extra Deck 21 counts from the export; Extra Deck max 15 under tcg rules; all restricted cards within legal copies; Archetype purity 50% exact-name; spread across Clown Crew, generic, Solemn, @Ignister, Mekk-Knight, Relinquished, Skyblaster; Card stats (ATK/DEF, levels, links) and text excerpts for every distinct card
• Observed: Usage statistics: Clown Crew Flair 100%, Finale 100%, Cappello 92%, Biancaviso 83% inclusion for the archetype
• Inferred: P(at least one core starter in hand five) ≈ 0.996 and 3-copy starter ≈ 0.30 (hypergeometric); Interaction layering from text (hand traps and negation/removal read); Combo ceiling and closing power from card text, not recorded boards
• Provisional: Matchup and format fit (no tournament link or dated meta); Meta Power (null)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck supplied, so post-side (D12) is not evaluable