Elfnote Deck #774011 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 7 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Extra Deck boss monsters (Elfnote Lucina/Regina beatdown, Elfnote June Pride and Elfnote Seraphim Strelitzia field control) backed by Power Patron Link and Synchro material loops; Hand-trap-supported Synchro and Link pressure, with Theorealize Medius recursion as the late-game grind
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Elfnote Regina or Lucina from hand (Quick Effect), search or Special Summon Elfnote monsters, and set up a center-zone monster that blocks attacks; Ash Blossom and Droll are held for the opponent's first search
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold 2 to 3 hand traps (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Ghost Ogre, Skull Meister, Effect Veiler, Droll and Lock Bird) to break the opponent's first board, then convert the 6-card hand into a Synchro or Link boss
• Recovery: Searchers (Elfnote Power Patron, Medius, Theorealize, Junoldo) rebuild from the Deck and GY recursion (Theorealize Past Lull, Medius, Elfnotes: Welcome Home) after a single interruption
• After siding: Not applicable as evaluated: the deck has zero Side Deck cards, so no post-side plan exists in this export

Why it scores here

This list cannot be scored as a normal legal deck: it runs four Forbidden cards and three over-limit Limited or Semi-Limited cards, so the score below is a theoretical, structural-only read capped at 35. Structurally the Elfnote core is redundant, with 28 archetype-core copies giving an estimated 97% chance of at least one archetype card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred), and the deck has 18 hand traps and 15 negation-text cards that give it strong interaction density. The Extra Deck (Lucina and Regina boss routes, Synchro and Link finishers) provides closing pressure, but there are no recorded boards, so combo ceiling and median output are text-only inferences and are weighted down. Going second is the deck's strongest case because of hand-trap density, and its weakest point is the complete absence of a Side Deck, which makes the post-side dimension and tournament reliability poor. Popularity in the archetype's usage statistics (for example Ash Blossom and Mulcharmy at 100% inclusion) confirms the core cards are real and accessible but did not add points, and the score was not produced by averaging individual card scores.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary; Stun interaction weighting (D7, D13) reflects the hand-trap base. Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 68, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-12); Illegal cap (-8); Unrecoverable side-deck gap (0). Final formula: Theoretical only. Raw 0.80*Structural(58) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 55.4, less banlist modifier -12 = 43.4, capped at 35 because the deck is Illegal (Forbidden cards and over-limit copies). Meta Power is null (Provisional).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · 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

• Redundant archetype core with multiple independent starters
• Dense hand-trap and negation coverage that supports going second
• Flexible Extra Deck with Synchro, Link and Xyz routes

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: four Forbidden cards and three over-limit cards
• No Side Deck at all, so no post-side or matchup adaptation
• Heavy 3-of hand-trap and searcher density raises dead-card risk
• Only 21% of Main Deck cards are exact-archetype, so engine coherence is moderate

Critical choke points

• Forbidden Elfnote Tinia and Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon remove key Extra Deck and Main Deck routes in any legal build
• A single Extra Deck boss monster carries most of the closing plan

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, four Forbidden cards and three over-limit cards; Main 56, Extra 15, Side 0 (Main and Extra within size rules); Archetype usage: Ash Blossom and Mulcharmy at 100% inclusion; Side Deck is empty
• Inferred: 97% opening-hand access to the archetype core (hypergeometric); Interaction density from hand-trap and removal text; Going-second advantage from hand-trap density
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample); Median combo output (no recorded boards)
• 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 records are absent No win-rate telemetry exists for going-first, going-second, matchups or brick rates Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample Deck title is null in the export