Radiant Typhoon Deck #774026 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 40/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Quick-Play chain into Extra Deck boss monsters (Radiant Typhoon Fonix, Shiina, Varuroon, Enterblathnir, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS, Super Starslayer TY-PHON); none of the last two are in the main list but both are in the Extra Deck; Link and Xyz beats from Radiant Typhoon Varuroon the Marine Eidolon, Totem Bird, Greatfly and Hraesvelgr-style boards
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Mystical Space Typhoon, Radiant Typhoon Vision/Ascendance/Manifestation or Krosea, and a Quick-Play chain to summon Fonix or Shiina while Ash Blossom and Droll & Lock Bird cover the first response
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird and Evenly Matched to interrupt the opponent's first search or summon, then rebuild through Radiant Typhoon Swen/Eldam/Meghala searches and Quick-Play chains
• Recovery: Recover from the GY: Mystical Space Typhoon, Radiant Typhoon Ascendance and Manifestation re-fetch Radiant Typhoon monsters and Quick-Play spells, while Mulcharmy and Greed draw cards to refill the hand
• After siding: No Side Deck is registered (side_count 0), so there is no post-side plan; the list cannot adapt between games

Why it scores here

The deck's core Radiant Typhoon engine is accessible: the archetype core (26 copies) gives about a 97% chance of at least one core card in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred hypergeometric estimate), and the Quick-Play chains give it several ways to continue after a disruption. Its interaction density is high, with Ash Blossom x3, Droll & Lock Bird, Evenly Matched, Dominus Purge, Varuroon and The Great Gallant Bandit, which earns the strongest dimension (D7) and a solid going-second read (D8). Points were held back for brick risk from 43 off-archetype copies (exact-name purity 38.6%), 2 Greed draw spells and no sideboard, and for the complete absence of recorded boards, so the combo ceiling and median are text-only inferences. The score comes from consistency, interaction and boss output on the system, not from Radiant Typhoon being a popular archetype and not from averaging the cards' individual scores. Because the list is Illegal (Ash Blossom and Pot of Extravagance are over their Semi-Limited copy limit), the result is capped and is structural-only, not a normal Final score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 56.5, Going First ≈ 54, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-4); hard_garnet_burden (-3); illegal_list_cap (-7). Final formula: Illegal cap: theoretical/structural-only. Pre-cap = 0.80*56.5 + 0.20*45 = 54.2; modifiers -7 gives 47.2; capped to 40 because the list is Illegal (over copy limit on 2 cards). Meta provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.97 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.03 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Archetype core is very accessible (about 97% at least one core card in hand, Inferred)
• Layered interaction: Ash Blossom x3, Droll & Lock Bird, Evenly Matched, Dominus Purge, Varuroon, Gallant Bandit
• Strong boss monsters in the Extra Deck (2900-3000 ATK)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Ash Blossom and Pot of Extravagance exceed their Semi-Limited copy limit by one each
• No sideboard (side_count 0), so no post-side adaptation
• Low archetype purity (38.6%) with 43 off-archetype copies, which raises brick risk

Critical choke points

• Mystical Space Typhoon and the Quick-Play starters are the main route into the engine
• Ash Blossom x3 is the main answer to opposing hand traps and searches; once used, interaction is thin

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 55, Extra 15, Side 0 (within TCG size rules); Ash Blossom and Pot of Extravagance are over their Semi-Limited copy limit (3 run, 2 legal); Droll & Lock Bird and Radiant Typhoon Chant are Limited and run 1 copy each; Archetype core card inclusion is 88.9% for Radiant Typhoon Vision and Chant
• Observed: Core archetype cards are commonly played across the archetype's usage stats
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency estimates (0.966 core access, 0.452 going-second hand trap); Interaction density and negation text roles; Structural dimension scores and the 40 capped score
• Provisional: Meta power (null); Matchup and format fit (D13 = 50)
• 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/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No guides attached (total_guides 0)