Medius Deck #774136 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion, Link and Synchro boards built from Medius the Pure, Power Patron Link/Fusion monsters and Artmage Non-Finito, closing with high-ATK Power Patron monsters such as Vidolium (5000 ATK) and Gustav Rocket (5000 ATK); Xyz Gustav Rocket pressure and direct damage from Gustav Max, with Ars Magna recursion as a backup route
• Turn 1 (going first): Open on Medius-enabling starters (Pendulum Treasure, Artmage Power Patron, Theorealize, Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis), extend into Power Patron Link or Fusion monsters, and keep Ash Blossom and Ghost Ogre up as interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre and Droll & Lock Bird as hand traps to slow the opponent's first board, then rebuild through Medius and the Theorealize/Artmage recursion lines
• Recovery: Recover from interruption through GY-based Medius and Ars Magna recursion (Theorealized Medius, Ars Magna the Division and the Union, Theorealize Past Lull), and through Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia card draw
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no side deck, so there is no post-side plan

Why it scores here

The deck is scored as a system: its Medius and Power Patron core is accessible in most opening hands (the 22-copy archetype core has an estimated 93% chance of at least one card in a 5-card hand, Inferred), and the structure supports several Fusion, Link and Synchro routes. Interaction is broad, with Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird, Solemn Judgment and several negations, which helps going second. The main weaknesses are a 17-way archetype spread (only 5.6% exact-name purity), 12 singleton tech and hand-trap slots that create brick risk, and no recorded combos to confirm the median output. The deck is also illegal as built because Ash Blossom runs 3 copies against a limit of 2, so the score is capped and labelled structural-only. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Banlist exposure: copy-limit violation (-12). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) = 51.4 before modifiers; capped at 30 because the deck is Illegal (over copy limit), so this is a structural-only score

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.93 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.07 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Large archetype core (22 copies) gives high P(≥1 core card in opening hand)
• Broad interaction package: 7 hand traps, 12 negation-text cards, Solemn Judgment, Harpie's Feather Duster
• High-ATK finishers (Vidolium 5000, Gustav Rocket 5000) and multiple Fusion/Link routes
• Recursion from GY (Theorealize Past Lull, Medius, Ars Magna) supports interruption resilience

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: Ash Blossom runs 3 copies against a limit of 2
• Low archetype purity (5.6%) across 17 sub-archetypes weakens engine coherence
• 12 singleton tech and hand-trap slots and 23 level-0 spells raise brick and dead-card risk
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• No recorded combos or tournament data to confirm median output

Critical choke points

• Medius the Pure (3 copies) is the key Fusion/Link enabler; P(≥1 in 5-card hand) ≈ 0.25 for a single copy
• Ash Blossom over the copy limit must be fixed before the list is legal

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring runs 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2 (illegal); Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 within the TCG size rules; Archetype core: 22 copies, 93% chance of at least one in a 5-card hand; Vidolium and Gustav Rocket are 5000 ATK; Nerva 3300; Junora 3100; Composition: 17 sub-archetypes, 5.6% exact-name purity
• Inferred: Consistency estimates from hypergeometric draws and card text; Interaction and recursion strength from card text; Going-first and going-second split from hand-trap probability
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Format fit and matchup coverage (no tournament data)
• 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 for this deck Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck is illegal, so the score is structural-only