Medius Deck #774588 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 58 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Artmage / Power Patron Fusion and Link boards (Nerva, Artmage Non-Finito, Mediclius, Gustav Rocket) converting Medius and Ars Magna searches into a large board and 5000-ATK pressure; Ars Magna and Power Patron recursion lines from the GY and banishment, backed by Gustav Rocket and Hope Harbinger Dragon for closing
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with Medius or Artmage Vandalism and search or summon a Power Patron/Artmage monster, then Fusion or Link into a board while holding Ash Blossom and Ghost Ogre as protection
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence, and Kuriboh to break the opponent's first combo, then rebuild through Mulcharmy draws and Ars Magna searches
• Recovery: Ars Magna and Theorealize recursion from the GY and banishment, plus Medius re-summon when the board is cleared
• After siding: No side deck is registered; there is no post-side plan to evaluate

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens an Artmage or Medius starter: the archetype core has about a 92% chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand (Inferred, hypergeometric). Its interaction is layered across hand traps (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Infinite Impermanence, Droll & Lock Bird, Kuriboh) and negation text on several monsters, which gives it a credible going-second plan. Closing power comes from 5000-ATK Power Patron and Gustav Rocket threats. The score was not raised by Medius's popularity and was not produced by averaging individual card scores. Because the list is Illegal (Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization each run 3 copies against a limit of 2), the score is capped at a theoretical, structural-only 35.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Illegal copy-limit violation (-12); Unverified combo ceiling (-3). Final formula: Illegal cap: min(0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability, 35) = min(0.80*53 + 0.20*45, 35) = 35; theoretical/structural-only, Meta Power null (Provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.92 · 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

• Archetype core is highly accessible in the opening hand
• Layered hand-trap and negation coverage for going second
• Multiple recursion routes from GY and banishment

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy counts for Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization
• Low archetype purity (4.1%) with many off-archetype copies
• No side deck
• Many non-engine spells and traps dilute starter density

Critical choke points

• Medius the Pure and Artmage starters (the Artmage engine needs a live Medius or Artmage monster)
• Super Polymerization as a non-engine fusion route, which is illegal at 3 copies

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal copy-limit violations for Ash Blossom and Super Polymerization; 58 main and 15 extra cards; 0 side cards; Limited status for Droll & Lock Bird, Terminus, S:P Little Knight, and Gustav Max, each run at 1 copy; Exact-name archetype purity 4.1%
• Inferred: Archetype-core P(>=1 in hand 5) ≈ 0.92; Hand-trap P(>=1 in hand 6 going-second) ≈ 0.65; Engine redundancy and interaction scores
• Provisional: Meta Power and D13 matchup fit, pending a dated metagame sample
• Data gaps: No recorded combo boards; floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second or matchups No side deck is registered Meta Power is Provisional until a dated metagame sample is supplied