Galaxy Photon Deck #775155 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 56/100 (±7 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Rank 8 Galaxy-Eyes / Number Xyz boards (Number C62, Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor, Number 107) built from Level 8 main-deck monsters (Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, Lava Golem, Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow, Galaxy Knight); Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon recursion and Galaxy Summoner / Galaxy Cleric / Galaxy Hundred recursion grinding out extra Xyz material
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Photon Delta Wing or Galaxy Soldier (Soldier discards another LIGHT), search via Photon Orbital, Galaxy Wizard or Photon Jumper, then reach Rank 4 or Rank 8 Xyz with Galaxy Expedition or Lava Golem Level 8 material (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ghost Belle, Ghost Mourner, Tachyon Transmigration or Forbidden Droplet for the opponent's first summon or activation, then rebuild the Photon/Galaxy board and extend into an Xyz with negation backup (Inferred)
• Recovery: Galaxy Hundred mills Photon/Galaxy cards to fuel Monster Reborn and Galaxy Expedition; Galaxy Cleric and Galaxy Summoner recur GY Photon/Galaxy monsters; Xyz detach effects of Number 90, Number 38 and Hieratic provide negation after a board wipe (Inferred)
• After siding: None: the deck runs an empty Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan.

Why it scores here

This OCG Galaxy Photon list is scored as a connected Xyz system: it reliably reaches a Level 4 Photon/Galaxy starter (about 0.72 in an opening five) and has a Level 8 gate (about 0.51 in an opening five) that feeds Rank 8 Xyz such as Number C62, Full Armor and Number 107. Its interaction is layered across hand traps (Ghost Belle, Ghost Mourner), negations (Tachyon Transmigration, Forbidden Droplet, Galaxy Trance, Numbers Last Hope), Witch's Strike, Dark Hole and several Xyz detach effects, which lifts endboard and going-second scores. The main weaknesses are the Level 8 choke point, dead-prone cards such as Lava Golem and Spellbound, and an empty Side Deck, which caps post-side adaptability at 20. Popularity did not earn points: the archetype usage data only confirms the list is a real, accessible build, and no card scores were averaged into the deck score (Inferred).

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 62.7, Going First ≈ 63, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: Level 8 choke point (-2); Empty Side Deck (-2); Lava Golem dead-draw burden (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional) + ContextModifiers = 0.80*62.7 + 0.20*52 - 5 ≈ 56

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.72 · 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

• Two engine layers (Level 4 Photon/Galaxy starters and Level 8 Galaxy-Eyes gate) give multiple live openings
• Layered interaction: six hand traps, four negation spells, Xyz detach negations and Dark Hole
• Strong Rank 8 closers at 4000 ATK and recursion via Galaxy Cleric, Galaxy Summoner and Galaxy Hundred

Weaknesses

• Level 8 choke point: only 7 Level 8 main-deck monsters gate most Rank 8 Xyz
• Dead-prone cards (Lava Golem, Spellbound, Accellight, Photon Sanctuary, Final Bringer) without opposing board or GY targets
• Empty Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation in best-of-three

Critical choke points

• Level 8 monsters for Rank 8 Xyz summons
• Two opposing monsters required for Lava Golem's Special Summon
• Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon as the engine monster for Galaxy-Eyes Xyz chains

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main deck 55 cards, Extra 15, Side 0; legal under OCG limits (Legal); All copy counts within the banlist limit; no restricted cards (Legal); Card text for the 28 Main Deck and 15 Extra Deck cards (text excerpts); Archetype usage: 10 of 12 core cards present once Extra Deck cards are counted (Inferred from card list)
• Inferred: Level 4 starter ≈ 0.72 and Level 8 gate ≈ 0.51 in an opening five (hypergeometric); Hand-trap coverage ≈ 0.52 going second; Negation and Xyz detach interaction density is high (text-based); Strong Rank 8 closers and recursion lines (text-based)
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Format fit (no tournament or meta-share data)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: 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 for going-first, going-second, matchup or brick/starter rates Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied usage_statistics in_this_deck flags appear to ignore the Extra Deck: Number 38, Number 90, Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor, Number C62, Number 107 and Divine Golden Shadow Dragon Dragluxion are in the Extra Deck list but flagged in_this_deck=false, so core_present_pct 33.3 is understated (about 83.3 with Extra Deck counted); Droll & Lock Bird and Photon Emperor are genuinely absent Hand-trap tool flag excludes Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill (discard-based negation), so the 3-copy hand-trap group undercounts real interaction Deck title is null in the export