Temple of the Kings Deck #775272 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 50/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Fusion, Xyz
• Format: ocg

Legality

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

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion and Xyz bosses (Azamina, Divine Serpent Apophis, Chimera the Illusion Beast, Berfomet) reached through Temple of the Kings, Apophis and Chimera Fusion lines (Inferred from card text); Large Main Deck beaters (Lord of the Heavenly Prison, Anubis the Last Judge) and spell/trap removal that clears the board before attacks
• Turn 1 (going first): Treasures of the Kings or Man with the Mark to find Temple of the Kings and Apophis traps, then a Fusion or Xyz boss while holding spell/trap removal (Inferred)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Skull Meister, D.D. Crow) and Santa Claws or Typhoon-style interaction to slow the opponent, then an Anubis or Apophis line to rebuild (Inferred)
• Recovery: Apophis the Serpent recursion of Apophis traps, Man with the Mark and Gazelle searches, and Verdict of Anubis to rebuild after removal (Inferred)
• After siding: None: the deck runs no Side Deck, so there is no post-side plan (Verified)

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens a functional hand only through its searcher density, which is high on paper (18 searcher-text cards, about 87 percent to hit at least one in an opening five), while the core Temple of the Kings starters are single-to-triple copies with a much lower individual hit rate (about 25 percent for the three-copy starters). Its strongest system trait is interaction: two Cosmic Cyclone, two Typhoon, Heavy Storm, Mystical Space Typhoon and two Trap Tracks give it broad spell/trap removal that keeps it in the game, and the Extra Deck bosses (Azamina, Divine Serpent Apophis, Chimera the Illusion Beast) give it closing power once a board is established. The score does not come from averaging card strength or from Temple of the Kings being a known archetype: exact-name purity is only 11.4 percent, and 62 of 55 slots are off-archetype staples, which is a coherence cost rather than a benefit. The deck has no recorded boards, no Side Deck, and no tournament or win-rate data, so the median output and post-side scores are low-confidence and the total is held down by a -6 modifier set.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 57.4, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: No side deck (-2); Engine self-conflict (-3); Sub-archetype spread (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional); 0.80*57.4 + 0.20*50 = 55.9, then modifiers -6 = 49.9, rounded to 50

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.87 · 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

• Broad spell/trap removal: 2 Cosmic Cyclone, 2 Typhoon, Heavy Storm, Mystical Space Typhoon, 2 Trap Tracks (Verified text)
• 18 searcher-text cards and 87 percent chance of at least one searcher in 5 cards (Inferred)
• Extra Deck bosses with high ATK: Azamina 4000, Divine Serpent Apophis 2800 x2, Chimera the Illusion Beast 3100 (Verified stats)
• Going-second hand traps: Skull Meister, D.D. Crow (Verified text)

Weaknesses

• No Side Deck, so no adaptation after game one (Verified)
• Low archetype coherence: 8 exact-name copies out of 55 main slots, with 62 off-archetype copies (Verified)
• Five of 11 archetype-core usage cards are absent, including Droll and Lock Bird and TY-PHON (Verified)
• Own spell/trap removal conflicts with its Set traps and Temple of the Kings (Inferred)
• No recorded boards, so the median output is unknown (Verified data gap)

Critical choke points

• Treasures of the Kings x3 and Temple of the Kings x1 for the Temple engine
• Apophis the Serpent x2 and Apophis the Swamp Deity x3 for the Apophis trap engine
• Anubis the Last Judge x2 requires 3 or more Temple or Trap cards in the GY
• Divine Serpent Apophis x2 needs Fusion Summon or a tribute route that Mask of Restrict can block

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legal status: 55 main, 15 extra, 0 side within size rules; Heavy Storm is Limited with 1 copy, the only non-Unlimited card; Copy histogram 12 singles, 11 doubles, 7 triples; Exact-name archetype purity 11.4 percent; Core usage: 6 of 11 cards present; 5 missing; Searcher text count 18 and hand trap count 4
• Inferred: Hypergeometric starter estimates: 0.25 for three-copy starters, 0.87 for searcher group; Engine self-conflict between removal and Set traps; Fusion and Xyz boss ceiling from card text; Going-first and going-second plans from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power is null; Matchup and format fit (D13) lacks a dated meta sample
• 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 record are absent no win-rate telemetry for going-first, going-second, matchups, brick or OTK rates Meta Power is provisional without a dated metagame sample Divine Serpent Apophis appears in the card list (2 copies, extra zone) but the usage row for ref 97800311 reports in_this_deck false; the export should be verified deck title is null