Mathmech Deck #785704 — Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 40/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Toolbox, Link
• Format: ocg

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 15 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon Salamangreat Pyro Phoenix or Raging Phoenix (2800 ATK) off a Salamangreat engine, then press damage with Geomathmech Final Sigma and other Link attackers; Synchro or Link beatdown through Mathmech Sigma and Mathmech Addition with Mathmech Superfactorial as a recovery route
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Salamangreat searcher or starter (Circle, Gazelle, Fuwalos, Foxy), search a Link-enabling Salamangreat monster, Link Summon Balelynx or Sunlight Wolf, then Link into a 2800 ATK Phoenix while holding Ash Blossom as protection
• Turn 2 (going second): Use the six-card hand to hold Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre and Infinite Impermanence against the opponent's first engine, then rebuild through Gazelle and Jack Jaguar recursion
• Recovery: Recur Salamangreat monsters from the Graveyard with Gazelle, Jack Jaguar and Weasel, then re-Link through Sanctuary or Raging Phoenix
• After siding: Bring in Raigeki, Forbidden Droplet, Iron Thunder and Droll & Lock Bird against heavy board or hand-trap decks, keeping Ghost Belle as a second hand trap

Why it scores here

This list reads as a Salamangreat Link engine with a small Mathmech splash, not as a Mathmech deck, so the score reflects the whole system rather than a sum of card values. Its starters are reasonably reachable: nine searcher-type cards give roughly a 74% chance of at least one in the opening five, and each three-copy starter about 34%. The Extra Deck supplies strong closing power, with 2800 ATK Phoenixes and a 3000 ATK Geomathmech Final Sigma, and the main deck carries eight negation and eleven removal effects for interaction. Popularity did not earn points: the archetype label is shared by only 6 exact-name copies, and no recorded boards, guides or tournament results exist to show the deck's real output. The score is capped to a theoretical value because the deck runs three copies of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring against a limit of two, so the list is not currently legal in OCG.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55.3, Going First ≈ 54, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 52. Modifiers: Banlist exposure (-8); Illegal cap (-6). Final formula: Illegal-deck cap: structural 55.3 and tournament reliability 52 give 0.80*55.3 + 0.20*52 = 54.6; minus 8 banlist modifier = 46.6; capped to 40 as a theoretical-only score because the list breaks the copy limit (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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

• Dense searcher and starter package across Salamangreat monsters and spells
• Strong Link Extra Deck with 2800 ATK Phoenixes and a 3000 ATK Synchro
• Six hand traps and about eight negation effects give layered interaction
• Side deck covers board wipes, hand traps and Raigeki-style floodgates

Weaknesses

• Illegal in OCG: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring runs 3 copies against a limit of 2
• Archetype label mismatch: only 6 exact Mathmech copies, so the deck is effectively a Salamangreat list with a splash
• Fourteen singleton main-deck slots and interaction-heavy hands raise brick risk
• No recorded boards, guides or tournament results to confirm the ceiling

Critical choke points

• Ash Blossom over the copy limit must be fixed before this list can be played in OCG
• Link Summon of Balelynx or Sunlight Wolf is the single gate to the Phoenix finishers

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main, Extra and Side counts are within OCG size rules (40/15/15); Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring is over its Semi-Limited copy limit (3 run, 2 allowed); Card stats for the Link and Synchro monsters, including 2800 ATK Phoenixes; Mathmech exact-name copies total 6; Salamangreat copies total 27
• Inferred: Starter access about 0.74 for the searcher group and 0.34 per three-copy starter; Hand-trap interaction density and brick risk; Link-engine ceiling and recursion value from card text
• Provisional: Meta power and format fit: no dated metagame sample or tournament link exists
• Data gaps: No recorded 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 (going-first, going-second, matchup, starter or brick rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No deck title, so the deck is identified only by its archetype and id