@Ignister Deck Breakdown

@Ignister — Archetype Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Archetype Power: 37/100 (±9 · Tier: Weak as a standalone archetype / functional Cyberse splash engine · Confidence: Low)

• Evaluation mode: full ecosystem
• Format: ocg

Why it scores here

@Ignister in OCG is effectively a DARK Cyberse splash engine, not a standalone archetype. Its three relevant cards (Backup, Wizard and Allied Code Talker @Ignister) are run in almost every variant, but always inside Maliss-led Cyberse Link decks: average @Ignister purity is 12.9%, there are no pure builds, and only one Legal list. The engine needs an Extra-Deck Cyberse already on board, and most of the 15-card direct pool goes unplayed. Structural power is about 45. With best and average variant reads of 35 and 31.5, plus penalties for the missing pure build and the near-total illegality of the sample, Final Contextual Archetype Power is about 37 ±9, Low confidence. The score comes from pool quality, conditional access, the missing combo median, and the four separate reads (pure weak, hybrid moderate, splash useful, meta provisional). It is not an average of card scores, not the single best deck, and not popularity.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Weight profile: full ecosystem. Structural ≈ 44.8, Best variant ≈ 35, Avg competitive ≈ 31.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: Nonfunctional / absent pure build (-3); Variant pool almost entirely Illegal (-3); Compact splash package (2). Final formula: 0.65*Structural(44.8) + 0.20*BestVariant(35) + 0.15*AvgCompetitiveVariant(31.5) + modifiers(-4) = 29.1 + 7.0 + 4.7 - 4 ≈ 37 (Meta provisional/null) Double-counting audit: Starter conditionality is scored only in A2 (45). A4 (30) reflects the absence of recorded combos and the narrow family count, not starter quality again. Best Variant (35) comes from deck AI evaluations and is kept separate from A4/A6. Hybrid compatibility (A7 60) and splash value (A8 62) are scored separately: A7 covers pairing with Maliss and other shells, A8 covers the self-contained 5-card package. Payoff (Allied Code Talker) appears only in A5. Generic staples (Accesscode Talker, Cyberse Wicckid, hand traps) did not raise A1. Restrictions on generic shell cards were weighed lightly in A15 because no @Ignister card is restricted. Meta-share was unavailable and did not inflate A14. Card scores were not averaged.

Strengths

• A compact and consistently adopted DARK Cyberse extender package (Backup, Wizard, Allied Code Talker)
• Fits any Cyberse Link shell, especially Maliss
• No @Ignister-named card is restricted in OCG

Weaknesses

• No pure or near-pure build exists in the evidence
• The core extenders need an Extra-Deck-summoned Cyberse first, so they are not one-card starters
• Most of the 15-card direct pool is unplayed or tech-level
• 29 of 30 variants are Illegal, and no combos are recorded
• Deck-level AI scores are low (30–35, all Low confidence)

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Card texts of Backup, Wizard and Allied Code Talker @Ignister (excerpts); Inclusion: Wizard 89.7%, Backup 79.5% at 3 copies, Allied Code Talker 91.0%; 29 of 30 variants Illegal; 1 Legal hybrid (775734) at 40% in-family purity; Average in-family purity 12.9%; 0 pure variants; Restricted list contains no @Ignister-named card; core restricted cards are Droll & Lock Bird and Gold Sarcophagus
• Observed: Maliss cards appear in 24 of 30 variants; Deck AI scores across 10 evaluated variants: min 30, median 30, max 35, avg structural 53.5
• Inferred: Backup and Wizard are conditional extenders, not one-card starters; @Ignister functions primarily as a splash engine for DARK Cyberse Link decks; Going-first and going-second quality are mid-range, based on the Allied Code Talker negate and generic hand traps
• Provisional: Meta adaptability, with no tournament link available; Estimated power of the Legal variant 775734
• Speculation: Future support could add a true starter (does not move the score)
• Data gaps: No combos across any variant, so the combo ecosystem is text-only inference No tournament link, so archetype meta-share is absent and Meta Adaptability is provisional No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (matchup, brick or OTK rates) Archetype membership comes from Card.Archetype only 29 of 30 variants are Illegal; the only Legal variant has no deck AI evaluation Several direct members (Doshin, Doyon, Danmari) have no excerpt or usage data in the pack No guides available Future support and historical peak are not supplied