Springans Deck Breakdown

Springans — Archetype Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Archetype Power: 32/100 (±8 · Tier: Weak / fringe: Springans works as a tech engine, not a standalone playable archetype · Confidence: Low)

• Evaluation mode: full ecosystem
• Format: ocg

Why it scores here

Springans scores 32 ± 8 (Low confidence). It is a real but thin Xyz engine: Gung-Ho! Springans!, Captain Sargas and Springans Ship - Exblowrer give internal extension and board-breaking payoffs. But it does not stand as an archetype: 28 of 30 variants are Illegal, the 2 legal variants have 0-4% core presence, and no variant is pure or hybrid by purity thresholds. The score is not an average of card scores, not a read of the best deck (a Legal variant at 50 that barely plays Springans), and not a popularity or meta-share read. Combo, meta and future-support evidence is missing, which caps confidence at Low.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Weight profile: full ecosystem. Structural ≈ 35, Best variant ≈ 50, Avg competitive ≈ 49.5, Meta = provisional. Modifiers: legal-variant scarcity and off-theme legal lists (-8). Final formula: 0.65*Structural + 0.20*BestVariant + 0.15*AvgCompetitiveVariant + ContextModifiers (no dated meta sample; Meta provisional/null): 0.65*35 + 0.20*50 + 0.15*49.5 - 8 = 32.2 -> 32 Double-counting audit: Starter density is counted only in A2 (35), not again in A4 or A6. Combo variety is scored only in A4 (25, text-only); the best deck score (50) is kept separate as Best Variant. Hybrid compatibility is A7 (25); splash package value is A8 (40). Payoff quality is A5 (50), and the end-board of the Legal variant is not counted again. Recovery is counted in A9 only, and resource economy in A10 only. Generic staples (Albaz, Ecclesia, Titaniklad, Mirrorjade) do not raise A1, which stays at 30. Historical dominance is not in the score (A14 is provisional, 40). Card scores are not averaged: the structural score is the weighted dimension sum, and the Final uses the Legal-variant deck scores, not the 29 Illegal ones.

Strengths

• Real internal Xyz loop: Gung-Ho! Springans! plus Captain Sargas and Xyz material re-use gives some extension (A3 50)
• Springans Xyz payoffs (Exblowrer, Merrymaker, Sargas) have board-breaking effects, so the payoff side is not empty (A5 50)
• Identity is consistent: Springans direct cards share FIRE Machine, which gives some access and fuel logic

Weaknesses

• Only 2 of 30 variants are Legal, and both are off-theme (core presence 0-4%); the archetype does not play itself in any legal list
• No pure variant and no hybrid variant by purity thresholds; A6 15, A7 25
• Starter network depends on generic Albaz/Branded/Ecclesia cards, not on Springans cards
• No combo data, so combo floor, median and ceiling are all unknown; A4 25 is an inference from text

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: 12 direct Springans cards in Card.Archetype membership; 2 of 30 variants Legal; 28 Illegal; Core presence in legal variants 4.2% and 0%; 24 restricted cards in format; none are Springans-direct or core; 0 combos supplied across all variants; No tournament link; 0 guides
• Observed: Deck AI evaluations: 29 variants, median 30, max 62, but the high scores come from Illegal lists; Legal variants AI scores 50 and 49, with core presence near zero; Usage stats: 6 core, 37 shell, 180 tech, 0 obsolete
• Inferred: Gung-Ho! Springans! Xyz loop gives some internal extension (A3 50); Springans Xyz payoffs have real board-breaking effects (A5 50); Pure, hybrid and splash power reads (A6 15, A7 25, A8 40); Going-first and going-second plan quality from generic deck averages (about 52 each)
• Provisional: Meta Adaptability (A14 40): no tournament context; Archetype meta power: null, no dated metagame sample; Future support scalability (A16 40): depends on hypothetical support
• Speculation: Historical peak of Springans as an archetype (no data supplied); Any claim that the high-scoring Illegal decks (62) represent Springans power
• Data gaps: No combos across any variant: combo ecosystem is text-only inference, so floor/median/ceiling are unknown No tournament link: archetype meta-share absent; Meta Adaptability provisional No win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (matchup, game-level, brick/OTK rates); those are Inferred or Unknown Archetype membership is derived from Card.Archetype only; the core cards are generic Albaz/Ecclesia cards, so the 'core' label does not mean Springans-owned 28 of 30 variants are Illegal, and the legal variants have 0-4% archetype-core presence, so deck-level AI scores may not measure Springans at all Future support and historical peak require external card-pool knowledge and are not supplied