Deck Zoodiac #46552 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 48/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Toolbox
• Secondary strategies: Combo, Midrange
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link/Xyz board assembly với interaction through Tri-Brigade and Zoodiac engines; Grind through resource recovery and recursion via banished zone mechanics
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish 2-4 Link monsters (Ferrijit, Shuraig, Rugal) với searchable interaction; use Tri-Brigade Revolt and Roar for negation
• Turn 2 (going second): Limited board-breaking; rely on hand traps (Ash Blossom) and removal via Kerass/Kitt to disrupt, then pivot to building 1 board
• Recovery: Recursion from Mộ via Tri-Brigade Stand-Off, Showdown, and Nervall/Kitt banish reanimation; float into searches when boards break
• After siding: No side deck supplied; structural post-side plan unknown

Why it scores here

This deck is 1 hybrid Tri-Brigade/Zoodiac toolbox that runs only 12% of the archetype's core (3 of 25 standard cards present), heavily deviating toward Tri-Brigade Link monsters and Bujin/Fire Formation support. It opens 1 starter ~43% of the time and assembles functional 2–3 Link boards với modest interaction density, but lacks 1 strong second line and fragile recovery when disrupted early. Going-second pressure is weak, brick risk is elevated by conflicting Triệu hồi bình thườngs and garnet density, and the absence of 1 side deck compounds inconsistency. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points; this evaluation scores the deck's *system cohesion and reliability* — which falls short of competitive baseline.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.65 Toolbox + 0.35 Combo. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 59, Going Second ≈ 44, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 46. Modifiers: Archetype purity deviation (-3); No side deck (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(46) = 51 → adjusted to 48 via context modifiers (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening 1 starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.43 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.25 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 68, median 55, board-per-starter 2.1
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Tri-Brigade recursion engine provides float and recovery from banished zone
• Shuraig + Ferrijit core generates reliable 2–3 Link board với interaction
• High searcher density (13 cards với searcher text) enables tutoring
• Flexible toolbox Extra Deck với Xyz, generic Link, and archetype-specific options
• Ash Blossom + D.D. Crow hand traps provide minimal going-second disruption

Weaknesses

• Only 43% probability of opening 1 functional starter; 25% full-brick rate is concerning
• 17 one-ofs dilute consistency; conflicting Triệu hồi bình thườngs (Peacock, Nervall, multiple L4 Beasts)
• Zoodiac core severely underutilized (only 1 Ratpier, 1 of each Beast); Xy Summons rare
• Single primary line với limited rerouting; one interruption often collapses the board
• Weak going-second game plan; board-breaking tools absent; median turn 2 win rate likely <30%
• No side deck; cannot adapt post-game 1; meta-vulnerable to format disruption

Critical choke points

• Opening hand consistency: if Tri-Brigade starter is not drawn, hand falls to garnet density and conflicting searches
• Link-summon chaining: Ferrijit → Shuraig requires clean material progression; one misdirect loses turn
• Banish zone filling: Nervall/Kitt reanimation caps at hand size; turns 5+ show resource exhaustion
• Zoodiac Xy summon commitment: running only 1 Ratpier + sparse Zoodiac support means Xyz lines are rarely executed

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: 40 Main / 15 Extra / 0 Side; Zoodiac Ratpier and Foolish Burial at legal 1 copy each (TCG Limited); Card text and archetype tags from resolved card list; Composition: 17 one-ofs, 7 two-ofs, 3 three-ofs; 10 Link, 5 Xyz in Extra Deck; Usage stats: only 3 of 25 archetype core cards present (Fire Formation–Tenki, Ash Blossom, Ratpier)
• Observed: Tri-Brigade recursion structure supports banish-reanimation and float mechanics; Extra Deck composition shows high Link density (10/15) and modest Xyz integration (5/15)
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency: P(≥1 starter in 5) ≈ 0.43 based on hypergeometric draw odds and core card distribution; Brick rate: ~25% estimated from garnet density and conflicting Triệu hồi bình thườngs; Median board: 2–3 Link monsters + 2–3 negates based on Tri-Brigade core text and combo routing; Going-second power: severely limited by only 2 hand traps and lack of board-breaker effects; Pilotability: combo chains are 6–8 steps với narrow error margins on targeting and sequence order; Tournament reliability: weak post-side adaptability; no meta data → Provisional
• Provisional: Meta Power: archetype is off-meta in TCG 2023; no dated metagame sample supplied; Zoodiac/Tri-Brigade archetype share and matchup context are unknown
• Data gaps: No combo evidence supplied; combo floor/median/ceiling inferred from text composition only No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No YGOVN win-rate telemetry (going-first/second split, matchup W/L, brick rates); all consistency and performance claims are Inferred No side deck supplied; post-side plans cannot be evaluated No guides or community strategy data available; meta-positioning is Provisional