Magistus Deck #174352 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 38/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Control
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Control the board with hand traps and Magistus equip engine, then close with a high‑ATK Magistus monster; Toolbox tech cards (searchers, extra‑deck options) to adapt to matchups
• Turn 1 (going first): Set hand traps, search for Magistus Vritra or Spell Power Mastery, equip a Magistus monster to start the engine
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence) to disrupt opponent, then summon Magistus engine and equip a boss monster
• Recovery: Trismagistus protection and Magistus Vritra recursion to regain board after disruption
• After siding: No side deck; rely on remaining hand traps and flexible extra‑deck summons

Why it scores here

The deck opens reliably thanks to a 78 % chance of drawing at least one core Magistus piece and a very high hand‑trap density for going second. It can convert that starter into a modest board using equip‑engine cards, but the lack of strong beatsticks limits closing power. Interaction is solid with many negations and protection effects, yet the illegal copy limits and low archetype purity create brick risk and reduce overall consistency. No side deck further hurts adaptability, so the final contextual power is capped low despite decent control tools.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Control. Structural ≈ 52, Going First ≈ 45, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: Illegal copy limit penalty (-8); High brick risk penalty (-4); No side deck penalty (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.78 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.22 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Very high hand‑trap density for going‑second disruption
• Multiple equip and recursion options (Vritra, Trismagistus) give engine resilience
• Broad extra‑deck coverage across Link, Synchro, Xyz, Fusion

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy limits on Maxx C and Called by the Grave
• Low archetype purity; many off‑archetype tech cards dilute focus
• No side deck limits adaptability after opponent’s side changes
• Limited closing power; lacks strong beatsticks

Critical choke points

• Reliance on Magistus Vritra as the primary recursion engine
• Over‑copy of limited hand‑traps creates illegal status and potential dead draws

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: legality status and copy limits; side deck count = 0
• Inferred: engine accessibility probability; brick risk from copy histogram; combo ceiling/floor without board data; resource loops from Spell Power Mastery and Vritra; interaction density from role tags; going‑second hand‑trap probability; closing power based on ATK values; archetype purity from composition; extra‑deck coverage from breakdown; pilotability from number of tech cards
• Provisional: matchup coverage without tournament data
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per‑pilot match record absent no win‑rate telemetry exists in YGOVN — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied