Gizmek Deck #370320 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Toolbox, Tempo
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 18 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ancient Gear Fusion / Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem and Chaos Ancient Gear Giant boards (3000–4500 ATK) backed by Ancient Gear Golem's no-response attack clause; Link and Xyz pressure (Qliphort Genius, Accesscode Talker, Sky Striker Ace - Azalea Temperance) once Ancient Gear monsters are on board
• Turn 1 (going first): Opening Ancient Gear searcher (Advance, Wyvern, Dark Golem) to add a Golem-line piece, then Statue or Fortress for protection and a Fusion or Link extension
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand-trap and negation first (Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Maxx "C", Forbidden Droplet) to blank the opponent's starter, then rebuild through Geartown and Ancient Gear Fusion
• Recovery: Geartown and Ancient Gear monsters recur from the GY; Dark Golem and Tanker re-search the Deck; Heavy Storm and Harpie's Feather Duster clear backrow
• After siding: Not evaluable: the deck runs no Side Deck (side_count 0)

Why it scores here

This list is Illegal under the Master Duel rules: three copies of Maxx "C" (limit 1), one copy of the Forbidden Number 41, and 18 Extra Deck cards against a 15-card maximum. Under the rubric it does not get a normal Final Contextual score, so the 30 is a capped theoretical value and the structural reads below are kept only to explain the list. Structurally, the Ancient Gear searchers (Advance, Wyvern, Dark Golem, Tanker) give a reasonably likely starter, about 0.87 for at least one searcher-text card in a 5-card opening hand, and nine hand traps plus Heavy Storm and Harpie's Feather Duster give real interaction. The Ancient Gear Golem and Fusion lines have a high ceiling but depend on a 2-card bootstrap and fusion materials, and the list has no combo or tournament data, so its floor and median cannot be measured. The score comes from consistency, interaction and ceiling on the system; popularity of Gizmek or Ancient Gear was not credited and card scores were not averaged.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 42, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist_exposure (-6); extra_deck_over_limit (-3); no_side_deck (-3). Final formula: Illegal cap applied: 0.80*Structural(51) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(45) = 49.8, modifiers -12 total = 37.8, then capped at 30 for Illegal status (Meta provisional, not used)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.87 · 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

• Ancient Gear searcher density gives an accessible starter (Inferred)
• Nine hand traps plus Heavy Storm and Harpie's Feather Duster give layered interaction (Inferred)
• High-ATK Ancient Gear Fusion closers (Golem 3000+, Chaos Giant 4500) give a credible ceiling (Verified text)

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: Maxx "C" over the copy limit, Forbidden Number 41 present, 18 Extra Deck cards against a 15 cap (Verified)
• Low archetype purity (1.7% exact name) with a split between Ancient Gear, Gizmek and Train pieces (Verified)
• No side deck, so no post-side plan (Verified)
• No combos or tournament data, so floor and median are not measured (Verified)

Critical choke points

• Ancient Gear Golem is Special Summon-locked and must be Fusion Summoned, so the line depends on Fusion materials and Ancient Gear Fusion (Verified text)
• The Forbidden Number 41 and the 3x Maxx "C" must be removed before the list can be scored normally (Verified)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Maxx "C" 3 copies vs limit 1; Forbidden Number 41 present; Extra 18 vs cap 15 (legality block); Card text for Ancient Gear Golem, Chaos Giant, Ancient Gear Fusion and Geartown; Side count 0 and no combos or tournament link in evidence
• Inferred: Starter access ≈ 0.87 from the searcher hypergeometric draw; Brick and hand-trap interaction estimates; Engine sequencing difficulty for the pilot
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated sample); Matchup and format fit (D13)
• Data gaps: Illegal list: score is a capped theoretical value only no 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/second, matchup, brick and OTK rates) Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied