Infernity Deck #393680 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 28/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Control
• 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: Synchro and Link summoning into negation boards while maintaining empty hand for Infernity engine activation; Going-second interaction via hand traps and board breakers
• Turn 1 (going first): Activate Infernity Launcher or Superheavy Samurai tuner chain to build Synchro/Link monsters with Infernity Barrier set
• Turn 2 (going second): Open with hand traps (Ash, Impermanence, Droll) to disrupt opponent, then rebuild with engine revival effects
• Recovery: Infernity Necromancer and This Creepy Little Punk revive monsters from GY; Launcher retrieves from hand/banish
• After siding: Unable to evaluate; no side deck provided

Why it scores here

This Infernity hybrid deck is illegal in Master Duel format (running Apollousa Forbidden and Called by the Grave at 2 copies when limited to 1), preventing a standard evaluation. Structurally, the deck shows weak opening consistency: only 50% core card presence versus archetype standard, archetype purity is 20%, and no combo board data exists to validate realistic turn-1 ceiling. Hand-trap density (9 copies) supports going-second plays, but empty-hand engine requirements conflict with interaction density, creating brick risk. The Extra Deck is coherent (11 Links, 3 Synchro, 1 XYZ) and medium-efficiency, but Missing key starters (Fabled Lurrie, Fiendsmith suite) means the deck deviates significantly from competitive Infernity lists. Without duel records, side deck, or combo evidence, the evaluation is constrained to structural inference.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 38, Going First ≈ 42, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 32. Modifiers: Illegal deck status (Apollousa Forbidden + Called by the Grave over limit) (-10); Missing core combo evidence (-3); Low archetype core presence (50% vs standard 100%) (-2). Final formula: 0.50*Structural + 0.30*TournamentReliability (illegality penalty: −10); Meta provisional; no dated sample

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.8 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.1 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Dual-engine redundancy: Infernity and Superheavy Samurai tuner lines provide multiple summon routes
• Going-second hand-trap package (9 copies) enables disruption and recovery
• GY recursion via Necromancer and This Creepy Little Punk supports extended sequences
• Extra Deck coherence with 11 Links enables flexible board construction
• Interaction density (Barrier, Impermanence, Tri-Gate) provides moderate negation coverage

Weaknesses

• Illegal in Master Duel format: Apollousa Forbidden, Called by the Grave at 2 copies (over limit)
• Only 50% archetype core present; missing Fabled Lurrie, Fiendsmith suite, S:P Little Knight (100% inclusions)
• Empty-hand lock requirement conflicts with hand-trap density, creating brick risk and piloting tension
• No combo evidence: board ceilings and consistency pathways are entirely inferred
• Modest offensive closing power; relies on interaction rather than aggressive beatdown
• Side deck absent; post-side adaptability cannot be evaluated

Critical choke points

• Apollousa and Called by the Grave violations make the deck unplayable; no structural fix short of card substitution
• Empty-hand state requirement means using interaction (hand traps) immediately reduces engine consistency on the same turn
• Missing 10 standard core cards (Fabled Lurrie, Fiendsmith suite) suggests list is incomplete or an experimental hybrid; reliability vs. metagame unknown
• No verified board data; cannot confirm whether theoretical ceiling translates to practical game outcomes

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal (Apollousa Forbidden, Called by the Grave at 2 copies over limit); Main deck 40 cards, Extra 15, Side 0 (all size constraints met except legality); Card text confirms empty-hand activation requirements for Infernity Launcher, Barrier, Necromancer, Sage; Hand-trap density: 9 copies (Ash 3, Impermanence 3, Droll 2, Maxx C 1)
• Observed: Archetype composition: 50% core stat-row presence vs 100% standard (10 of 20 core cards present); Extra Deck composition: 11 Link, 3 Synchro, 1 XYZ; all distinct and legal (except Apollousa); Copy histogram: 7 singles, 6 doubles, 7 triples; no extreme concentration
• Inferred: Opening hand consistency P(≥1 starter in 5) ≈ 0.80 via hypergeometric; full brick ~10%; Combo ceiling ~70–80 PowerIndex assuming Baronne/Borreload board; median ~50–60 due to empty-hand conflict; Interruption resilience ~2 disruptions before resource exhaustion (tuner/revival redundancy limited); Going-second power elevated to ~52 via hand-trap density and board-break access; Piloting complexity high due to tuner synergy, empty-hand timing, and activation order sensitivity
• Provisional: Meta Power: no dated metagame sample; archetype meta-share unknown; Master Duel Infernity representation unconfirmed; Matchup coverage: unknown without tournament context; Post-side performance: side deck absent; Best-of-3 reliability cannot be assessed
• Data gaps: Deck is illegal in Master Duel format; structural evaluation is theoretical only No combo boards supplied; all ceiling/floor/median claims are text-based inference No tournament link or match record; meta-share and format fit are provisional No side deck provided; post-side plan and best-of-3 reliability cannot be evaluated Missing 10 standard core cards (50% purity vs 100% archetype expectation); degree of intentional deviation unknown No win-rate telemetry; going-first/second, matchup, or brick rates are absent Superheavy Samurai sub-engine purpose unclear; coherence with Infernity lines unverified No guides or deckbuilder notes explaining design intent or sideboard strategy