Crusadia Deck #409595 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 32/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Control
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 42 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Link Summon Crusadia bosses (Equimax, Avramax) to control the board and OTK via piercing battle damage.; Grind via resource loops with Mulcharmy effects or removal via Equimax negation.
• Turn 1 (going first): Summon Crusadia Regulex or Magius as opening Link, then extend with hand-trap backup (Ash, Veiler, Impermanence) to set up a negation board.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Heavy Storm or Harpie's Feather Duster to break backrow, then attempt a combo line with Formud Skipper or Parallel eXceed to rebuild board and OTK.
• Recovery: Monster Reborn and World Legacy Succession recycle from the GY; Crusadia Arboria banish-protection provides resilience.
• After siding: Unknown (no side deck supplied); theoretical additions would focus on meta tech like Lightning Storm or Kaiju.

Why it scores here

This Crusadia deck is currently illegal in Master Duel due to running 2 copies of Called by the Grave (1 legal). Evaluating structurally: the core engine (5 Crusadia monsters × 3 + Formud Skipper, Parallel eXceed) draws reliably, but combo outputs are severely limited by missing 100%-inclusion staples (S:P Little Knight, I:P Masquerena, Crusadia Spatha, Avramax in Extra). The deck runs 42 main cards (capped at 60) with modest brick risk from redundant Level-3 Normal Summons and hand traps that don't always fit the line. Without parsed boards, ceiling and median are inferred from text: best case produces a Crusadia Link with 2–3 negations and piercing, but typical opens yield one Link with limited follow-up. Going-second has backrow removal but no clear board-breaker engine. No side deck and missing core Interactive pieces collapse post-side adaptability. Legality and missing key cards are the primary drivers of the low structural score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 35, Going First ≈ 38, Going Second ≈ 36, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 28. Modifiers: Illegal status penalty (-15); Missing core Extra Deck cards (-8); No combo data & single-choke lines (-5); No side deck (-3). Final formula: Illegal deck — capped low. Structural 0.80 × 35 + TournamentReliability 0.20 × 28 = 32 (Meta provisional, not applied).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.01 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Crusadia core is compact and draws reliably (P ≈ 0.99 opener).
• Equimax negation + Avramax targeting immunity provide moderate interactive layer.
• Arboria banish-protection and Monster Reborn offer some grind resilience.
• Heavy Storm + Harpie's Feather Duster enable going-second backrow removal.
• Formud Skipper and Parallel eXceed provide non-Normal summon flexibility.

Weaknesses

• Deck is currently Illegal in Master Duel (Called by the Grave × 2 vs 1 legal).
• Missing 4 core staples (S:P Little Knight, I:P Masquerena, Crusadia Spatha, Avramax) limits multi-Link extension.
• Five Crusadia Effect Monsters at 3 copies each create redundant Normal Summon conflicts.
• Single-choke dependency on Formud Skipper; disruption leaves only Normal Summon fallback.
• No independent combo lines; limited median output (~1 Link + effect).
• Hand-trap suite (6 copies) competes with monster zones and reduces combo hand quality.
• Alpha, the Master of Beasts (8-ATK cost) is situational and clogs hand.
• World Legacy engine (2 cards) provides minimal synergy with primary Crusadia line.

Critical choke points

• Formud Skipper as primary starter — if negated or disrupted, deck falls back to Normal Summon only.
• Crusadia Regulex/Magius as first Link — missing I:P Masquerena and Spatha limits secondary Link access.
• Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax is absent from Extra Deck — major defensive option unavailable.
• Called by the Grave over-limit violation prevents legal play in Master Duel.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal in Master Duel (Called by the Grave × 2 over limit of 1).; Main Deck: 42 cards (legal range 40–60).; Extra Deck: 15 cards (legal max 15).; Side Deck: 0 cards (legal range 0–15).; Usage statistics: 57% of Crusadia core present (12/21 core cards).; Card text: all archetype and tech cards resolved.
• Observed: Crusadia core (5 monsters × 3) occupies 15 main-deck slots.; Hand-trap suite (Ash, Veiler, Impermanence, Red Reboot, Droll & Lock Bird, Nibiru) = 6 copies, 6 slots.; Extra-Deck breakdown: 13 Link, 2 XYZ (15 total).; Spell/Trap package: 12 slots (removal, search, recovery, protection).
• Inferred: P(≥1 Crusadia starter in hand) ≈ 0.99 (hypergeometric, archetype core group).; Brick rate ≈ 1% (archetype group only; hand-trap conflicts not modeled).; Best-case board: 2 Crusadia Links (Regulex/Magius) → Equimax negation, ~2000 ATK from pointed monsters.; Median output: 1 Crusadia Link + 1 effect (removal or search); limited extension.; Going-first power: moderate (board exists, but narrow negation + no floodgate layer).; Going-second power: reliant on Heavy Storm/Harpie's; no OTK engine or special removal synergy.; Tournament reliability: low (no independent lines, single-choke Formud dependency).; Pilotability: straightforward lines, but missing key bridges (Spatha, I:P) reduce decision branching.
• Provisional: Meta Power: unknown (no dated metagame sample supplied; Crusadia archetype share not available in tournament data).; Post-side performance: theoretical only (no side deck).; Matchup coverage: inferred from tech package (Heavy Storm, Harpie's, hand-traps) but not tested.
• Data gaps: Deck is Illegal (Called by the Grave over copy limit) — evaluation is structural/theoretical only. No combo boards supplied (combo data shows 'no parseable boards'); ceiling, median, and board per starter inferred from text only. No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent. No win-rate telemetry (brick rate, starter reliability, OTK rate, matchup records) — all consistency/performance claims are Inferred. No side deck (0/15); post-side strategy cannot be evaluated. Meta Power is Provisional (no dated metagame sample). Four core Extra-Deck cards missing (S:P Little Knight, I:P Masquerena, Crusadia Spatha, Avramax); impact on combo output estimated but not measured. Guides mention Mekk-Knight hybrid strategy but no concrete board examples provided.