Utopia Deck #412688 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, 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: Xyz pressure from Number 39: Utopia / Number C39: Utopia Ray variants, backed by ZW/ZS searchers and Rank-Up-Magic recursion; Hand-trap and negation-supported Xyz boards (Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler, Number 39 negation)
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon into ZS - Ascended Sage / Goblindbergh-style starters, search a Zexal engine piece, then overlay to a Rank 4 or 5 Utopia Xyz
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom / Infinite Impermanence / Effect Veiler for the opponent's first starter, then Xyz Summon into a boss
• Recovery: Rank-Up-Magic and Zexal Construction recover a Utopia Xyz or ZW searcher from the Deck after a disruption
• After siding: No side deck in the export (0 cards); no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

The score is built from the deck as a system, not from the average of its card scores. Searchers and 3-copy starters give the engine a reasonable chance to go live by turn 2, but the list has no recorded boards, so the conversion and median figures are text-only inference. Seven hand traps, eleven negation-text cards and nine removal-text cards give it real interaction density, which is the strongest part of the list. The main deck is diluted, with only about 24% exact-archetype copies and a long tail of off-archetype cards, and there is no side deck. Popularity was not credited: the archetype core is largely missing, and the Forbidden Called by the Grave copies are a legality failure, so the deck is capped at a structural-only score of 30.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo weights (primary); Midrange secondary disclosed, not blended numerically. Structural ≈ 56, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal cap: unrestricted Final would be 0.80*56 + 0.20*45 - 12 (banlist modifier) = ~42; capped to 30 per rubric Step 2 (structural-only, theoretical). Meta Power provisional/null.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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

• Seven hand traps and multiple negation/removal cards give high interaction density
• Xyz Extra Deck is well aligned around Utopia / Number boss monsters with strong ATK
• Searchers and recursion (Rank-Up-Magic, Zexal Construction) offer some recovery

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: two Forbidden Called by the Grave copies
• Low exact-archetype purity (23.6%) with many off-archetype slots
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptability
• Core archetype cards from usage statistics are missing (2 of 25 present)

Critical choke points

• Single-copy starters and the Rank-Up-Magic engine dependency
• Xyz Extra Deck dependent on a few specific Rank 4/5 materials

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 counts within master-duel size rules; Called by the Grave x2 is Forbidden with 0 legal copies (over limit); Exact-name archetype purity 23.6%; Usage stats: 2 of 25 core cards present
• Inferred: Starter access probability 0.34 per 3-copy card; searcher access 0.78; Interaction density strength from negation/removal text tags; Going-second value from hand-trap probability 0.71; Structural and dimension scores
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); Matchup fit (D13)
• 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; going-first/second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck in export (0 cards)