Tistina Deck #424264 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Xyz, Toolbox
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 44 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz Summon Crystal God Tistina or high-rank Xyz bosses to control the board and drain resources over multiple turns; Direct damage via boss-monster attacks or accumulation through interaction denial
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish Field Spell into Xyz boards (Tistina, Varudras, or AA-ZEUS) with negation/interaction layers and face-down flipping effects
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps + board breakers (Evenly Matched, Book of Eclipse, removal suite) to pierce enemy boards, then rebuild with Xyz recursion
• Recovery: Graveyard recursion via Fallen/Sentinel + Goblin materials to re-access Xyz summons and resource generation
• After siding: Unknown — no side deck supplied; structural evaluation only

Why it scores here

This Tistina Xyz deck is illegal in Master Duel (Maxx C and Called by the Grave over copy limit; Apollousa forbidden), so the evaluation is structural only. The core engine achieves ~87% consistency for opening a starter (Divine Domain, Sentinel, Demigod, or Returned), but runs only 24% of archetype-core recommendations and misses critical pieces like Chaotic Elements and Tainted of the Tistina, weakening coherence. End-boards combine interaction (negation, board flipping, removal) with Xyz recursion, but without parseable combos the median ceiling remains inferred. Hand-trap density and going-second removal offer reasonable disruption, but the deck bricks on brick hands (conflicting Tistina levels, few extenders without Chaotic Elements) and lacks offensive closing power. The illegal status and incomplete core prevent a normal score; this represents potential if legalized and optimized.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 44. Modifiers: Illegal status (-15); Incomplete archetype core (-5); No side deck (-3). Final formula: Illegal deck: capped score. Base: 0.80*Structural(53) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(44) = 50.8 → Legality penalty −15 (Forbidden + 2× over-copy + archetype core deviation) = 35. Meta provisional (no tournament data).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.87 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.13 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Strong opening-hand consistency (~87% for archetype-core starters)
• Multi-layered end-board interaction: negation (Varudras), board flipping (Crystal God Tistina), removal options (Sentinel, Goblin)
• Xyz recursion and material attachment for resource regeneration and secondary summons
• Diverse hand-trap package (9 cards across Ash, Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Maxx C) for going-second disruption
• Field Spell as searchable Field Zone control and engine anchor

Weaknesses

• Illegal in Master Duel: Apollousa forbidden, Maxx C and Called by the Grave over copy limit
• Only 24% of archetype-core recommendations present; critical cards missing (Chaotic Elements, Tainted of the Tistina)
• Low offensive closing power: no piercing/direct damage, relies on board lock and stall
• Brick rate ~13% due to conflicting Level 10 Demigods and missing extenders
• Combo ceiling not parsed; potential unclear without documented lines
• Goblin bridge underdeveloped; only 4 copies across 3 cards vs typical meta ratios
• No side deck (0/15) — cannot adapt post-game 1

Critical choke points

• Apollousa is Forbidden; no 4-Link protection available (I:P Masquerena insufficient alone)
• Maxx C and Called by the Grave are over copy limit; pilot must choose between hand trap density and GY negation
• Missing Chaotic Elements: mandatory searcher in meta; its absence breaks field-spell consistency and engine redundancy
• Tainted of the Tistina absent: only 1 backup field-spell path vs meta's 2 (Divine Domain + Tainted) redundancy
• Falling back to Goblin/Speedroid bridges when Tistina stalled: requires material detachment but limited draw/search payoff

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Illegal in Master Duel: Apollousa Forbidden, Maxx C Limited to 1 (running 2), Called by the Grave Limited to 1 (running 2); Main Deck size: 44 (legal range 40–60); Extra Deck size: 15 (legal max); No side deck supplied (0 cards, legal range 0–15); Archetype purity: 21 exact-name Tistina cards, 38 off-archetype (35.6% purity); Copy histogram: 10 one-ofs, 8 two-ofs, 6 three-ofs; Hand-trap density: 9 copies (Ash ×3, Impermanence ×2, Evenly Matched ×2, Maxx C ×2); Archetype-core presence: 6 of 25 recommended cards (24% inclusion rate)
• Observed: Extra-Deck composition: 12 Xyz, 3 Link (includes 1 Forbidden card); Searcher text found in 13 cards across main deck; Negation text found in 7 cards (Ash, Impermanence, Evenly Matched, Sentinel removal, Varudras, AA-ZEUS, Ashura King)
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency (P ≥1 archetype starter): ~0.87 from hypergeometric model (5-card hand); Brick rate (no playable hand): ~0.13 estimated; Going-first power ~58: relies on multi-layer interaction (face-down flipping, negation, resource denial) and Xyz durability; Going-second power ~56: 9 hand traps + 2 board-reset effects can challenge established boards; post-resolution recovery via recursion; Best-line ceiling estimated ~72–78 power index (Rank 10 Xyz with layered interruption); Median-line ceiling estimated ~54–60 power index (Rank 3–5 Xyz with single negation); Resource economy ~+1.5 net per turn via Xyz materials and searchers; Combo complexity: 4–7 decision points per line (medium for Combo archetype); Goblin bridge depth: 2–3 independent lines vs Tistina core 3–4
• Provisional: Meta Power is null: no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share in Master Duel unknown; Matchup resilience: cannot be assessed without format meta data; Tournament Reliability: marked Low due to no side deck and illegality; score reflects structural potential only
• Data gaps: No parsed combos supplied; all combo floor/median/ceiling inferred from card text and role hints No tournament context: archetype meta-share, pilot match record, and format-speed data absent No side deck (0/15): post-side plan cannot be evaluated; best-of-3 strategy unknown No win-rate telemetry: brick rates, starter frequencies, OTK/FTK rates, and matchup outcomes are inferred or unknown Deck illegality: three banned/over-limit cards make evaluation theoretical; the deck cannot be played in Master Duel as-is