Polymerization Deck #433508 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 48/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Control
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 54 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Summon Blue-Eyes boss monsters (Ultimate, Alternative Ultimate, Chaos MAX) and end-board negation/removal via Fusion and Synchro summons.; Beatdown with high-ATK Dragons protected by interaction; grind via recursion and resource loops.
• Turn 1 (going first): Resolve searchers (Sage, Melody, Bingo Machine, Wishes) into Level 1 Tuners and Fusion materials; build a board with 1–2 negation/protection effects (Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon, Dragon Master Magia, or Ultimate Dragon with removal).
• Turn 2 (going second): Open hand traps (Ash, Nibiru, Infinite Impermanence, Effect Veiler) to disrupt opponent setup; use Ultimate Fusion or board breakers to clear threats and pivot into Fusion Summon or Synchro combo.
• Recovery: Recursion via White Stone of Ancients (special summon from GY end-of-turn) and White Stone of Legend (add Blue-Eyes from Deck). Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon shuffles back to Deck to Special Summon another Blue-Eyes. Foolish Burial mills starters for immediate recovery.
• After siding: No Side Deck present; post-side plan cannot be evaluated.

Why it scores here

This Blue-Eyes Polymerization deck opens searchers and Level 1 Tuners reliably (~66% starter access, Inferred), scaling into high-ceiling Fusion and Synchro summons (Dragon Master Magia, Ultimate Dragon with removal text). However, the deck's heavy Main Deck brick rate (four Normal Monsters including three copies of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, plus conflicting Normal Summon slots) and weak independent lines suppress consistency and resilience. The composition deviates sharply from archetype norms (only 8% core Lunalight coverage, no Fusion-heavy staples), making it a Blue-Eyes brew with Polymerization shell rather than a coherent Polymerization deck. Post-side plan is absent. Popularity/meta-share statistics did not earn points; the deck's power score reflects system-level consistency, combo reliability, and interaction depth, not card-by-card strength.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 54, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: No Side Deck (-4); Archetype Mismatch (-3); High Garnet Density & Brick Risk (-5). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (55) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (50) = 44 + 4 + 0 = 48 (Meta provisional, no dated sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.66 · key two-card combo ≈ 0.48 · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.22 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 75, median 58, board-per-starter 2.1
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Searcher density (10 searcher cards, 3-copy majority) enables consistent opening into Level 1 Tuners and Fusion search lines.
• Fusion ceiling high: Dragon Master Magia (negates opponent effects), Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (removal text), and Alternative Ultimate (destroy 1 opponent card per turn).
• Hand trap package (9 cards: Ash ×3, Nibiru ×3, Infinite Impermanence ×2, Effect Veiler ×1) provides going-second disruption and meta interaction.
• Recursion engine (White Stones, Trade-In, Foolish Burial) enables recovery from disruption and GY stacking for follow-up turns.
• Extra Deck breadth (14 distinct boss monsters across Fusion, Synchro, Link, and XYZ) allows flexible pivot to different payoff lines.

Weaknesses

• Brick rate inflated by four Level 8 Normal Monsters (Blue-Eyes White Dragon ×3, plus one-of Level 8 dragons) competing for a single Normal Summon slot; estimated 20–25% full-brick hands.
• Limited independent continuation lines: Interrupted T1 setup with no backup starters leaves the deck vulnerable to a single well-timed hand trap (Ash on Melody, Nibiru on turn 1 summons).
• Median combo output modest (~58 PowerIndex): most hands resolve into a single negation or removal effect, not multiple disruptions.
• No Side Deck (0/15): eliminates meta adaptation and post-side strategy for best-of-3 play.
• Archetype-core mismatch: 8% overlap with Polymerization archetype norms suggests the deck may be misclassified or is a highly deviant build.
• Piloting complexity high relative to output: multiple Normal Summon sequencing decisions and GY stacking optimization required for median-level boards.

Critical choke points

• Single Normal Summon slot with four competing Level 8 candidates: any brick hand locks the deck into a weak T1.
• Searcher resolution path: if opening hand lacks Sage, Melody, or Wishes, the deck struggles to assemble Fusion or Synchro materials.
• Ash Blossom line disruption: Ash on Melody or Wishes (the primary Tuner + Fusion material combo starter) can shut down the entire turn-1 setup.
• GY stacking dependency: White Stone and Foolish Burial recursion require a live GY; banish-heavy matchups or graveyard removal severely reduce recovery options.
• Limited extra-deck redundancy for niche roles: only one Cosmic Blazar Dragon for multi-negate; only one Crimson Dragon for alternative Synchro payoff.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal (54 Main, 15 Extra, 0 Side; Foolish Burial ×1 Limited within copy limit); Card text: Ash Blossom, Trade-In, Ultimate Fusion, White Stone of Ancients, Dragon Master Magia (all confirmed from description excerpts); Composition: 54 Main, 30 distinct; 15 Extra, 14 distinct; type/level/race spread (Verified from card list); Banlist status: all cards Unlimited except Foolish Burial (Limited, ×1 in deck, legal)
• Observed: Hand trap density: 9 copies total (Ash ×3, Nibiru ×3, Impermanence ×2, Veiler ×1) from card list inspection
• Inferred: Starter accessibility: P(≥1 searcher/Tuner in 5) ≈ 66% via hypergeometric draw odds and copy counts (Inferred); Brick rate: ~20–25% estimated from four competing Level 8 Normal Monsters and single Normal Summon slot (Inferred); Combo ceiling PowerIndex ~75: Dragon Master Magia negation + Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon removal layer inferred from card text (Inferred); Median combo floor PowerIndex ~58: typical resolution into single negation/removal effect, not multi-disruption (Inferred); Resilience estimate: ~1.4 independent lines via White Stone recursion + Foolish Burial setup (Inferred); Pilotability complexity: 6–8 decision points per turn-1 line from multi-Normal Summon sequencing (Inferred)
• Provisional: Meta Power: null — no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share unknown; Matchup coverage: Format fit (D13) provisional at 35 due to missing tournament context and archetype mismatch signal
• Data gaps: No combo data supplied: combo floor/median/ceiling, board per starter, going_first vs going_second split are text-only inferences from card mechanics. No tournament link: archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, and dated metagame context absent. No win-rate telemetry: brick rates, starter-opening rates, going-first/second split performance, and OTK/stall rates are Inferred or Unknown. No Side Deck (0/15): post-side plans and side-board tuning cannot be evaluated. Usage statistics archetype mismatch: supplied stats are for 'Polymerization' (Lunalight core), but this deck is 92% Blue-Eyes; stat relevance is low. Guides_evidence count: 0 guides; strategic intent and meta positioning from human guides not available.