Ghoti Deck #442134 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 30/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Stun, Synchro Fish engine
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro boards led by Askaan, Arionpos, Chengying, Baronne and Dragite after Fish searches and banish-based setup; Ghoti of the Deep Beyond and White Aura Whale boards after banish recursion
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon a Fish searcher (Mermaid Shark, Psiics or Paces), search a second Fish, and set up a Level-matched Synchro Summon while holding hand traps for the opponent's Main Phase
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Ash Blossom, Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence and D.D. Crow to negate the opponent's first setup, then rebuild from the banished Fish in GY and banish
• Recovery: Recover from the banished Fish zone with Paces, Shif and Zep (Standby Phase revival) and reuse Psiics and Snopios searches
• After siding: No Side Deck (0 side cards), so there is no post-side plan; the deck cannot adapt between games in a best-of-3

Why it scores here

The score comes from the system, not from averaging card scores: the Fish searcher web (Mermaid Shark, Psiics, Snopios, Paces, White Reincarnation) gives the deck a reasonable chance to open a live Fish engine, and the 11 hand traps plus 13 negation-text cards give it real interaction density on the opponent's turn. Its Synchro payoffs (Askaan, Arionpos, Chengying, Baronne, Dragite) are strong bodies, so the closing and Synchro-conversion dimensions earn moderate credit. Popularity earned nothing: the Ghoti archetype's core cards are almost entirely absent from this list (4 of 25 core cards present), and the exact-name Ghoti purity is only 20%, so the deck is a loose mix of Ghoti, White, Abyss, D.D. and Fleur cards. Two Called by the Grave copies are Forbidden in Master Duel, and the deck has no Side Deck, so the list is illegal and the score is capped at a theoretical structural read; the uncapped formula gives about 44.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 55, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-10). Final formula: Illegal list: theoretical structural read only. Uncapped 0.80*Structural(55) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(48) + modifiers(-10) ≈ 44, capped to 30 under the Illegal rule. Meta Power provisional/null.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.82 · 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

• Broad hand-trap and negation coverage (11 hand traps, 13 negation-text cards)
• Redundant Fish searchers and Standby revivals give several ways to rebuild after disruption
• Strong Synchro bosses at 2,700–3,000 ATK in the Extra Deck

Weaknesses

• Illegal list: two Called by the Grave are Forbidden in Master Duel
• No Side Deck, so no post-side adaptation
• Weak archetype coherence: only 20% exact-name Ghoti purity and only 4 of 25 core cards present

Critical choke points

• Fish searcher density: without Mermaid Shark, Psiics or Paces the engine rarely comes online
• Synchro Summon legality depends on a Level-matched Tuner Fish being live

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Called by the Grave is Forbidden with 2 copies run (illegal); Main 40 and Extra 15 are inside the Master Duel size rules; Side Deck is empty (0 cards); Usage data: 4 of 25 archetype core cards present (16%)
• Inferred: Engine access ≈ 0.82 for at least one searcher in opening 5 (hypergeometric); Interaction density is high from hand-trap and negation text; Extra Deck coverage and Synchro conversion read from card text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format-fit scores (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied; combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot record absent No win-rate telemetry; going-first/second and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied