Galaxy Photon Deck #445236 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 43 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Xyz Summon high-ATK Galaxy-Eyes / Photon monsters (Number 62 / Number C62 range) and attack through a board set up by negates and searches; Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and Galaxy Photon Dragon boards that recover Photon and Galaxy monsters from the Graveyard
• Turn 1 (going first): Turn 1 Normal Summon into a Photon or Galaxy level-4 or level-8 starter, use Photon Delta Wing or Galaxy Soldier to pull the next starter, then build toward an Xyz; hold Effect Veiler and Ash Blossom for the opponent's turn
• Turn 2 (going second): Open with Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird and Effect Veiler to slow the opponent's first starter, then convert into a Galaxy-Eyes Xyz on the following turn
• Recovery: Searchers (Photon Orbital, Galaxy Summoner, Photon Jumper) and Graveyard recursion rebuild a Photon or Galaxy starter after an interruption
• After siding: No side deck is registered, so no post-side plan is available; a side would be needed to address the Forbidden and Limited cards in the list

Why it scores here

This list is illegal in Master Duel: it runs Beatrice (Forbidden), three copies of Droll & Lock Bird and two copies of Maxx C where the format allows fewer, so it is evaluated structurally only and capped at 30. The core Photon and Galaxy starters are dense enough that most opening hands contain at least one engine piece, and the searchers keep the line alive after a single disruption. Its interaction (negates, hand traps and Galaxy-Eyes removal) is broad and gives it a credible going-second plan. Consistency is held back by a large off-archetype share of the main deck, several non-engine cards that become bricks, and no registered side deck. The score comes from how the whole system functions together, not from averaging card scores or from the archetype's popularity, and no recorded boards were available to confirm the output.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary (no secondary weighting applied for the structural score). Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 48. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-8); illegal list cap (-16). Final formula: Illegal list: pre-cap 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + ContextModifiers = 0.80*55 + 0.20*48 - 8 = 46; capped at 30 as a theoretical, structural-only score (no normal Final Contextual score)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.9 · 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

• Dense Photon and Galaxy starter and searcher density gives a high chance of an engine-live opening
• Layered hand traps and negates (Effect Veiler, Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Number 90, Solflare Dragon) give a credible going-second plan
• High closing ceiling from Number 62 and Number C62 at 4000 ATK

Weaknesses

• Illegal in Master Duel because of Beatrice, Droll & Lock Bird and Maxx C copy limits
• Large off-archetype share makes some hands dead or conflicting
• No side deck registered, so no post-side plan
• Several Xyz and Link lines require long, sequenced summons

Critical choke points

• Each engine line depends on a level-4 or level-8 Photon or Galaxy starter, so losing the starter to one disruption can stall the turn
• The Xyz finish depends on a small number of Galaxy-Eyes Xyz monsters that must be summoned intact

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Beatrice is Forbidden; Droll & Lock Bird and Maxx C exceed their legal copy limits; main 43, extra 15, side 0; Card text for the Photon, Galaxy and Galaxy-Eyes engine cards and the Number 62 and Number C62 Xyz monsters; Archetype purity is 0% for the declared name and sub-archetypes are spread across the list
• Observed: Guide text reports a turn-2 Xyz finish with Number 62 or Number C62 for this deck style
• Inferred: The consistency and brick estimates are hypergeometric estimates from the Main Deck; The going-first and going-second splits are judged from the hand-trap and starter counts, not from recorded results; Interaction density is judged from card text
• Provisional: Format fit and matchup coverage, since no tournament link or dated meta sample exists
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry: going-first, going-second, matchup and brick rates are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied No side deck is registered, so post-side adaptation cannot be assessed from data