Skull Servant Deck #453280 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: none
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s). Restricted cards run: Called by the Grave (Limited), Foolish Burial (Limited), Harpie's Feather Duster (Limited), Maxx "C" (Limited), One for One (Limited), That Grass Looks Greener (Limited), Super Polymerization (Semi-Limited).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Rank 8 Xyz/Fusion finishers (Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord, The Zombie Vampire, Silvally, etc.); Graveyard recursion + board clear (Called by the Grave, Wight reanimation)
• Turn 1 (going first): T1: Wightbaking/Super Polymerization → swarm tokens or search; T2: assemble key Rank 8 via Wightlord/Imsety → threaten OTK or board lock.
• Turn 2 (going second): Six-card hand enables early Wightbaking/Called by the Grave; answer while developing a Xyz/Fusion finish.
• Recovery: Wight reanimator recursion, hand-trap disruption (Maxx "C"), and rank-down pivot to Rank 4-6 for continued pressure.
• After siding: Side into broad removal and floodgates; retain Wightbaking/Imsety for continuity.

Why it scores here

The deck runs a clear Combo engine centered on Skull Servant swarm and high-rank Xyz/Fusion finishers, giving strong ceiling (D3 80) and efficient resource use (D11 85, D10 70). However, it is fragile: brick risk in the five-card opening (D2 55), inconsistent early swarm (D1 65), and limited disruption (D5 55) depress floor and consistency. Hand size and format unknowns cap reliability, while a weak post-side plan (D12 40) and medium interaction (D7 70) produce a mid-tier, skill-dependent profile.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Balanced. Structural ≈ 58, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 54, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Illegal cards (-8); High archetype purity (4); No combo data (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ — · 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

• High single-turn ceiling with Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord and The Zombie Vampire
• Strong archetype core presence (77.8% T1 live) and efficient search
• Multiple removal and negation options (Raigeki, Lightning Storm, Forbidden Droplet, Called by the Grave)
• Good extra-deck coverage across Fusion/Xyz/Link

Weaknesses

• Low consistency due to Illegal cards and limited copies
• High brick risk on the five-card opening
• Limited disruption and no dedicated hand traps
• Weak post-side adaptability (no side deck cards)
• Skill-dependent median output with no parsed board data

Critical choke points

• Opening hand quality and brick rate
• Reliance on specific Rank 8 access
• Lack of interaction density against control matchups
• No post-side adjustment plan

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck legality and card restrictions from banlist data; Archetype purity and core card inclusion rates; Extra-deck breakdown and card text role hints
• Observed: Best-line references from card text (Number 90, The Zombie Vampire); Removal and negation presence in the main deck
• Inferred: Opening-hand consistency and brick estimates; Median/ceiling combo output without parsed boards; Hand-trap and disruption sufficiency; Post-side plan strength
• Provisional: Meta power and matchup performance; Tournament reliability without match link; Format-fit without dated metagame sample
• Data gaps: No combo evidence parsed — floor/median/ceiling inferred No tournament link — per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, brick rates) Meta Power marked Provisional in the absence of a dated metagame sample