Infernity Deck #454033 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 28/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Grind through recursive Infernity/Tearlaments engines and hand-emptying loops; accumulate advantage while maintaining empty-hand effects; Fusion Summon and board-control via Tearlaments; lock down opponent with Infernity Barrier and interaction
• Turn 1 (going first): Resolve Tearlaments or Infernity starters into Fusion boards (Kaleido-Heart, Rulkallos); set Infernity Barrier; maintain interaction
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Impermanence, Droll) to disrupt; break board via Tearlaments removal effects and Dark Ruler No More; OTK if possible
• Recovery: Infernity Launcher and Necromancer enable recursion; Tearlaments mill-and-Fusion creates resource loop; graveyard acts as second resource pool
• After siding: Unknown—no side deck provided; structural vulnerabilities (illegal cards, core missing) prevent reliable post-side assessment

Why it scores here

This deck is illegal in Master Duel, running three forbidden/over-limit cards (Apollousa, Beatrice, extra Called by the Grave), and lacks critical core cards like S:P Little Knight and Fiendsmith's Sequence. The evaluation is structural-only. The list attempts a Tearlaments–Infernity fusion-combo hybrid with decent grind potential and going-second interaction, but is severely hamstrung by missing staples, inconsistent engine bootstrap (55% core present), and high garnet density from underbuilt starter synergy. No combos are parsed, no dated meta is supplied, and no side deck exists, making post-side reliability and meta fit provisional. The score reflects a broken list with interesting intent but insufficient coherence to execute reliably.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.65 Combo + 0.35 Midrange. Structural ≈ 45, Going First ≈ 48, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: Illegal deck penalty (-8); Core cards missing (45% absent) (-2); Garnet density and brick risk (-2). Final formula: Illegal deck: capped at 35 structural → Final = 0.60 * 35 + 0.40 * 38 = 36.2, then −8 legality penalty and −2 missing-core penalty = 26–30 range, rounded to 28. (Meta provisional; no dated meta supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.52 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.2 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Hybrid Tearlaments–Infernity core with multiple recursion engines (Launcher, Necromancer, Havnis mill-loop); grind game is resilient
• Going-second interaction solid: 8 hand-traps, Dark Ruler No More (2x), Infinite Impermanence (3x), and Tearlaments removal coverage
• Fusion-heavy Extra Deck (Kaleido-Heart, Rulkallos, Kitkallos) provides board presence and protection; Barrier + Rulkallos negation is layered
• 60-card main allows variance play and recovery through graveyard-centric loops; resource signature supports long-game grinding

Weaknesses

• Deck is illegal in Master Duel: Apollousa and Beatrice are Forbidden; Called by the Grave run at +1 copy over limit
• 45% of archetype core cards missing (9 of 20); critical staples absent: S:P Little Knight, Fiendsmith's Sequence, Crossout Designator, Maxx C
• 7 copies Level-8 Horus monsters (Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuef) are hard garnets without King's Sarcophagus live; opening-hand brick risk ~20%
• Empty-hand gating (Infernity Barrier, Launcher, Necromancer) conflicts with greed/resource management; single choke-point if Barrier is the only negation and it resolves into denial
• Going-first boards lack proactive floodgates or lock-pieces; board is reactive (negation + removal) rather than format-warping
• No side deck; post-side resilience cannot be evaluated

Critical choke points

• Infernity Barrier is the primary negation in going-first hands; if emptied and Barrier resolves negatively, deck has no backup layer
• King's Sarcophagus must be live to enable Horus recursion; without it, all 7 Horus monsters become dead draws
• Illegal cards (Apollousa, Beatrice) cannot be used in format; deck must function without +2 board-end value from those cards
• Going-first: no built-in card advantage engine; reliance on Tearlaments mill + Infernity loops means first turn is setup/negotiation, not closed pressure

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status: Illegal (Apollousa, Beatrice, Called by the Grave over-limit confirmed); Main/Extra/Side counts: 60/15/0 (within format size rules 40–60 main, 0–15 extra, 0–15 side, but violations override); Card text excerpts confirmed for all 36 distinct main + 15 Extra cards; Archetype composition: 14.7% exact Infernity, 30% hybrid archetype coverage (Tearlaments + Infernity + Fiendsmith); Usage statistics: 55% of archetype core present (11/20 core cards in deck)
• Observed: Hand-trap density: 8 copies (Ash 3, Impermanence 3, Droll 2); going-second coverage ~59% probability of ≥1 trap in 6 cards; Interaction piece count: 14 tagged cards with negation/removal text; Searcher pool: 16 cards tagged as searchers; strong resource float
• Inferred: D1 Consistency: P(≥1 archetype starter in opening 5) ≈ 0.52; archetype-core group P(≥1) = 0.9202 but core-card presence = 55% reduces to ~0.52 (hypergeometric); D2 Brick rate: 7 copies Level-8 Horus (hard garnets without King's Sarcophagus live); Infernity Sage semi-garnet; opening-hand conflict; estimated brick ~18–22%; D3/D4 Combo ceiling/floor: No parsed boards; text-inferred from Tearlaments Scream → Reinoheart → Kaleido-Heart line (~70 ceiling) and Infernity Launcher recursion loop (median ~55–60); D5 Resilience: 2 independent forks (Infernity vs Tearlaments), single choke-point on Barrier; recursion supports grind recovery; D6 Resource economy: Tearlaments mill + Fusion, Infernity discard loops, Imsety/Tearlaments draw; net +1.5 cards per turn if stable; D7 Interaction quality: Barrier + Rulkallos negation is layered but reactive, not proactive; mid-tier depth; D8 Going-second: 8 hand-traps + Dark Ruler No More + Tearlaments removal; estimated going-second power 60/100; D9 Closing power: Kaleido-Heart and Rulkallos 3000 ATK; 2–3 turn clock with no OTK; closing held back by lack of direct damage; D10 Main deck: 60-card, 36 distinct; 60% efficiency ratio; 30% archetype purity; high 1-of density; D11 Extra deck: 15 cards; 2 illegal (Apollousa, Beatrice); many mandatory Fusions; ~4 flex slots; D12 Side deck: No side deck provided; cannot infer post-side adaptation; D13 Matchup fit: Archetype meta-share unknown; Infernity niche in Master Duel; 45% core missing; provisional weak fit; D14 Pilotability: Combo lines text-inferred; empty-hand gating adds complexity; moderate error tolerance due to grind game
• Provisional: Meta Power: null (no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share unavailable); D13 Matchup coverage: Provisional weak fit pending dated meta context; Post-side plan and best-of-3 reliability: Side Deck size = 0, cannot assess
• Data gaps: No combo boards parsed; combo floor/median/ceiling are text-inferred only No tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) No side deck; post-side plan and best-of-3 reliability cannot be evaluated Deck is illegal; structural score is capped and contextual score severely penalized; cannot be used in-format