Flame Swordsman Deck #457992 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 41/100 (±5 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 45 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Flame Swordsman Fusion/Link engine with Metalmorph summons; Board breaking via hand traps and disruption
• Turn 1 (going first): Search core Flame Swordsman cards, summon a Flame Swordsman monster, and set hand traps for early disruption.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom) and Metalmorph summons to break opponent board, then summon extra‑deck links/fusions.
• Recovery: Draw power from Maxx C, Branded Regained and searchers to rebuild engine after disruption.
• After siding: No side deck; rely on draw effects and flexible extra‑deck summons to adapt.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens with a decent chance (≈69%) to draw a core Flame Swordsman card and sets multiple hand traps, giving it early disruption. It can convert that starter into a modest board using Metalmorph summons and Fusion/Link monsters, but the lack of recorded combos limits its ceiling. Interruption resilience is moderate thanks to many negation and draw effects, while resource economy is helped by abundant searchers. However, the deck suffers from low archetype purity, illegal over‑copy limits, and no side deck, which reduces overall consistency and adaptability.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 40.4, Going First ≈ 38, Going Second ≈ 42, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: illegal_overcopy (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.69 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.31 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• High hand‑trap count for early disruption
• Abundant searchers and draw effects
• Diverse extra‑deck options (Links, Fusions, XYZ)

Weaknesses

• Illegal due to over‑copy limits
• Low archetype purity (18%) leading to brick risk
• No side deck for adaptation
• No recorded combo data, limiting ceiling

Critical choke points

• Reliance on Limited cards Maxx C and Called by the Grave for draw power

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status and copy limits; Card text excerpts; Archetype purity numbers
• Inferred: Engine accessibility from probability data; Brick estimate from composition; Combo floor/ceiling from lack of boards; Interaction quality from role hint tags
• Provisional: Matchup format fit due to missing tournament data
• Data gaps: no combos supplied — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no win-rate telemetry exists in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, game-level, brick/starter/OTK rates) — those signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied