ABC Deck #467830 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 42 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Union-monster board pressure converted into 3000-ATK Fusion/XYZ/Link end-boards (ABC-Dragon Buster, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS, Nibiru) after an ABC/Union starter opens the line; Negation and removal text (Infinite Impermanence, Dominus Purge, Therion King Regulus) to strip the opponent's board before the Extra Deck threat lands
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a Union or Galaxy starter (Union Activation, Galaxy Soldier, Union Hangar searcher), equip into B-Buster Drake or X-Cross Cannon, and summon an Extra Deck monster (inferred from card text; no recorded boards)
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold Infinite Impermanence and Dominus Purge to answer the opponent's first summon, then rebuild through searchers (Galaxy Photon Dragon, Therion Discolosseum) (Inferred)
• Recovery: Recurse Union monsters from the GY through Union Activation and Fiendsmith's Tract/Engraver searchers; Extra Deck backups are Link and XYZ monsters (Inferred)
• After siding: Not available: the deck runs no Side Deck cards, so there is no post-side adjustment (Verified from legality counts)

Why it scores here

The deck is Illegal: Called by the Grave (Forbidden) runs 2 copies against 0 legal copies, so the score is capped low and the evaluation is theoretical and structural only. Its strongest systemic traits are text-based interaction (about 10 negation and 20 removal text hits) and a credible Extra Deck end-board of 3000-ATK Fusion, XYZ and Link monsters, which earn the D7 and D9 scores. Starter access is moderate: the 3-copy Union/Galaxy core gives about a 0.32 chance of at least one copy in a 5-card opening hand, and the archetype-core group proxy is high, but the archetype spread is fragmented (15.8% exact-name purity, 48 off-archetype copies) and this lowers coherence and efficiency. With no recorded boards, combo floor and ceiling are text-only inference and are scored conservatively. Popularity and archetype usage did not earn points, and card scores were not averaged into the deck score; the 12-point banlist modifier is what keeps the final score low.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange primary, with Toolbox as secondary (disclosed; no separate weighting applied). Structural ≈ 49, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: No reliable metagame: 0.80*Structural(49.25) + 0.20*TournamentReliability(40) = 47.4; then banlist-exposure modifier -12 = 35.4 -> 35. Illegal deck: theoretical/structural-only, not a normal Final score.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.32 · 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 text interaction (10 negation, 20 removal hits)
• Extra Deck end-board reaches 3000 ATK
• Three-copy Union/Galaxy core gives repeatable starters

Weaknesses

• Illegal: Forbidden Called by the Grave runs 2 copies
• No side deck, so no post-side adaptation
• Fragmented archetype spread (15.8% exact-name purity)
• Many single-copy slots lower consistency

Critical choke points

• Union monster on field is the single gateway to the Extra Deck plan
• Called by the Grave copies make the list unplayable as built

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Called by the Grave Forbidden, 2 copies run, 0 legal; Main 42 (within 40-60), Extra 15 (within 0-15), Side 0; Hypergeometric starter probabilities (3-copy: 0.3232 in a 5-card hand); Extra Deck end-board ATK 3000 (ABC-Dragon Buster, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS)
• Observed: Usage statistics: 8 of 25 core cards present (32%)
• Inferred: Engine accessibility and brick estimates from hypergeometric and card text; Interaction density from negation and removal text hints; Going-first and going-second plans from card text only
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup fit (no dated metagame sample, no tournament link); Tournament reliability
• 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/second, matchup, brick/starter rates) Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied Deck title is null in the export Usage statistics list 17 missing core cards; the deck is a partial build of the archetype standard