X-Saber Deck #48196 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

X-Saber/Tri-Brigade Hybrid (Illegal) — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±5 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Summon large Synchro/Link monsters (XX-Saber Gottoms, Tri-Brigade Shuraig) to overwhelm; Disrupt opponent with hand traps and on-field negation then swing
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Boggart Knight or Rescue Cat to bridge into X-Saber Synchros and Tri-Brigade Links with negation
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Kaiju Gameciel and removal Synchros (Hyunlei, Draco Berserker) to clear board and push damage
• Recovery: Recur X-Saber monsters via Darksoul end-phase search and Gottoms' Second Call
• After siding: No side deck (0 cards) – no post-side adaptation possible

Why it scores here

This deck is an X-Saber and Tri-Brigade hybrid intended to combo into Synchro and Link monsters, but it is illegal in Master Duel due to running a Forbidden copy of Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess, so the evaluation is theoretical only and the Final Contextual score is capped low. Consistency is inferred decent (P(open core)≈0.88) but no recorded combos exist, so floor/ceiling are text-inferred rather than observed. The score reflects the system's potential if legal, not its actual playability, and popularity/usage stats did not earn points; we did not average card scores. The illegal status dominates the final rating per rubric guardrails.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: primary Combo 100% for structural (capped due to illegality). Structural ≈ 61, Going First ≈ 60, Going Second ≈ 55, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 30. Modifiers: Illegal deck (Forbidden card) (-40). Final formula: Illegal deck: capped low theoretical evaluation; normal formula 0.80*Structural+0.20*TournamentReliability not applied due to banlist violation

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.88 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.12 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Redundant Beast/Beast-Warrior extenders from Tri-Brigade and X-Saber
• Access to Link toolbox (Shuraig, Rugal) for removal and recovery

Weaknesses

• Illegal due to Forbidden Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess
• No side deck (0 cards) limits best-of-3 adaptation
• Missing many core archetype staples (Zoodiac, Baronne, Called by the Grave)

Critical choke points

• Apollousa violation makes entire list illegal
• Reliance on Normal Summon Boggart Knight or Rescue Cat as primary opener

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Illegal with Apollousa over copy limit; Card text for all main/extra cards present; Banlist status Forbidden for Apollousa, Limited for Foolish Burial; Side deck count 0
• Observed: No parsed combos (combo data total combos 0)
• Inferred: Consistency from hypergeometric probabilities (P(core)≈0.877); Strategy classification Combo/Toolbox from card text and extra deck; Brick rate proxy from copy histogram and garnet-like Pashuul
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Matchup format fit D13
• 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