Train Deck #487514 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 36/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 52 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Board denial / hand‑trap control
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with a hand trap (Infinite Impermanence / Ash Blossom) to shut down opponent’s combo, then use Ancient Gear Advance or Mulcharmy Fuwalos for draw and token generation.
• Turn 2 (going second): Play Urgent Schedule or Nibiru to summon multiple EARTH Machine monsters, then lock down opponent with hand traps and field removal (Harpie's Feather Duster / Heavy Storm).
• Recovery: If board is broken, rely on draw engines (Ancient Gear Advance, Mulcharmy Fuwalos) and Extra‑Deck links (Ancient Gear Ballista, Knightmare Phoenix) to rebuild a defensive field.
• After siding: No side deck present; the deck lacks a dedicated side plan.

Why it scores here

The deck leans heavily on hand traps and generic removal to control the opponent, but it lacks a cohesive engine and contains many unrelated sub‑archetypes that dilute consistency. Opening‑hand reliability is modest (≈0.75 chance to have a core piece) yet brick risk is high because of overlapping tech cards. Interaction is decent thanks to numerous negates and board‑wipes, but the lack of a clear win‑condition or side‑deck plan limits closing power and adaptability. Illegal status further caps its practical score.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Control. Structural ≈ 37.8, Going First ≈ 35, Going Second ≈ 40, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 30. Modifiers: Illegal status (over‑limit copy) (-5). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.75 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.25 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Rich suite of hand traps and negates
• Several draw engines (Ancient Gear Advance, Mulcharmy Fuwalos)
• Board‑breaking tools for going‑second

Weaknesses

• No clear win‑condition engine
• Very low archetype purity; many unrelated cards
• Illegal due to over‑limit Droll & Lock Bird
• No side deck or dedicated post‑side plan

Critical choke points

• Reliance on Droll & Lock Bird for draw‑lock; illegal copies break consistency
• Need to assemble specific Ancient Gear Fusion or Link monsters to finish
• Hand‑trap heavy opening can be disrupted by opponent’s own hand traps

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: legality status and copy limits; card text excerpts; hypergeometric probabilities
• Inferred: engine accessibility based on core probability; brick risk from copy histogram; combo floor/ceiling without board data; resource economy from draw engines; interaction quality from hand trap count; going‑second board breaking from Urgent Schedule and Nibiru; offensive power from Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem; main‑deck efficiency from archetype purity; extra‑deck efficiency from breakdown; pilotability from overall complexity
• Provisional: matchup format fit (no tournament data); meta power
• 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