Utopia Deck #508595 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 68/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s). Restricted cards run: Abyss Dweller (Forbidden), Called by the Grave (Limited), Crossout Designator (Limited), Maxx "C" (Limited), Reinforcement of the Army (Limited).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Rank-Up-Magic Utopiforce chain to 3000+ ATK Xyz finishers (Number 39: Utopia variants, Utopia Ray, Utopia Dragonar); OTK via hand-trap searcher loops and resource acceleration
• Turn 1 (going first): Play ZS - Ascended Sage or Utopic Onomatopoeia on T1; build toward 2-card combo turn with Utopia core and Rank-Up-Magic; use hand traps to protect the combo turn.
• Turn 2 (going second): Set defensive backrow, answer threats with Infinite Impermanence/Crossout Designator, pivot into Utopia engine on later turns; leverage 6-card hand for reactive searchers.
• Recovery: Reanimate with Onomatopickup / Zexal Construction, recycle key Spells via Pot of Avarice / Double or Nothing!, re-Summon Utopia/Saber resources from GY.

Why it scores here

The deck runs a strong Utopia/Number engine with high combo ceiling (D3 80) but suffers from illegal cards and a fragile brick risk (D2 45, D5 50) that depresses consistency and floor (D4 55). It has efficient resource acceleration and above-average interaction (D7 70, D11 70), but limited side options and format mismatch (D12 20, D13 40) hold the score back. The overall 68 reflects a high-variance combo shell that can reach strong turns yet often misses.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Balanced. Structural ≈ 68, Going First ≈ 65, Going Second ≈ 62, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 55. Modifiers: illegal_cards (-8); empty_side_deck (-4); archetype_purity_risk (-4). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ — · 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

• Strong Utopia/Number engine with high combo ceiling
• Good interaction density (12 negation, 8 hand-traps)
• Resource acceleration via Pot of Avarice and Zexal Construction
• High extra-deck XYZ coverage (15 slots)

Weaknesses

• Illegal cards (Maxx "C", Called by the Grave, Abyss Dweller) reduce consistency and format viability
• Low brick mitigation and single-choke points in the engine
• Empty side deck limits adaptability
• Missing key Utopia/Ray and C39 reduces median output
• Meta performance unknown — no tournament data

Critical choke points

• Missing C39/Ur and Ray reduces consistent Rank-Up paths
• Illegal cards create match-loss risk independent of deck strength
• Limited redundancy in starters raises brick vulnerability
• No side deck prevents meaningful post-side adaptation

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality data and card banlist status; Card text role hints and confirmed restrictions; Extra deck breakdown (15 XYZ)
• Observed: Probabilities derived from deck composition; Role tag counts (searcher=14, hand_trap=8, negation=12)
• Inferred: Combo floor/ceiling from text-only parsing; Brick risk and consistency estimates; Going-first/second power and tournament reliability
• Provisional: Meta Power and matchup outcomes (no dated metagame sample); Post-side performance
• Data gaps: No combos parsed — combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference No tournament link — archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry in YGOVN (going-first/second, matchup, brick/starter/OTK rates) Meta Power marked Provisional without a dated metagame sample