Skull Servant Deck #538367 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 48/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 60 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Build King of the Skull Servants with graveyard accumulation; close with synchro bosses or attrition over multiple turns; Generate board pressure through Zombie recursion and interaction via negation traps and hand traps
• Turn 1 (going first): Activate Delta of Invitation or Wightbaking to mill and search; establish a Synchro board (Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon Lord or Skeletal Dragon Felgrand) with interaction via Infinite Impermanence or Forbidden Droplet
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Nibiru) to disrupt; pivot with board-breaking removal (Raigeki, Harpie's Feather Duster, Forbidden Droplet); recover via graveyard Zombie recursion
• Recovery: Mezuki and Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon Lord recursion; Curse of the Ancient Turtle field summon; Wightprince combo to revive King of the Skull Servants from Deck
• After siding: Unknown — no side deck provided; typical Skull Servant siding adds graveyard hate removal and additional hand trap coverage

Why it scores here

This Skull Servant deck opens a live engine roughly 80% of the time (Delta of Invitation, Wightbaking, Zombie World searchers present at ~23% per-card rate), but median output remains modest: it typically produces a mid-tier synchro board (Skeletal Dragon Felgrand 2800/2800, one interaction piece) rather than explosive combos. Graveyard recursion through Mezuki, Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon Lord, and Wightprince provides reasonable resilience, but the deck lacks redundant opening lines and struggles when disrupted early. Going-second tools (Raigeki, Forbidden Droplet, hand traps) are solid but not overwhelming. The absence of core cards like Solar Recharge, Charge of the Light Brigade, That Grass Looks Greener, and Wight Reanimator (32% of archetype core present) means this list underperforms the standard build; it compensates with extra hand traps and tech choices but remains vulnerable in the meta. No side deck limits post-game adaptability. The deck is functional and legal but struggles to sustain pressure or recover decisively.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 53, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 56, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: Missing core card burden (-5); No side deck (-3); Hand trap density trade-off (0). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.8 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.2 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 74, median 56, board-per-starter 2.1
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Graveyard recursion engine (Mezuki, Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon Lord, Wightprince) provides resilience across multiple turns
• Synchro access flexible (Skeletal Dragon Felgrand interaction, Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon Lord recovery) with tuner redundancy (Ash Blossom, Uni-Zombie, Immortal Dragon)
• Strong going-second hand trap suite (9 copies across multiple effects: Ash Blossom, Droll & Lock Bird, Infinite Impermanence, Nibiru) + removal tech (Raigeki, Harpie's Feather Duster, Forbidden Droplet)
• Zombie World field control locks opponent Tribute Summons and enables all-Zombie trait for recursion payoffs
• Curse of the Ancient Turtle dual tutoring + Wightprince two-card mill combo creates alternative mill lines

Weaknesses

• Missing 68% of archetype standard core (no Solar Recharge, Charge of the Light Brigade, That Grass Looks Greener, Wight Reanimator, Enlightenment Dragon) → median combo output underperforms
• Single-line opening vulnerability: if Delta/Wightbaking starter is negated before milling, deck struggles to pivot; only 2 independent opener paths identified
• Modest closing power: King of the Skull Servants and synchro bosses reach 2800–4000 ATK but lack piercing or direct damage; grinds require multiple turns
• Hand trap density (9 copies, 15% of deck) competes with engine slots; opening hand may feature multiple traps with limited mill value
• Zero side deck slots filled; cannot adapt between games in best-of-3 format

Critical choke points

• Early negation of Delta of Invitation or Wightbaking before resolution breaks primary milling engine; limited secondary opener access
• Graveyard lock (e.g., Dimensional Fissure, Macro Cosmos) shuts down recursion and King of the Skull Servants payoff
• Ash Blossom negation of Zombie World activation prevents field setup and locks Tribute Summon utility; only 2 copies of Zombie World

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal in Master Duel format (60-card main, 15 Extra, all copy limits met); Card text role hints (searcher, negation, removal) confirmed from description excerpts for Delta of Invitation, Wightbaking, Forbidden Droplet, Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon Lord, Skeletal Dragon Felgrand; Archetype core card presence: 8 of 25 core cards run (32%); missing Solar Recharge, Charge of the Light Brigade, That Grass Looks Greener, Wight Reanimator, Enlightenment Dragon, and 12 others verified from usage statistics; Hand trap count: 9 copies (Ash Blossom 3, Droll & Lock Bird 2, Infinite Impermanence 3, Nibiru 1) verified from role hints; Extra Deck composition: 8 Synchro, 7 Link; I:P Masquerena present but unused in core lines
• Observed: Combo evidence absent from combo data; no parseable boards scored
• Inferred: Opening consistency P(≥1 starter in hand 5) ≈ 0.80 from hypergeometric Delta/Wightbaking/Uni-Zombie trio (3 copies each = 9 total, ~16% of deck); Brick rate ~0.20 driven by hand trap density and absence of core tutors (Solar Recharge, Charge of the Light Brigade); Best-line ceiling ~74 power index: Delta searcher + Wightbaking mill + Uni-Zombie Synchro tuner to Skeletal Dragon Felgrand (negate + banish) + protection; Median output ~56 power index: single Synchro + one interaction piece; limited follow-up post-disruption; Interruption resilience floor ~55: Mezuki/Red-Eyes recursion provides recovery, but single-choke-point vulnerability without secondary opener; Going-first power ~58: solid interaction board (Skeletal Dragon Felgrand 2800/2800 with Infinite Impermanence backup) but modest ATK ceiling; Going-second power ~56: hand trap suite + removal tools adequate; relies on grind and recovery rather than explosive pivot; Pilotability moderate: combo steps are linear (searcher → mill → Synchro); decision density low; error tolerance decent
• Provisional: Meta Power = null; no dated metagame sample supplied; Skull Servant archetype tournament share and per-pilot record absent from tournament data; Matchup coverage unknown; off-meta deck building deviates significantly from core standard; Post-side performance unknown; no side deck provided (0/15 slots filled)
• Data gaps: No combos supplied in combo data (scored combos = 0); best line, median, board per starter are text-inferred, not observed No tournament link; archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, and dated metagame sample absent No guide snippets (total guides = 0); strategic intent for non-standard Skull Servant builds not documented Win-rate telemetry absent (going-first/second rates, matchup outcomes, game brick/starter/OTK rates) No side deck (0/15 slots filled); post-game best-of-3 performance cannot be estimated Core card deviation (32% present) suggests this is a non-standard build; reasoning for missing Solar Recharge, Charge of the Light Brigade, and That Grass Looks Greener not supplied