Magistus Deck #59732 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 25/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 42 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 3 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Not established. The list spreads across Magistus, Witchcrafter, Charmer, Chaos, Borrel, Code Talker, Knightmare and Endymion pieces with no single closing line the evidence supports.; Link and Fusion boss monsters (Vice-Madame, Artemis, Aiwass, Zoroa variants) converting spare resources into board pressure, unverified by recorded boards.
• Turn 1 (going first): Search or search-adjacent Spell (Witchcrafter Creation / Holiday / Unveiling line) to find a Witchcrafter or Magistus starter, then extend through Spellcaster Level 4 and 8 bodies. Plan is Inferred from card text only.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Droll & Lock Bird, Ash-type disruption absent) and Witchcrafter Haine / Madame Verre as removal and negation bodies, then rebuild through Witchcrafter Schmietta and Genni. Inferred.
• Recovery: Recursion from graveyard through Witchcrafter Creation, Holiday and Patronus, which can return to hand while a Witchcrafter monster is on the field. Inferred from text.
• After siding: No Side Deck is present (0 cards), so no post-side plan exists. Best-of-3 play is unsupported as built.

Why it scores here

This list is illegal in Master Duel as built: Called by the Grave is run twice against a limit of zero, and Chaos Ruler and Number 41 Bagooska are both Forbidden, so the deck does not receive a normal Final Contextual score and is capped at 25 with a theoretical, structural-only read. Its Main Deck search density is the main positive: 16 searcher-text cards give a Inferred P(at least one searcher in a 5-card opening hand) of about 0.92, so the engine is usually reachable. The structure is weak beyond that. Only 2 of the 15 usage-stat core cards are present (13.3%), and 45 of 67 copies are off the exact Magistus name, so the list reads as a collection of sub-archetypes rather than one engine. No recorded boards exist, so no combo ceiling, median or going-first split is measurable, and the scores for conversion and floor sit low on text inference alone. The score was not produced by averaging individual card scores or by the archetype's popularity; no meta share or tournament record exists to add credit.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Toolbox. Structural ≈ 44.8, Going First ≈ 46, Going Second ≈ 42, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-12). Final formula: Illegal cap: computed 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability + modifiers = 0.80*44.8 + 0.20*40 - 12 = 31.8, capped to 25 for an Illegal list (theoretical/structural-only). Meta Power provisional.

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.92 · 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 searcher text (16 cards) makes the engine reachable from the opening hand (Inferred).
• Recursion from the graveyard through the Witchcrafter Spell line provides some redundancy (Inferred).
• Two Droll & Lock Bird copies and Haine/Madame Verre give some disruption coverage (Inferred).

Weaknesses

• Illegal as built: 2 Called by the Grave against a zero limit, plus Chaos Ruler and Bagooska (Forbidden).
• Split identity: 45 of 67 copies are off the exact Magistus name, and only 2 of 15 usage-core cards are present.
• No Side Deck, so no post-side plan and no matchup adjustment.
• No recorded boards, so ceiling and median cannot be measured.

Critical choke points

• Any Witchcrafter starter line depends on a Spellcaster or Witchcrafter monster being live in hand or GY (Inferred).
• The Forbidden Called by the Grave and Chaos Ruler lines cannot be used in-format, so the deck has no legal route through them.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Illegal status with 3 over-limit or Forbidden violations (Called by the Grave x2, Chaos Ruler, Bagooska); Main Deck count 42 is within the 40-60 range; Extra count 15 is at the maximum; Searcher-text count 16 and archetype purity 21.1% from the composition pack; Only 2 of 15 usage-core cards present (13.3%)
• Inferred: Searcher reachability P ~0.92 in a 5-card opening hand; Going-first and going-second plan descriptions from card text; Interaction and recursion quality from text hints
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); Matchup and format fit (D13)
• 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 are absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick and OTK rates) No Side Deck (0 cards), so post-side performance cannot be assessed Meta Power is provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied