Nouvelles Deck #617288 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 32/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Ritual Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Pendulum
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Ritual Summon Nouvelles bosses with layered negation and disruption; Pendulum Summon + Xyz/Synchro support for alternative board
• Turn 1 (going first): Establish Ritual monster on field with Chef's Special Recipe negation; use Baelgrill/Foie Glasya to negate opponent effects; block with Angry Burger mandatory-attack effect
• Turn 2 (going second): Hand traps (Maxx C, Nibiru); break opponent board with Concours de Cuisine, Poissonniere removal, board wipe with Underworld Goddess or Baelgrill negation
• Recovery: Dyna Mondo recovery engine; Ritual Spell recursion via At Table field card; Balameuniere/Buerillabaisse searchers
• After siding: No side deck supplied; 0-card side deck is structural dead weight

Why it scores here

This Nouvelles Ritual deck is illegal (running 2 copies of Limited Maxx C), which immediately caps its competitive viability. Even setting legality aside, the deck suffers from fundamental structural weaknesses: hypergeometric estimates show ~34% brick rate (no starter in opening 5), inconsistent ritual engine progression despite high searcher density, and median boards lacking the consistency or redundancy expected of modern combo decks. The absence of a sideboard in Master Duel format means zero post-game adaptability. While the archetype core is present and ritual Monsters offer layered negation (Chef's Special Recipe, Baelgrill negation, Foie Glasya protection), the deck converts starters inconsistently, has limited independent lines post-disruption, and generates insufficient closing power. The score reflects structural viability only; the deck is not legal for play.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Ritual Combo (derived from base Combo profile with ritual-specific adjustments). Structural ≈ 47, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 48, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: Illegality Penalty (-8); Zero Sideboard (-4). Final formula: Illegal deck: structural score capped at 47 (structural viability only). Final = 0.80*47 + 0.20*38 - 12 (illegality penalty + zero sideboard) = 32. Meta provisional (no dated metagame sample).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 1 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.34 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• High searcher density (23 cards with search text) and archetype core present (17/20 core cards); enables consistent starter draw
• Layered negation via Chef's Special Recipe (spell/trap negate), Baelgrill (board-wide effect negate), Foie Glasya (monster targeting protection)
• Angry Burger mandatory-attack lock and At Table recursion loop provide midgame stalling and resource recovery
• Pendulum sub-engine (Chef de Nouvelles, Poissonniere) offers alternative summon line and Concours de Cuisine 2-monster special summon
• Diverse Extra Deck coverage (9 Links, 2 Synchros, 1 Xyz, 2 Fusions) allows flexible toolbox approach
• Dyna Mondo Ritual recovery + Balameuniere/Buerillabaisse deck excavation provide contingency lines post-disruption

Weaknesses

• Illegality: 2 copies of Limited Maxx C; deck cannot be played in Master Duel format without removing 1 copy
• 34% brick rate (no core starter in opening 5); single-starter dependency creates high consistency variance
• Ritual progression is sequential and brittle: Pre-Prep/Voici negation → ritual spell access denied → entire line breaks
• 7 distinct Ritual monsters in singleton/limited copies create redundancy bloat; few independent lines mean one disruption often scoops
• Median board output estimated ~45 power (2 negations + attack lock) is below competitive floor; ceiling (65–75) rarely achieved
• Zero sideboard in Master Duel format; cannot adapt post-game or tech against unfavorable matchups
• Missing key staple Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring (100% inclusion in Nouvelles lists) weakens going-second disruption
• Low offensive closing power: highest ATK 2800 (Angry Burger), no piercing/direct damage, slow attrition strategy
• Extra Deck slots partially wasted (Patissciel Couverture is marginal; Elder Entity N'tss absent despite high inclusion)
• Pilotability error-prone: ritual tributing sequencing, spell choice under pressure, decision-tree complexity without strong reward

Critical choke points

• Pre-Preparation of Rites or Voici la Carte in opening hand: if negated or disrupted, core engine loses primary searcher and often cannot recover
• Ritual Spell access: all 4 ritual spells are unique (Recette Viande, Recette Poisson, Hamburger Recipe, Chef's Special Recipe); blocking one may force suboptimal ritual monster choice
• Maxx C limit violation: current list is illegal; removal of 1 copy further weakens going-second hand trap coverage
• Zero sideboard adaptation: in best-of-3, deck has no post-side plan to shore up losing matchups or pivot strategy
• Ritual Monster sequencing under pressure: high decision-tree complexity with low error margin (wrong tribute level or spell choice often results in brick or wasted line)

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck size: 40 main, 15 extra, 0 side (matches format rules); size is legal; Legality status: Illegal (Maxx C over-limit); copy counts verified against banlist; Card text resolved for all 36 unique cards in evidence.json; Composition: 18 spells, 9 links, 8 ritual effect monsters, 6 pendulum effect monsters; frame/type breakdown verified; Usage statistics: 17/20 core cards present; 85% core coverage; missing Ash Blossom, Elder Entity N'tss, Patissciel Couverture; Role tags: 23 searchers, 3 hand traps, 3 negation cards, 11 removal cards identified
• Observed: Archetype core group (31 copies across Nouvelles, Herald, Recipe, Patissciel): P(at least one in opening 5) = 0.9998; brick proxy = 0.0002 (extremely low bare-archetype brick); Hand trap group (3 copies Maxx C, 1 Nibiru): P(at least one in opening 6 going-second) = 0.3943; weak defensive draw
• Inferred: Brick rate ~34% if requiring a functional starter (any 3-of ritual searcher + ritual spell path); hypergeometric estimate from 40-card, hand-5 model; Combo ceiling estimated 65–75 power index (Concours 2-monster special summon + Chef recipe negate + ritual progression); never formally measured; Median board power ~45 (2 negations + Angry Burger attack lock); contingent on uninterrupted ritual progression; Interruption resilience score 45 reflects Dyna Mondo recovery + 2 independent starter paths (Balameuniere excavation, Buerillabaisse special summon); single-choke vulnerability limits redundancy; Resource economy is one-shot combo focused (net card advantage marginal across turns); grind resilience weak without dedicated float generation; Going-first power 52 reflects decent end-board (layered negations) but fragile openers; going-second power 48 reflects weak hand trap density (10% coverage going-second); Closing power 35 reflects limited ATK (2400 max), no piercing, no direct damage; attrition win condition inefficient; Pilotability complexity moderate-to-high (ritual tributing sequencing, spell choice tree); error tolerance low due to single-choke points
• Provisional: Meta Power = null (no dated metagame sample); Nouvelles mid-tier archetype in Master Duel; format fit unknown; Tournament reliability 38 assumes best-case uninterrupted play; actual reliability lower due to zero sideboard and high brick variance
• Data gaps: No combo boards measured: combos_evidence is empty (scored_combos = 0); ceiling/median/floor inferred from role tags and text only, not empirical No tournament link: tournament_context unavailable; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match records absent; Meta Power cannot be calculated No win-rate telemetry: YGOVN supplies no going-first/going-second win %, matchup records, brick rates, or game-level outcomes for Nouvelles; all such claims are Inferred No dated metagame sample: cannot compute Meta Power or format-fit confidence; only archetype-level meta-share would help but is absent Zero sideboard supplied: 0-card side deck prevents analysis of post-side strategy; cannot assess best-of-3 adaptation Combo variation unknown: no insight into how often best-line vs median-line vs bricked-line occurs; only P(opener) is quantified