Runick Deck #652196 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 60/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish a board of Runick Fusion/Xyz monsters and K9 Xyz monsters that cannot be destroyed by card effects, then finish the duel with their high ATK or battle‑phase‑skipping effects.; Control the opponent’s plays with hand traps and quick‑play removal, forcing them into a defensive position while you draw into extra‑deck finishers.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open with hand traps (Ash Blossom, Maxx "C") to disrupt opponent, normal‑summon a K9 monster without tribute if opponent holds 2+ cards, then activate Runick Quick‑Play spells (Dispelling, Flashing Fire, etc.) to special‑summon Runick monsters and lock down the board.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Runick Fountain to cast Runick Quick‑Play spells from hand on opponent’s turn, employ Droll & Lock Bird and Maxx "C" to limit opponent draws, then summon Runick and K9 extra‑deck monsters while destroying key opponent cards.
• Recovery: Rely on Mulcharmy Fuwalos draws, Runick Fountain recycling, and Maxx "C" draws to replenish missing combo pieces after disruption; Droll & Lock Bird also prevents opponent hand‑advantage decks from gaining resources.
• After siding: No side deck is present; the deck relies on its main‑deck flexibility and the ability to adapt with hand‑traps and quick‑play spells.

Why it scores here

The deck reliably opens with at least one core Runick or K9 starter in 82% of opening hands, giving it strong early engine accessibility. Its suite of hand traps, quick‑play removal, and the Runick Fountain field spell provide solid interaction and resilience against disruption. While the extra‑deck offers many powerful finishers, the mixed off‑archetype core and lack of a side deck lower overall efficiency and adaptability, resulting in a moderate but consistent overall power rating.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Control. Structural ≈ 61.3, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 65, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 55. Modifiers: Low archetype purity (-2); No side deck (-1); Missing combo data (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.82 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.18 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• High probability of drawing a core starter (≈82%).
• Robust interaction suite with many hand traps, negation, and removal effects.
• Strong going‑second options via Runick Fountain and hand‑trap density.

Weaknesses

• Low archetype purity and many off‑archetype filler cards reduce deck focus.
• No side deck limits post‑side adaptability.
• Reliance on opponent having 2+ cards in hand for K9 tribute‑free summons.
• Absence of recorded combo data makes ceiling/floor estimates uncertain.

Critical choke points

• K9 monsters require opponent hand size ≥2 for tribute‑free summons.
• Runick Fountain activation is needed to use Runick Quick‑Play spells on opponent’s turn.
• Skipping battle phases with Runick spells can delay offensive pressure.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality status Legal; Card text excerpts for all listed cards; Hypergeometric probabilities for core and hand‑trap groups
• Inferred: Engine accessibility from core probability 0.8195; Brick risk from archetype purity and copy histogram; Combo ceiling based on Runick quick‑play effects; Combo floor based on typical one‑monster start; Resilience from multiple hand‑trap and floodgate cards; Resource economy from draw engines (Maxx C, Mulcharmy, Runick Fountain); Interaction quality from counts of negation and removal cards; Going‑second power from hand‑trap density and Runick Fountain; Closing power from high‑ATK extra‑deck monsters; Main‑deck efficiency from low purity; Extra‑deck efficiency from spread across archetypes; Side‑deck adaptability absent; Matchup fit provisional due to missing meta data; Pilotability from conditional summon requirements
• Provisional: Matchup coverage score
• 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