Lightsworn Deck #652255 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 52/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Midrange, Synchro-centric
• Format: master-duel

Legality

Main 42 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Synchro combo into multi-negate boards (Baronne de Fleur, Stardust Dragon, Minerva); Tearlaments Fusion loops for attrition; Judgment Dragon board wipe after milling 4 Lightsworns
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Solar Recharge, Charge of the Light Brigade, or Weiss to mill, summon Synchro bosses, set negates
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Forbidden Droplet and hand-trap PSY-Framegear Gamma to force interaction; break board with removal suite then extend into Synchros
• Recovery: Recursion via Tearlaments Fusion sends (Havnis, Scheiren), Lightsworn mill triggers (Wulf special summon), and graveyard searches (Grief, Metanoise)
• After siding: No side deck present; cannot adapt to matchups or pivot strategy

Why it scores here

This Lightsworn-Tearlaments hybrid opens Synchro combos reliably via Charge of the Light Brigade and Solar Recharge, reaching multi-negate boards with Baronne de Fleur or Stardust Dragon when seeded correctly. The median output is moderate due to heavy reliance on hand quality and specific mill triggers; without the right starters, the deck bricks into slow, low-impact plays. Recovery through Tearlaments Fusion recursion and Lightsworn mill is solid but vulnerable to single-choke-point disruption (e.g., negating a Fusion). The deck lacks a side deck entirely, eliminating post-match adaptation and severely limiting tournament reliability. Popularity of the Lightsworn archetype did not earn points; the evaluation rests on system coherence, consistency math, and the deck's measured floor/ceiling split.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 62, Going Second ≈ 54, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 38. Modifiers: No side deck (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (55) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (38) + Context Modifier (−1 for missing side deck) = 52 (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.65 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.15 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 75, median 58, board-per-starter 1.8
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Reliable milling engine triggers multiple Lightsworn recursion loops and Tearlaments Fusion activation
• Multi-negate Synchro bosses (Baronne de Fleur, Stardust Dragon) provide turn-1 interaction depth
• Tearlaments Fusion recursion (Havnis, Scheiren, Reinoheart) enables recovery and graveyard grinding
• High copy counts on core starters (Solar Recharge 3x, Charge 3x, Weiss 3x) ensure consistent opening
• Flexible Extra Deck toolbox (9 Synchros, 3 Fusions, 3 Links) allows pivot to different board states

Weaknesses

• 27 one-of cards in Main Deck create inconsistency; non-core Tearlaments (Scheiren, Kashtira, Havnis) are all Limited/Semi-Limited, forcing singleton slots
• No side deck eliminates post-match adaptation and severely cripples best-of-3 tournament performance
• Dual Summon-mechanics (Synchro Normal Summon + Tearlaments Special Summon) occasionally conflict for resource priority
• Median output relies heavily on perfect mill sequence; a negated Fusion Summon or Charge leaves deck stranded with no backup line
• Single hand trap (PSY-Framegear Gamma at 1 copy) offers minimal disruption defense; going-second reliance on Forbidden Droplet is fragile
• Judgment Dragon win condition is slow and requires 4 distinct Lightsworns in GY; often a luxury, not a reliable closer

Critical choke points

• Charge of the Light Brigade / Solar Recharge must resolve; negation collapses turn-1 plan into a low-resource state
• Tearlaments Fusion Summon is the primary recovery mechanism; a single negate forces immediate board sacrifice or extended recovery
• PSY-Framegear Gamma is the sole hand-trap; deck has no trap-based disruption and lacks redundancy for going-second interaction
• Extra Deck summoning is heavily weighted to Synchro access; a deck that locks Synchro Summoning significantly reduces board diversity

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal in Master Duel, all copy limits met, no violations; Main Deck size 42 cards within 40–60 range; Extra Deck: 15 cards (9 Synchro, 3 Fusion, 3 Link); Archetype: Lightsworn (exact name 33.3% purity); Tearlaments, Synchron, PSY-Frame, Stardust, generic Synchro toolbox present; Card text: Solar Recharge (draw 2 + mill 2), Charge of Light Brigade (search + mill 3), Weiss (special summon + mill 2); Tearlaments Fusion triggers on card-effect send to GY: Havnis, Scheiren, Rulkallos all instant-activate
• Observed: Lightsworn core (Wulf, Felis, Weiss, Raiden, Charge, Solar Recharge) appears in 100% of usage-stat sample decks; Tearlaments Scheiren (Semi-Limited, 1 copy here) listed in usage stats; Havnis and Kashtira both Limited, forcing singleton inclusion
• Inferred: P(≥1 Charge of Light Brigade in opening 5) ≈ 0.32 (3-copy hypergeometric); combined with Solar Recharge and Weiss, P(≥1 core opener) ≈ 0.65; Full brick estimate ≈ 0.15 (27 one-ofs + conflicting Synchro/Fusion Normal Summons); Best-case combo: Charge into mill, summon Wulf + Felis, Synchro into Baronne (2 negates) + Stardust (1 negate) + Minerva (mill protection); PowerIndex ceiling ≈ 75; Median combo: single Synchro (Minerva/Visas Amritara) + one Tearlaments Fusion without layering; PowerIndex ≈ 55–60; Going-first power anchored to multi-negate boards (Baronne + Stardust) and recovery (Tearlaments recursion); score ≈ 62; Going-second power limited by single hand-trap (PSY-Framegear Gamma, 1 copy) and reliance on Forbidden Droplet + board-break sequence; score ≈ 54; Tournament Reliability: missing side deck reduces best-of-3 resilience; single choke-point (Charge/Solar Recharge negate) collapses turn-1; estimated ≈ 38
• Provisional: Meta Power: no dated metagame sample supplied; Lightsworn archetype usage stats show real inclusion but do not establish format meta-share or matchup win rates; marked null; Format fit in Master Duel: Lightsworn has historical relevance, Tearlaments is recent; exact matchup coverage unknown without current meta snapshot
• Data gaps: No parseable boards in combo data; combo floor/median/ceiling inferred from card text and Synchro/Fusion toolbox only No tournament context link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent No win-rate telemetry (going-first/second split, brick rate, starter frequency, OTK rate, matchup outcomes) — all consistency claims are hypergeometric estimates (Inferred) Side deck missing entirely; best-of-3 post-side performance cannot be evaluated Master Duel meta metagame snapshot unavailable; format speed, common interaction suite, and deck prevalence are unknown