Tenpai Dragon Deck #660342 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 35/100 (±8 · Confidence: Low)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 2 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Tenpai Dragon and Sangen/FIRE Dragon boards converted into Synchro, Link and Fusion closers (Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion, Super Starslayer TY-PHON, Axon Kicker Oracle, Worldsea Dragon Zealantis) once the board is established; Mulcharmy card-draw attrition plus hand-trap grind through Maxx C, Droll and Ash Blossom
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Tenpai Dragon Paidra or Genroku, use Paidra to add or Set a Sangen Spell/Trap, then build toward a Synchro or Link closer. Legal-copy floor is 2 for Super Polymerization, so the deck has to run a 2-copy line.
• Turn 2 (going second): Hold hand traps (Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom, Droll and Lock Bird, Maxx C, Forbidden Droplet, Dominus Impulse) for the opponent's first summon, then convert through FIRE Dragon recursion and Extra Deck closers.
• Recovery: Recover through Tenpai Dragon Genroku and Fadra special-summoning from the GY, Sangen Kaimen and Sangen Summoning searches, and Mulcharmy draws when the board is empty.
• After siding: No side deck is present in Master Duel, so the post-interaction plan cannot be evaluated; the deck relies on in-game hand-trap rotation.

Why it scores here

The deck's engine is thin: only 7 exact-name Tenpai Dragon copies and 12.7% exact-archetype purity, with the rest made up of generic staples, hand traps and Mulcharmy draw effects. Paidra (3 copies) has about a 34% chance of appearing in a 5-card opening, and the other Tenpai starters are lower, so the engine is only intermittently live on turn 1 (Inferred). Interaction is the deck's strength, with about nine hand traps and a broad set of backrow and monster removal, which lifts end-board and going-second scores (Inferred from card text). Closing power comes from Synchro and Link Extra Deck monsters at 2500 to 3000 ATK. No combo boards were recorded, so the floor, median and ceiling are text-only estimates, and the score does not rest on archetype popularity or on averaging the card scores. The Illegal status (Super Polymerization over limit, Called by the Grave Forbidden) caps the final score, so this is a theoretical, structural-only read.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 50, Going First ≈ 50, Going Second ≈ 58, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 45. Modifiers: banlist exposure (-10). Final formula: Structural 50 (Midrange profile). Formula 0.80*50 + 0.20*45 + (-10 banlist modifier) = 39, then capped at 35 because the deck is Illegal (theoretical/structural-only). Meta provisional (no dated metagame sample).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.34 · 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 hand-trap and backrow interaction (Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom, Droll, Maxx C, Dominus Impulse, Forbidden Droplet)
• Strong Extra Deck closers at 2500 to 3000 ATK across Synchro, Link and Fusion
• Redundant recovery through FIRE Dragon GY recursion and Sangen searches

Weaknesses

• Only 12.7% exact-archetype purity; engine relies on generic staples
• Illegal list: Super Polymerization 3 copies (limit 2) and Called by the Grave (Forbidden)
• No recorded boards, so the combo floor and median are unknown

Critical choke points

• Tenpai Dragon Paidra and Genroku as the only reliable T1 engine starters
• Single Synchro or Link closers that depend on specific materials

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Illegal, Super Polymerization 3 copies vs limit 2, Called by the Grave Forbidden; Main 40 and Extra 15 counts within Master Duel size rules; Card text and banlist tokens for all listed cards; Archetype purity 12.7% from composition
• Observed: Usage stats: 22 core rows; 12 of 22 core cards present (54.5%)
• Inferred: Paidra and Genroku opening-hand odds (hypergeometric); Interaction density and going-second coverage from card text; Closing power from Extra Deck ATK values and text
• Provisional: Meta Power (no dated metagame sample); Tournament reliability and matchup fit (no tournament or win-rate data); Side deck adaptability (no side deck in Master Duel)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied, so combo floor, median and ceiling are text-only inference no tournament link, so archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record are absent no win-rate telemetry (going-first/second, matchup, brick and OTK rates) Meta Power is Provisional without a dated metagame sample deck title is null in the source export