Lightsworn Deck #660679 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 54/100 (±8 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 47 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Mill-and-grind strategy using Lightsworn mill effects to load the graveyard, then leverage milled engines (Fiendsmith Fusion summons, Tearlaments synergy) to build pressure and board presence.; FTK or OTK via Aero Shark XYZ damage loops (referenced in guides), leveraging banished-monster counts.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open a milling starter (Solar Recharge, Charge of the Light Brigade, or Weiss), mill 2–3 cards per effect, load GY with Lightsworn monsters and synergy engines, then Synchro or Link summon into Curious or Minerva for board presence and recursion.
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Maxx C, Droll & Lock Bird) to interrupt opponent setup; mill-starters trigger on opponent turn to set up recovery; leverage Fiendsmith Tract or Tearlaments Scheiren Fusion summons to break boards.
• Recovery: Heavy recursion via Lumina (banish + SSU from GY), Weiss (send from Deck to GY triggers SSU), and GY recovery engines; Curious/Minerva recursion effects pull cards back from GY after disruption.
• After siding: No Side Deck supplied; post-side strategy unknown (marked Provisional).

Why it scores here

This Lightsworn midrange deck mills consistently via Solar Recharge and Charge of the Light Brigade to enable synergy engines from the graveyard, but deviates significantly from optimal Lightsworn core construction (only 12% of commonly run core cards present). The deck opens reliable milling and has solid graveyard recursion through Lumina, Weiss, and Curious, but lacks the archetypal payoff cards (Minerva xyz, several Lightsworn Link bosses) that turbo damage output. End-board interaction is modest—primarily Curious recursion and scattered removal effects—and offensive closing power is weak without dedicated damage dealers. The missing Side Deck and no-combo evidence (only guide references to theoretical FTK lines) prevent higher scoring. The deck functions as a self-contained grind engine but struggles to apply decisive pressure.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 59, Going Second ≈ 52, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: No Side Deck (-3); Core Archetype Deviation (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional; no dated metagame sample supplied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.75 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.2 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Consistent milling access via three-copies of Solar Recharge and Charge of the Light Brigade.
• High graveyard recursion density (Lumina, Weiss, Curious, Minerva); recovers after single disruptions.
• Solid mid-turn resource economy; most effects float or trade efficiently.
• Flexible GY triggers (Lumina banish-cost, Weiss mill-from-deck effect, Tearlaments Scheiren/Havnis cost effects) enable multiple lines.
• Hand-trap density respectable at 6 copies for going-second setup disruption.

Weaknesses

• End-board interaction limited to Curious recursion and scattered removal; no reliable negates or layered protection.
• Offensive closing power weak; bosses cap at 2400 ATK without dedicated damage dealers.
• Missing core archetype payoff cards (Minerva xyz not present; Curious non-optimal count) reduces synergy and damage output.
• No Side Deck; severely hampered in best-of-3 formats and tournament reliability.
• Copy clustering and Normal Summon conflicts (Lumina, Fiendsmith Engraver, Weiss) create ~20% brick potential.
• FTK reference in guides is unverified and likely niche; no combo evidence or parsed boards supplied.

Critical choke points

• No Minerva Exalted Xyz: missing the archetype's primary draw engine and board-breaker recursive sink; severely limits grind power.
• Limited recursion cap if both Lumina copies disrupted: Weiss is the only true backup GY summon trigger.
• Going-first board without Curious/Minerva relies purely on milling value; modest interaction without boss protection.
• Tearlaments Havnis (Limited) as only quick-effect interrupt on opponent turn; vulnerable to handtraps on your own activation.
• FTK line unverified and pilot-dependent; no combo evidence makes long-game reliance unsafe.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal with 11 restricted cards (Limited/Semi-Limited), all within copy limits, per Master Duel banlist.; Card text and roles read directly from card excerpts in evidence.; Composition: 47 main, 15 extra, 0 side confirmed from legality object.; Usage statistics: archetype core 12% present (3 of 25 core cards); Wulf, The Black Goat Laughs, Charge all present; 22 core cards absent.
• Observed: Hypergeometric probabilities from draw_table: P(≥1 Solar Recharge in hand 5) = 0.292; P(≥1 Ash in hand 5) = 0.292.; Archetype core group: 7 total copies (Wulf 3, Charge 3, Black Goat 1), P(≥1) = 57.1%.; Hand-trap group: 6 copies (Ash 3, Droll 2, Maxx C 1), P(≥1 in hand 6, going-second) = 58.1%.
• Inferred: Brick rate estimated 18–22% from Normal Summon conflicts (Lumina, Fiendsmith Engraver, Weiss, Tearlaments Scheiren) and three-of clustering.; Combo ceiling inferred from text: milling starter → 2–3 cards sent to GY → GY trigger (Wulf auto-SSU, Weiss/Lumina effect) → Synchro/Link summon to Curious/Minerva (2–3 board value).; Median output lower than ceiling due to brick risk and dependency on GY triggers; estimated ~2 value effects per opening line.; Going-first power: 59 from starter reliability (62) + endboard (48) + recursion (64) blended toward Midrange weights.; Going-second power: 52 from hand-trap group (58.1%), board-breaker weakness (56), and modest going-second tech.; Tournament reliability: 50 from brick rate estimate + Limited/Semi-Limited exposure + zero Side Deck adaptability.
• Provisional: Meta Power: null — no dated metagame sample supplied; Lightsworn archetype meta-share in Master Duel unknown.; Post-side strategy: unknown — no Side Deck provided; best-of-3 performance unassessable.; FTK line viability: guide snippet references Aero Shark FTK theoretical but provides no verified combo steps or success rate.; Matchup fit: Lightsworn position in current Master Duel meta unknown; deck deviates 88% from core archetype construction, reducing meta alignment.
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: combo floor, median, and ceiling derived from text inference only; no board frequency or power distribution data. No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; cannot assess format positioning. No win-rate telemetry: going-first/second win rates, matchup outcomes, brick/OTK/disruption frequencies not provided. No Side Deck: post-side strategy and best-of-3 adaptability completely unknown. Guide evidence thin: single Vietnamese guide references FTK theory but provides no step-by-step verification or success metrics. Meta Power provisional: Master Duel metagame sample date unknown; cannot weight matchup coverage or format speed fit.