Naturia Deck #666552 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Naturia — Deck Power Evaluation

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

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

Legality

Main 41 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Establish Synchro-based board with multiple interaction points (negation, removal) to grind through opponent's plays; Toolbox access via Level 2 Synchro Tuners to adapt to matchups; grindy value generation through Yummy recursion
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Naturia Camellia or Mole Cricket into Synchro Summon (Cupsy★Yummy Way or Cooky★Yummy Way) to establish searcher + interaction; float with Yummy extenders and field spell access
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Impermanence, Ghost Ogre) to disrupt opponent setup; leverage board-breaker Yummy effects and Synchro removal once established
• Recovery: Synchro Tuners stay live in Extra Deck for re-summon; Yummy recursion via Synchro triggers and field spells allow repeated value; Mole Cricket and Camellia provide non-Normal Summon revival
• After siding: No side deck supplied; structural T1/T2 plan remains unchanged

Why it scores here

This Naturia deck achieves a midrange foundation through Synchro tutors (Camellia, Mole Cricket) and accessible hand traps (Ash, Impermanence, Ghost Ogre), but suffers from incomplete core inclusion—missing 8 of 13 standard core cards (Nibiru, Naturia Blessing, Sacred Tree, Beast, Barkion, Exterio, Foolish Burial Goods, Droll & Lock Bird)—and zero combo evidence to verify actual board generation or resilience. The deck opens a functional Yummy/Synchro engine with searcher access roughly 59% of the time, but median output remains moderate due to limited independent lines and no supplied board samples. Popularity and archetype statistics did not earn points; the score reflects system consistency, interaction breadth, grind sustainability, and measurable gaps in both engine redundancy and post-side planning.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.65 Midrange + 0.35 Control (Synchro as primary engine; hand traps + negation as secondary focus). Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 56, Going Second ≈ 47, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Missing core cards (-3); No combo telemetry (-2); No side deck (-1). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (51) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (50) = 0.80*51 + 0.20*50 = 40.8 + 10 = 50.8 → 52 (rounded; Meta Provisional; no modifiers applied)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.87 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.13 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Excellent hand-trap density (9 copies across Ash, Impermanence, Ghost Ogre) provides strong going-second pressure and can disrupt opponent setup before your turn
• Synchro Tuner design (Cupsy★Yummy Way, Cooky★Yummy Way, Lollipo★Yummy Way) offers flexible interaction layers and grind recovery through field spell access and recursion
• Extra Deck toolbox (8 Links including I:P Masquerena, Linkuriboh, Salamangreat Almiraj) supports mid-turn Link Summons and off-color flexibility
• Yummy archetype integration (14 copies) provides searcher chains and field spell recursion for sustained grind
• Dominus Purge (3-of) and Forbidden Droplet (2-of) offer non-Synchro negation and board-wipe options for reactive plays

Weaknesses

• Missing 8 of 13 standard Naturia core cards (Nibiru, Naturia Blessing, Sacred Tree, Beast, Barkion, Exterio, Foolish Burial Goods, Droll & Lock Bird) severely limits archetype synergy and consistency
• No Naturia-specific tutors beyond Camellia and Mole Cricket; missing Naturia Blessing blocks recursive resource generation
• Offensive pressure is minimal: Yummy monsters are small (0–1000 ATK), Synchros are vanilla defenders (Goyo Defender 1000/1000). Closing power is glacial without OTK setup
• Synchro lines are fragile if disrupted mid-chain; only 2 independent starters and no built-in protection against hand-trap chains limit resilience after first interruption
• Mulcharmy Fuwalos and Purulia are reactive discard traps (require 'control no cards' condition); in a crowded opening, they remain dead cards
• Heavy reliance on field spells (Mignon, Acroquey) as payoff; if destroyed or locked, grind value collapses

Critical choke points

• Naturia Camellia is the primary T1 starter; if negated during Normal Summon or removed before send trigger, the deck loses its core combo engine and must rely on Mole Cricket alone
• Synchro Tuner Extra Deck summons (Cupsy★Yummy Way) are the cumulative recursion loop; if this card is banished or the Extra Deck is locked (e.g., no Synchro Summon possible), grind sustainability collapses
• Field spell payoff cards (Mignon, Acroquey) are not redundant; loss of field spell on board (destruction or forced return) eliminates follow-up value generation
• No Foolish Burial Goods means GY setup requires live effects or Tribute triggers; hand is starved of resource slots early

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal (41 main, 15 extra, all cards within banlist constraints, copy limits respected); Card text: All 34 distinct cards resolved with accurate role hints and effect descriptions; Banlist status: Maxx 'C' Limited (1 copy), One for One Limited (1 copy); both within legal bounds; Composition: 21 distinct main, 13 distinct extra; copy histogram matches archetype purity analysis; Archetype core inclusion: 5 of 13 standard Naturia cards present (Camellia, Mole Cricket, Sunflower, Ash, Impermanence)
• Observed: Usage statistics show Naturia core is 100% inclusion in standard lists; this deck runs only 38.5% of core; Hand-trap density 9 copies (Ash 3, Impermanence 3, Ghost Ogre 2, Maxx C 1) is typical for Master Duel format
• Inferred: Engine consistency: P(≥1 Naturia starter in 5-card opening) ≈ 0.87 via archetype group hypergeometric probability; Brick rate: Estimated ~13% due to copy-count distribution and hand-trap density; full brick = no starter AND no searcher AND no playable Normal; Combo ceiling: One Level 2 Synchro Tuner + one Yummy Link-1 + searcher float, power index ~61; inferred from text chain analysis and Extra Deck access; Combo median: ~48 due to limited independent starter paths (only Camellia + Mole Cricket) and missing recursive tutors (Naturia Blessing absent); Going-first power: 56, inferred from starter reliability (58), interaction quality (59), but offset by low offensive pressure (38); Going-second power: 47, inferred from strong hand-trap opening (9 copies, 0.80 P(≥1 in 6)) but missing OTK tools (no Nibiru, no piercing); Interruption resilience: 52, inferred from two independent starters + Yummy recursion but only one reliable board (Synchro Tuner), reducing redundancy after choke-point disruption; Resource economy: Net +0.3 cards per turn estimated from Cupsy★Yummy Way (+2 draw, −1 discard = +1) plus Yummy field spell recovery; grind sustainable for ~4 turns before resource starvation; Pilotability: ~54 due to multi-step Synchro chains (2–3 decision points), hand-trap priority windows, and field-spell payoff sequencing; moderate skill ceiling
• Provisional: Meta Power: null; no dated metagame sample supplied. Archetype meta-share unavailable (tournament data.available = false). Cannot assess Top16 frequency or matchup win rates.; Matchup fit: Naturia popularity in Master Duel metagame is unknown; core inclusion deviation (38.5% vs. standard 100%) suggests experimental build or off-meta positioning, requiring meta sample to score D13 above Provisional
• Data gaps: No combos supplied: 'total combos = 0, scored combos = 0' means all combo dimensions (D3, D4, D5 recovery floor, board per starter) are purely text-inferred; real-world performance unknown No tournament link: archetype meta-share (tournament data.available = false) prevents assessment of format alignment; D13 is Provisional No side deck: 0/15 cards supplied; post-side adaptability (D12) is unmeasurable; best-of-3 reliability cannot be assessed No win-rate telemetry: YGOVN has no brick/OTK/going-first/going-second per-deck data; all consistency claims are hypergeometric estimates (Inferred) Missing 8 of 13 archetype core cards: unknown whether this is intentional experimental build or incomplete import; deck coherence is ambiguous