Chimera Deck #696304 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

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

• Primary strategy: Midrange
• Secondary strategies: Fusion Combo, Synchro Toolbox
• Format: duel-links

Legality

Main 30 / Extra 9 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon large Chimera bosses with layered interaction; grind out resource advantage over multiple turns; Synchro into Stardust Dragon or Accel Synchro for disruption and recursion; Underworld Goddess for broad negation
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Beast/Fiend searcher (Gazelle, Mirror Swordknight, Cornfield Coatl), build hand, set up Fusion Summon for a Chimera boss with interaction, hold hand traps (Infinite Impermanence, Forbidden Droplet)
• Turn 2 (going second): Mulligan for hand traps and removal; use Forbidden Droplet or Infinite Impermanence to break opposing board; grind with Chimera Fusions if resources allow
• Recovery: Chimera Fusion secondary effect (with Chimera on field/GY) recycles resources; searchers (Gazelle, Nightmare Apprentice, Vision Resonator) replenish options; Stardust recursion protects from destruction
• After siding: Duel Links format has no side deck (side_count = 0); no post-side adjustment possible

Why it scores here

This Chimera midrange deck opens its core engine reliably (P≥1 searcher ≈ 0.96 in opening 5), but suffers from heavy splash cards, thin Fusion payoff, and multiple archetype gaps that force reliance on generic tools. The deck can produce functional Fusion Summons with layered interaction (Berfomet + Chimera King boards both feature disruption), but lacks combo redundancy—a single interruption on the starter or Chimera Fusion often leaves the deck without a second line. Resource economy is middling: searchers enable recovery, but the median board is modest compared to the ceiling. Going-second play depends almost entirely on hand traps (Infinite Impermanence, Forbidden Droplet, Droll & Lock Bird), which are real but not dense enough for a dedicated Blind-Second strategy. Pilotability is reasonable (few decision trees, straightforward Fusion math), but the deck's inconsistency cost—missing Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts, Chimera the Illusion Beast, and Berfomet core copies—compounds its ceiling into a ceiling with shallow follow-up. No side deck (Duel Links format) and no dated meta sample available. Popularity and archetype status did not earn points.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Midrange. Structural ≈ 55, Going First ≈ 58, Going Second ≈ 54, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 50. Modifiers: Archetype core deviation (-3); No side deck (0); Single-choke-point lines (-2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural (55) + 0.20*TournamentReliability (50) = 0.80*55 + 0.20*50 = 44 + 10 = 54; rounded to 52 (Meta provisional, no dated sample)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.99 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.01 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Highly consistent searcher engine (P ≈ 0.96 main access); multiple paths to Fusion Summon.
• Broad hand-trap suite (9 pieces of negation/disruption tech) supports defensive going-second play.
• Chimera Fusion secondary effect (with Chimera name on field/GY) provides resource recycle and follow-up.
• Versatile Extra Deck (Fusions + Synchros + Link + XYZ) offers toolbox flexibility across game states.
• Pilotable: straightforward Fusion math and search chains reduce play complexity.

Weaknesses

• Missing core payoff cards: Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts and Chimera the Illusion Beast (both 100% core) absent; only 36% of archetype-recommended core present.
• Shallow combo floor and median: most lines end in a single Fusion Summon + 1 interaction; no redundant engine lines to survive disruption.
• Chimera Fusion is a single-shot search/Fusion enabler when fresh; if banished or milled before use, the deck's primary combo is compromised.
• Going-first board lacks a second independent line: interrupting the Fusion Summon or starter often leaves the deck topdecking.
• Going-second heavily reliant on hand-trap variance: if opening hand lacks negation, grind plan is slow and value-negative against meta threats.
• High spike in off-archetype cards (40% splash + generics) dilutes draw consistency and engine cohesion.
• No inherent board-breaker or removal suite; reliance on Droplet + Impermanence creates dead-hand risk if facing non-effect decks.

Critical choke points

• Chimera Fusion in opening hand: if present, deck functions normally; if absent/discarded early, primary Fusion path is delayed or blocked.
• Starter searcher live in opening 5: P ≈ 0.99 mitigates this, but the 0.9% miss rate is high-variance and often fatal.
• Tuner access for Synchro line: Vision Resonator is a 1-of conditional on a Level 5+ DARK on field; Synchro pivots are rare.
• XYZ Summoning (Beatrice): Farfa (1-of, Burning Abyss) is the only Level 6 Fiend; XYZ line is nearly inaccessible outside lucky Farfa + searcher hands.
• Going-first interaction count: 3x Impermanence + 3x Droplet = 6 pieces spread across 30 cards; no guaranteed hand-trap opening means turn-1 board can be vulnerable to early tempo.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal in Duel Links format (main 30, extra 9, side 0 all within limits).; Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal is Limited (1 copy legal); deck runs 1, in compliance.; Card text excerpts confirm Gazelle, Mirror Swordknight, Cornfield Coatl are Beast/Fiend searchers targeting Chimera Fusion.; Infinite Impermanence ×3, Forbidden Droplet ×3, Droll & Lock Bird ×3 are hand-trap/negation cards (verified by role tags and text).; Extra Deck breakdown: 4 Fusion, 1 XYZ, 3 Synchro, 1 Link (verified).; Composition: 12.8% exact-archetype purity; 40% off-archetype (verified from archetype_spread).
• Observed: Usage_statistics show Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts and Chimera the Illusion Beast at 100% inclusion in archetype; this deck runs neither (observed absence).; Core-cards-present score: 9/25 at 36% (observed from usage_statistics comparison).; Big-Winged Berfomet typically run at 3 copies; this deck runs 2 (observed deviation).; Berfomet the Mythical King of Phantom Beasts typically run at 1 copy 66% of the time; this deck runs 0 in main deck, 1 copy in extra (observed alternative load).
• Inferred: P(≥1 searcher in 5-card opening) ≈ 0.96 (hypergeometric from 17 Beast/Fiend/Chimera Fusion copies).; P(hand contains full brick, no starter) ≈ 0.009.; P(≥1 hand-trap in 6-card going-second) ≈ 0.773 (from 6 hand-trap copies).; Deck median output: Fusion Summon (Berfomet or Chimera King) + one held interaction (negate or removal).; Ceiling output: Chimera the Illusion Beast (3100 ATK, multi-attack, missing from deck) or Berfomet + optimal recycle chain.; Interruption resilience: single choke-point on Chimera Fusion enabler or starter searcher; secondary lines are minimal.; Going-second strategy: mulligan for hand traps; grind game is slow and resource-negative without early tempo advantage.; Pilotability: straightforward Fusion math and search chains; moderate complexity.; No Tuner-heavy Synchro strategy viable (1x Vision Resonator conditional on Level 5+ DARK on field).
• Provisional: Meta Power is Provisional: no dated metagame sample or tournament record supplied; archetype meta-share in Duel Links unknown from this evidence.; Guides_evidence suggests Chimera was meta but 'recently cooled off'; trend unknown.; Matchup coverage: Duel Links format meta is not supplied; archetype-level meta-share is absent (tournament_context.available = false).
• Data gaps: No combo boards supplied: combo floor, median, and ceiling are text-only inferences, not measured from real play. No tournament link: archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent; Meta Power cannot be calculated. No win-rate telemetry: going-first vs going-second record, matchup outcomes, brick rates, starter-live rates are all Inferred or Unknown. No dated metagame sample: format meta-speed, anti-meta positioning, and matchup prevalence are Unknown. Duel Links banlist field assumed; no explicit export of Duel Links-specific banlist in this evidence (banlist status per card is accurate, but DL-format context is thin). Guides snippet is Vietnamese; archetype strategy intent is inferred but not fully detailed in English. No pilot record or replay data: pilotability is inferred from card text complexity, not from actual play logs.