Blue-Eyes Deck #718609 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 58/100 (±7 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 55 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Summon large Blue-Eyes boss monsters (Tyrant Dragon, Ultimate Spirit Dragon, Chaos MAX Dragon) with board interaction/negation; Fusion-based beatdown with removal; Ritual Summon high-ATK dragons
• Turn 1 (going first): Normal Summon Sage/Master with Eyes of Blue to search Tuners; Synchro or Fusion Summon into Spirit Dragon or Tyrant Dragon to lock opponent; set protection/traps
• Turn 2 (going second): Use hand traps (Ash, Ghost Belle, Nibiru) to disrupt; activate Ultimate Fusion or Roar of Blue-Eyed Dragons to remove opponent's board and establish boss monster
• Recovery: White Stone of Ancients and graveyard search effects (Abyss Dragon, Master with Eyes of Blue) recycle bosses; Maiden of White synergy with Blue-Eyes Summons
• After siding: No side deck available in evidence; Blue-Eyes runs Limited Rivalry of Warlords as floodgate tech, and single copies of Called by the Grave and Harpie's Feather Duster for disruption

Why it scores here

Blue-Eyes opens its archetype core (Sage, Maiden, Roar, True Light) with approximately 89% consistency on a single starter, enabling reliable Synchro or Fusion lines into Spirit Dragon (negation) or Chaos MAX Dragon (piercing damage). However, the deck's 55-card main deck and 11 Level 8 vanilla/near-vanilla monsters create a significant brick risk—opening multiples of Blue-Eyes White Dragon without enablers is a recognized weakness. The best boards combine a negation boss with 1–2 layers of protection; median output is more modest due to starter diversity constraints and the absence of recursive engines. Going-second removal is solid (Ultimate Fusion, hand traps) but requires specific card sequencing. The deck deviates materially from competitive core (missing Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon, Maxx C, Primite support, and core Synchro bosses), runs non-Dragon off-archetypes (Kewl Tune B2B, Ravenous Crocodragon), and lacks a side deck for best-of-3. Popularity and archetype nostalgia did not contribute to the score; the evaluation reflects the system's actual consistency, ceiling, resilience, and format fit.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: 0.70 Combo + 0.30 Midrange. Structural ≈ 60, Going First ≈ 66, Going Second ≈ 60, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 54. Modifiers: No side deck (-3); High brick risk from vanilla Level 8s (-2); Deviation from competitive core (-2); Established archetype with proven lines (2). Final formula: 0.80*Structural + 0.20*TournamentReliability (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.89 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.09 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex 76, median 60, board-per-starter 1.8
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Archetype core is reliable: Sage/Maiden/Roar bootstrap 89% opening consistency into Synchro/Fusion lines.
• Boss monster suite is diverse: Spirit Dragon (negates GY activations), Tyrant Dragon (attacks all, negates via field effect), Chaos MAX Dragon (piercing 4000 ATK) offer varied pressure.
• Graveyard recursion is efficient: White Stone of Ancients, Abyss Dragon, and Maiden of White enable resource regeneration.
• Going-second removal is accessible: Ultimate Fusion, hand traps (Ash, Ghost Belle, Nibiru), and Harpie's Feather Duster provide board-breaking lines.
• Extra Deck coverage is dense: 15 slots with 12 distinct summons; Fusion/Synchro split enables tactical pivoting.

Weaknesses

• Brick risk is material: 11 Level 8 vanilla/near-vanilla monsters create redundancy; opening multiples without Sage/Maiden/Roar is dead weight (~9–12% full-brick estimate).
• Median output is modest: Starter diversity is constrained; most boards end with one boss + one trap, limiting grind/recursion ceiling.
• Interruption resilience is middling: Negating Sage or Maiden stalls the line; no independent backup lines exist for most openers.
• 55-card main deck is bloated: Non-standard size (vs. 40 or 50 efficiency targets) increases variance; many flex slots overlap in function.
• Missing competitive core: No Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon (100% inclusion), Maxx C, Primite support, or Hieratic Seal; deviates from meta-standard builds.
• No side deck: Zero best-of-3 adaptability; cannot pivot for meta matchups.

Critical choke points

• Sage with Eyes of Blue or Maiden of White negated turn 1 → line collapses; backup is much slower.
• Opening three Level 8 Blue-Eyes White Dragon with no Sage/Maiden/Roar/Ultimate Fusion → brick, unrecoverable turn 1.
• No graveyard floats online early → resource drought mid-game; recursion requires setup.
• Opponent resolves a board clear before you establish a boss with protection → forced pass into opponent pressure.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Legality: Legal; 55 main, 15 extra, 0 side; all restricted cards within copy limits (Called by Grave ×1, Harpie's Feather Duster ×1, Rivalry of Warlords ×1); Card text: All 47 distinct main cards and 12 extra cards resolved with effect excerpts (hand traps, searchers, negation, removal, Special Summon enablers); Banlist status: All cards Unlimited except Limited (Called by Grave, Harpie's Feather Duster, Rivalry of Warlords); no Forbidden cards; Composition: 55 main (19 Spell, 10 Trap, 12 Tuner, 9 Effect, 3 Normal, 2 Ritual); 15 extra (6 Fusion, 6 Synchro, 2 XYZ, 1 Link); Usage stats: 10/25 archetype core cards present; 100% meta inclusion for Sage, Maiden, Roar, True Light, Mausoleum
• Observed: Copy histogram: 1 copy ×19 cards, 2 copies ×12 cards, 3 copies ×4 cards; average redundancy 1.7×; Archetype core probability: P(≥1 from 19-copy Sage/Maiden/Roar/True Light in opening 5) = 0.89 per hypergeometric draw table; Hand-trap group: 9 copies across Ash (2), Ghost Belle (3), Nibiru (2), Infinite Impermanence (2); going-second hand-trap draw probability ≈ 67.7%; Searcher/tech density: 12 searcher-text, 13 tech-tagged, 10 negation-hint cards suggest heavy tutoring and control toolbox
• Inferred: Brick risk: Opening 3× Blue-Eyes White Dragon without Sage/Maiden/Roar/Ultimate Fusion is unproductive; estimated full-brick rate 9–12% based on copy histogram and conflicting Normal Summon slots; Combo ceiling: Synchro into Spirit Dragon (negates GY) or Fusion into Tyrant Dragon (attacks all, negates) plus protection trap; best-line PowerIndex ~76 from card-text potential; Combo floor/median: Constrained starter diversity (Sage/Maiden/Roar/Ultimate Fusion form primary entry); most boards 1 boss + 1 trap; median PowerIndex ~60; Interruption resilience: Limited to 1–2 independent lines; negating Sage or Maiden halts the play; recursion via White Stone requires setup; Resource economy: Trade-In card draw; graveyard floats provide recursion; no net-card-advantage combo chain observed; grinding capacity depends on float setup; Going-second power: Ultimate Fusion board clear + hand-trap synergy yields ~60 power; removal access is solid but contingent on hand quality; Pilotability: Synchro/Fusion lines are 4–7 step sequences; decision density moderate; error tolerance middling due to float redundancy but brittle to early disruption; Main deck efficiency: 55 cards (non-standard for Master Duel) with 11 Level 8 monsters creates high variance; garnet burden is ~15% of deck
• Provisional: Meta Power: No tournament link or dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share unavailable; cannot assess top-deck coverage, common-interaction resilience, or format-speed fit; Matchup coverage: Blue-Eyes is historically a control/combo hybrid but no specific matchup win rates or meta positioning data exist; Side deck effectiveness: No side deck present (0/15); post-side reliability cannot be assessed
• Data gaps: No combo boards or examples supplied: floor/median/ceiling inferred from card text and archetype patterns, not measured boards No tournament link: archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, and format-speed context unavailable No win-rate telemetry: going-first/second performance, matchup outcomes, brick/starter/OTK frequencies are Unknown; all such claims are Inferred or Provisional No side deck: post-side plan cannot be validated; best-of-3 reliability is capped No dated metagame sample: Meta Power remains Provisional; top-deck coverage and common-interaction resilience are Unknown