Branded Deck #730461 — Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 67/100 (±5 · Confidence: Medium)

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

Legality

Main 40 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status: Legal.

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion Summon multiple Level 8 Fusion monsters (Dragon that Devours, Albion) to build a 3000+ ATK beatstick board; grind opponent down over 2–3 turns.; Break opponent's board via uncounterable Super Polymerization or mass-negation Forbidden Droplet, then execute own compressed combo with remaining resources.
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Fallen of White Dragon or Mulcharmy Fuwalos, chain searchers to find Albaz and Branded Fusion support, Fusion Summon a 3000 ATK boss (Dragon that Devours with Ecclesia float protection, or Albion for recursive setup), and end with 2–3 Fusions + hand advantage.
• Turn 2 (going second): Deploy Ash Blossom or Maxx C to interrupt opponent combo, activate Forbidden Droplet for mass negation and ATK reduction, use 2× Super Polymerization (uncounterable) to break opponent's Extra Deck-heavy board, then execute compressed combo with reduced hand.
• Recovery: Activate Albion recursion (banish Branded support from hand/field to search from GY), summon Ecclesia Synchro to banish itself and retrieve Albaz/Fallen for re-entry, or pivot to hand trap negation + Super Poly board break if materials are depleted.
• After siding: Unknown (no side deck data); assume expanded hand trap count and removal coverage in siding to tune matchup vulnerability.

Why it scores here

This Branded Fusion deck opens with 99.7% probability of a live starter (26-copy archetype core across 9 distinct searchers/starters) and chains into 2–3 Fusion summons, closing with 3000+ ATK bosses and hand floats. The core consistency is exceptional and heavily redundant. However, the deck omits four high-inclusion Extra Deck cards (Mirrorjade 93.9%, Rindbrumm 90.9%, Lubellion 90.9%, Khaos Starsource 63.6%), significantly reducing the going-first negate layer and going-second recursion depth compared to archetype standard. Removal suite is functional (2× Super Poly uncounterable + 2× Forbidden Droplet), enabling competitive disruption. Economy is front-loaded into the T1 board rather than grind-oriented, limiting post-break recovery. The deck is legal, real, and accessible (confirmed via usage statistics), but lighter on interaction than typical Branded lists, earning mid-range structural power.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo. Structural ≈ 72, Going First ≈ 74, Going Second ≈ 70, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 72. Modifiers: Missing high-inclusion Extra Deck cards (-4); Engine compactness (1); Lean hand trap count (-1); Banlist exposure (-1). Final formula: 0.80·Structural + 0.20·TournamentReliability + Context Modifiers (Meta provisional)

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 1 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ 0.08 (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Exceptional opening consistency: 99.7% probability of a live starter; 26-copy archetype core across 9 distinct cards (Branded in High Spirits, The Fallen & Virtuous, Mulcharmy, Aluber, Cartesia variants, Fallen of White Dragon, others) provides extraordinary redundancy.
• Multiple Fusion summon routes: Branded Fusion (2×), Blazing Cartesia activation (2×), and Super Polymerization (2×) offer diverse pathways, reducing single-card choke risk.
• Uncounterable going-second removal: 2× Super Polymerization bypass all negation; 2× Forbidden Droplet provide mass effect negation and ATK reduction.
• Searcher-driven economy: 11+ distinct searchers generate +1 hand each; Mulcharmy draws on opp summons extend value into long games.
• Interruption-resilient routes: Nine independent starter cards mean disruption of one line does not collapse the deck.
• Forgiving piloting: High starter redundancy and multiple Fusion enablers reduce error severity; sequencing mistakes rarely result in complete whiffs.

Weaknesses

• Missing four high-inclusion Extra Deck Fusions: Mirrorjade (93.9%), Rindbrumm (90.9%), Lubellion (90.9%), Khaos Starsource (63.6%) absent; significantly weakens negate layer and recursion depth compared to archetype standard.
• Minimal negate board: Only 1 fragile negate via Tri-Brigade Mercourier (hand-dependent); lacks layered protection, making going-first board vulnerable to meta hand trap layers.
• Lean hand trap coverage: 3 total hand traps (Ash 2×, Maxx C 1×) by modern competitive standards; weakens resistance to early-turn combo disruption.
• Front-loaded resource economy: Heavy material cost per Fusion Summon (Branded Fusion discards, Cartesia/Fallen White send Extra Deck) depletes resources rapidly; post-board-break recovery is difficult.
• Semi-limited Fusion spell bottleneck: Only 2× Branded Fusion (semi-limited); future banlist hit or hand clogging severely impacts consistency.
• Tight 40-card space: Garnet density ~7–10 cards; holding Extra Deck Fusions or Synchro Ecclesia in opening hand is painful.
• No grind game: Deck is a turn-1 hammer or turn-2 response; if T1 board is broken and hand is depleted, long-game recovery is minimal.

Critical choke points

• Branded Fusion semi-limited (2×): Only 2 copies of the primary archetype Fusion spell; any negation on activation or future banlist limit severely impacts core consistency.
• Cartesia activation sequencing: Blazing Cartesia enables Fusion from hand but locks summons to Fusion-only for that turn; premature activation or negation limits alternate lines.
• Missing Lubellion recursion: Absence of Lubellion the Searing Dragon (90.9% inclusion) means fewer repeatable Fusion summon sources; limits multi-board generation and recovery.
• Hand space saturation: Opening with 2+ Extra Deck Fusions or Synchro Ecclesia leaves minimal slots for searchers, increasing dead-draw risk.
• Super Poly dependency going-second: Both copies are the main board-breaker for Extra Deck-heavy opponents; early draw or defensive use limits flexibility.

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Deck is Legal under Master Duel format rules (40 Main, 15 Extra; no size violations; all restricted cards within copy limits).; Card text resolved for all 37 distinct cards.; Archetype membership: Branded core (12×), Despia (5×), Dogmatika (2×), Mulcharmy (3×), Albaz Dragon (5×), generics (11×).; Banlist compliance: No Forbidden cards; Branded Fusion semi-limited (2× legal); Maxx C semi-limited (1× legal); Called by the Grave limited (1× legal); Gold Sarcophagus limited (1× legal).; Archetype core presence: 15/25 top-inclusion cards present (60% coverage per usage statistics).
• Observed: Missing 4 high-inclusion Extra Deck Fusions confirmed via usage statistics: Mirrorjade (93.9%), Rindbrumm (90.9%), Lubellion (90.9%), Khaos Starsource (63.6%).; Deck composition aligns with Master Duel size rules and Branded archetype standards.
• Inferred: P(≥1 core starter in hand 5) = 0.997 via hypergeometric calculation from 26-copy core.; Garnet density estimate ~7–10 cards (~17–25% of 40) from Extra Deck Fusions and situational techs.; Brick rate estimate ~8% (no live starter in opening hand 5).; Combo ceiling: 2–3 Fusion bosses (Dragon that Devours 3000 ATK, Albion 2500 ATK) + searcher float; inferred from card-text chain analysis.; Combo median: 1–2 Fusion bosses + hand float; inferred from 9+ starter redundancy.; Interruption routes: Nine independent starter cards allow recovery from single-point negation.; Going-first negate board: 1 fragile negate (Tri-Brigade Mercourier requires Fusion control); missing Mirrorjade/Rindbrumm critical negation gap.; Resource economy: Front-loaded Fusion material spend limits post-board-break grind capacity.; Tournament reliability composite: 72 (from D1 88, D2 72, D5 75, D12 50 post-side unknown).; Piloting forgiveness: 9+ starter routes reduce error severity.
• Provisional: Meta Power = null (no dated metagame sample supplied; archetype meta-share unknown).; Post-side deck performance (D12 50): Master Duel format provides 0 side deck; best-of-3 siding strategies unknown.; Format fit (D13 65): Master Duel meta is current-state unknown; Branded is known competitive but this build omits 4 high-inclusion cards.; Going-first (74) and going-second (70) powers are composite estimates; no game telemetry provided.
• Data gaps: No empirical combos: Combo ceiling, median output, board per starter, going-first/second split, starter diversity counts, resource signature all inferred from card text; evidence tier is Inferred not Observed. No tournament link: Archetype meta-share, per-pilot match record, metagame context absent; Meta Power is Provisional. No win-rate telemetry: Going-first/second win rates, matchup records, brick rates, starter live rates, OTK rates absent; all performance claims are Inferred or Provisional. No side deck: Master Duel format supplies 0 side slots; post-side plan unknown; D12 scored as baseline 50. No guides in English: 4 Vietnamese guide snippets attached but no English strategy text provided; strategy inferred from composition. Combo step complexity: No worked examples of full combo sequences; estimated from card-text analysis.